Found this relic at the local fair grounds and had to explain it to my kids

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galloog1@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Try calling collect to your family.

PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

"heymompickmeup"

hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Coin case says Verizon but the Bell Atlantic logo is still there too.

jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

this was done to preserve the trademark on the bell systems logo, you would normally see it on the trucks and hard hats. a lot of the manhole covers local to me are bell systems

Harvey656@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Fuck I'm old.

rockSlayer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I'm curious if it still works!

hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I did try, but there was no dial tone.

TANSTAAFL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

did you put a quarter in? I don't remember if you got a tone before you did or not.

LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

It’s the doorway to the matrix