Now I’m wondering if whit courtesy phones still exist at airports. Methinks not. Good call.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
May 12, 2024, 03:42 AM
sigmonkey
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
May 12, 2024, 05:29 AM
gearhounds
“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown
May 12, 2024, 09:49 AM
DanH
quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH: Now I’m wondering if whit courtesy phones still exist at airports. Methinks not. Good call.
It's probably "Text 'Help' to 5470" or something. Maybe a QR code.
May 12, 2024, 09:54 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH: Now I’m wondering if whit courtesy phones still exist at airports. Methinks not. Good call.
Yes, they still exist.
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Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan
May 12, 2024, 10:08 AM
911Boss
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
May 12, 2024, 10:13 AM
TexasScrub
Ok gimme Ham on 5 hold the Mayo.
___________________________ He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries.
May 12, 2024, 12:43 PM
OttoSig
I find it hard to believe that folks can’t recognize when something is getting overused. There’s 2-4 in the lounge right now.
Check their profile and email them.
10 years to retirement! Just waiting!
May 12, 2024, 12:55 PM
old rugged cross
tried that, but the wcp did not work either
"Practice like you want to play in the game"
May 12, 2024, 07:59 PM
4MUL8R
If you know the person's forum name, why wouldn't you just e-mail them directly?
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May 12, 2024, 08:05 PM
bendable
Are eye Pee White phone
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Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency.
Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
May 12, 2024, 08:32 PM
12131
^^^ Ooh! He said R.I.P.
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May 12, 2024, 09:27 PM
bendable
That's a night in the box !
Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency.
Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
June 03, 2024, 06:43 PM
bendable
Bump
Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency.
Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
June 04, 2024, 09:04 AM
SigSauerP226
Folks should link this thread to anyone that posts a new courtesy phone thread
...Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, was just a freight train coming your way...
June 04, 2024, 09:18 AM
Edmond
I'll be honest and admit I never understood the reference.
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June 04, 2024, 09:35 AM
RogueJSK
quote:
Originally posted by Edmond: I'll be honest and admit I never understood the reference.
May have been before your time. Or perhaps you just never encountered it.
Back in the day (through at least the 80s because I remember it from my childhood), large buildings like hospitals, airports, malls/department stores, big grocery stores, etc. would commonly have white or sometimes red "courtesy phones" hanging in regular intervals throughout.
If someone was needed for something - both for employees and even customers - they'd put a page out over a building wide PA speaker system saying something like "Edmond Smith, please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone". Then picking up one of the phones would put you in touch with the switchboard operator, or security control room guy, or whomever, and then they could relay the message to you.
Before cell phones or even pagers, this was a way for important messages to be relayed to someone, by calling whatever location they were at and asking them to relay the message to you as a courtesy. Also used for stuff like reuniting lost kids with their parents.
