Where are all the UK red telephone kiosks?
30 points - today at 6:04 PM
SourceIf curious why I posted this:
- someone told me about a fish—n-chip buffet in Arbroath, Scotland
- I told my team, one of them asked “just fish?”
- I replied “batter fried pizza too”
- one of them made the inevitable comment about defibrillators
- I pointed out many of these red kiosks have been repurposed to hold defibrillators and went looking for images
dijksterhuis
today at 7:44 PM
> someone told me about a fish-n-chip buffet in Arbroath, Scotland
if it’s the fish and chip shop (buffet is a different thing here), i’ve been there and they do a banging fish supper.
davnicwil
today at 7:16 PM
I was just thinking how it'd be great if there were newer, modern things like this that had sprung up in response to newer technologies.
I guess it's one downside of dematerialisation with digital tech - I can't think of a single thing that would make sense. Everyone's got their own virtual portal to all the new technologies that come out, there's not much to look at out in the world.
Maybe as more progress happens in physical 'world of atoms' type things we'll see a bit of this come back.
arximboldi
today at 7:26 PM
As someone that tries to survive (every day more difficult) with just a dumbphone with me, I just fantasized about a parallel universe where all those kiosks still existed, and they were somehow like computer that you can briefly rent, to do the things people do with a smartphone. Perhaps you tap a card, and it picks your accounts, and you can quickly Whatsapp someone, check your email, call an Uber or use Google Maps (maybe even check hacker news, but with time limit?!)
Maybe then many people would stop carrying their own portals, as you can briefly use the public ones for the one-off situation where you need it, but enjoy a portal-free mind the rest of the time. Also quite useful in case emergencies as it seems those portable-portals tend to run out of battery, or get lost or damaged...
How about:
- tap-to-pay paypoints
- drive-under toll collection readers
- signal-blocking phone pouches at concerts
- anti-facial-recognition dazzle makeup
- wireless chargers in the table at McDonald’s
robotresearcher
today at 7:51 PM
Tesla Supercharger stations.
phyzix5761
today at 6:56 PM
Nice! Would be great if this had a map view as well.
There's one near the Houses of Parliament, tourists often shoot photos there, and are surprised when the inside is filled with stickers advertising prostitutes.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zLRxTFUXErcsrkCi7
To be fair, that's the authentic London telephone box experience of old.
varispeed
today at 7:20 PM
I think the actual experience was stepping into human poo, needles and overwhelming stench of piss and let's not go into why the telephone was sticky.