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Someone mentioned having to have a quarter at all times in case of emergencies--I remember having a dime taped to the inside of my ice skate case, hah!
Seriously, though: a few years ago, before I had a cellphone, I was late meeting my husband at a colleague's dinner party and found myself wandering all over the downtown of a major Midwestern city trying to find a pay phone from which to call him. Believe it or not, I couldn't find one that was functioning. The city had been phasing out pay phones, supposedly to prevent drug dealers from having places where they could do business. It was maddening, and I'm sure there are now fewer pay phones than ever before.
So for kids these days, a cell phone may be a necessity, no matter how excessive it may seem--and the post gave me pause, too.
