Hello.
Anyone remember them?
I saw one in the downtown San Antonio area, picked up the handset, dead.
Walked by intercity bus station, not a pay phone in sight, but there is this charging station, a row of 110 and 12 volt outlets across a table.
Free WiFi the signs say.
Met my contact and we got into a taxi, 12 volt outlets everywhere.
Ride to meet another and I am left, later decided that I should take the bus, Mac with web access at this lightly furnished apartment suite, no food here so I find a place nearby.
This is a 50's motif place, see a payphone, decor only, does not work.
Jump on my bus, free WiFi, hit the web and make my schedule.
Back to the very intercity bus station I started with.
Get on designated bus and show the driver my netbook, the driver scans my display for the barcode, looks at my ID, and I am golden.
3 hours later I switch buses and am in Mexico.
I see payphones, hundreds of payphones, or at least a few. ;)
Pick up my package, read instructions.
Take coupon to a store and hand it to the cashier.
I go to store, pick out the fone I want, hand cashier the coupon and difference.
Charge fone at designated waiting place along with talkie.
Pick up second package, go to conference, leave.
Go back to designated waiting area, yet to turn on fone, walk 3 blocks, go to other payphone, leave handwritten note with payphone number.
Finally hear that I am to return to San Antonio, turn in coupon.
Have no coupon, buy extra SIM card kit, return to San Antonio.
Meet in San Antonio, give guy who was at apartment SIM card kit, leave.
Next day, frantic effort to find me, needs box. ;)
I say fine, give me new fone.
The bosses, not knowing what is going on, and not aware that all I gave him was a SIM card kit, have another meet me here in the US and get me a Walmart prepaid, we haggle a little on what I want.
He gets box, I get another fone.
Payphone, the portable edition.
True story of what I do with my weekends.
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Originally Posted by KG4CGC
