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Nostalgia

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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] s_s@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

When did payphones take quarters?

Calls were a dime, like, forever.

Same with a cup of coffee.

Payphones were a quarter for only a very brief period of time before they disappeared.

This is like having nostalgia about a car phone--extremely specific.

[–] Unlikelyvillain@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

I’m 42 and it was a dime for a very short time for me. Then it was a quarter. Actually I think there was a very brief time it was 15 cents.

[–] thirteene@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Born in the late 80s I mostly remember $.25 and eventually $.35. although I saw a few pushing $.50. I loved going to the airport between the payphone carousels and the cart return I generally made ~~$10~~ 3 packs of pokemon cards a visit,