Payphones "were the only things that were built to last for decades and be out in the elements," says electrical engineer Patrick Schlott. He should know; as a hobby, he buys secondhand payphones, rewires them, then asks local businesses in rural Vermont if they'd let him install them. His goal
What an absolute hero. I can only see one flaw with his plan though… Who the hell memorizes phone numbers anymore?
When I was poor and homeless. I still had a phone with contacts. Just no phone subscription.
I know 3 numbers by heart, mine, my wife’s, and my dad’s because he’s had the same number since I was 10.