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    >   If I see a pay phone, rarer and rarer now, I still check the coin return.   
    >   I was asked once why and said their might a coin in there.   
    >   Spotting one not far away I took a quarter from my pocket without being   
    > noticed (I was walking along with my hands in my pocket) and hiding it in my   
    > fingers, I opened the slot and pulled out the quarter I had "found".   
      
   The Telco here has a policy of leaving  the payphones, until they break   
   (usially from vandals), then cleaning it up, as required by bylaws, but not   
   replaxcing it. . .   
      
   The last few left are in public spaces like the airport & a few malls. . .   
      
   No more 24/7 access, excepting if you want to go several miles to the airport   
   (as if!)   
      
    >   One time we had a recycling place here for aluminum cans.   
    >   But one would take a large trash bag of cans and get only a few cents for   
    > them.  Not worth the effort.    
      
   They add up; my dad brought in 3 or 4 of those giant bags full a week, plus   
   another one of bottles.  They didn't count them, as my dad knew the number they   
   expect per container type, & ensured those numbers were accurate.   
      
    > > True enough.  The jeans the young girls wear today!    
      
    >   I see girls on campus in ripped and torn jeans all the time.  Just   
    > tatters and rags.  They look like street urchins in some Dickens story.   
    >   And they probably cost more than if if all the material were still there.   
      
   Yup, exactly. I don't mind, for the ones I can tell are fully adult (19+); the   
   teenyboppers, though, I look away in sadness at the shame they're giving their   
   parents. . .   
      
    > > I'm of the philosophy that everything is walking distance, if you begin   
    > > early enough.   
    >     
    >    LOL.  Good one.  Gotta remember that.   
      
   It's not just a pithy aphorism, it can also be a way of life! (I've lived it)   
      
   Natch, as a youngster, if I could get a ride to go 5 miles, i'd take it.  Even   
   if walking home(~3/4 mile) from school in the rain, & some stranger pulled over   
   in a van to ask if I wanted a ride, I'd be inside as I'm saying thank you. . .   
      
   Ahh, the '70s in the exurbs. . . *aah*   
      
   Then came population growth & the '80s. . . *sigh*   
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
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