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calimary

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37. And a pay phone cost a dime.

Reply to trof (Reply #32)

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 02:01 AM

Oct 2022

I remember a radio news executive who loved gushing about the beauty and simplicity of radio. “All you need is a dime and a telephone and you’re on the air!”

Back then, anyway, that’s all it took.

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I am SO old--- [View all] Atticus Oct 2022 OP

Exhibit One: Alger Hiss no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #1

Keeping with the theme....sorta Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #2

If you cross the border from Mexico to the US, the grackles will clean the grill for you for free nt Xipe Totec Oct 2022 #12

Yep, I cleaned grasshoppers from Grandpa's truck grill. txwhitedove Oct 2022 #18

I remember when you had to be 12 to buy cigarettes. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #3

My Jr.High Maine Abu El Banat Oct 2022 #6

With a note from the rents. (what my kids call Parents) n/t Prairie_Seagull Oct 2022 #13

Cigarette machines were plentiful. No age limit there. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #17

vending machines 25 cents housecat Oct 2022 #19

With 2 pennies IN the cellophane pack because the smokes were 23 cents. trof Oct 2022 #32

I forgot that housecat Oct 2022 #34

And a pay phone cost a dime. calimary Oct 2022 #37

Ronald Reagan used to say that he didn't dye his hair Polybius Oct 2022 #4

Nixon said that he could not lie RocRizzo55 Oct 2022 #5

You've just answered the OP question. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #8

Eloquent, and I don't think you're exactly wrong... malthaussen Oct 2022 #11

Yep and that's why they let Nixon off easy. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #20

Modern corporate media scratches a political liar...and runs the other way. Why?? Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #22

There has been a strange change in the power relation. malthaussen Oct 2022 #27

You are forgetting the most important modern rule. plimsoll Oct 2022 #7

No sarcasm, no hyperbole. hay rick Oct 2022 #9

You forgot "misstatement" and "misrepresentation." malthaussen Oct 2022 #10

and 'misspoke' and the non-apology apology. keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #28

Just obvious low moral character would be a disqualification. rubbersole Oct 2022 #14

I am old enough to remember when I paid 25 cents to see a movie. (many years ago) Stuart G Oct 2022 #15

I'm old enough to remember "kiddie shows". Ligyron Oct 2022 #24

I remember it smelled like the YMCA locker room. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #25

Mermaids in the 30s cartoons had nipples. keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #29

I remember homegirl Oct 2022 #30

Aw, man? I got a quarter. trof Oct 2022 #33

We have to get back to the place where lying is not forgiven. The Jungle 1 Oct 2022 #16

Yes, instantly! PatSeg Oct 2022 #21

Other things that ended political careers: Thunderbeast Oct 2022 #23

Good examples Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #26

You homegirl Oct 2022 #31

I can remember beer machines in barracks on Navy Bases and BOSSHOG Oct 2022 #35

I streaked once nightwing1240 Oct 2022 #39

I'm so old my memory is getting hazy soldierant Oct 2022 #36

I'm so old I remember decency. Vinca Oct 2022 #38

Here is why lying is accepted today, & not in the past. The media thrives on it and makes it normal Stuart G Oct 2022 #40