Why a Vermont man is resurrecting pay phones

I pass an old, dead pay phone just about every day in my hometown. Its cord cut, its booth forgotten, its purpose long gone. I remember what it was like to use them—when calling across town or the country took effort.Turns out, a man in Vermont doesn’t just remember. Patrick Schlott, an engineer, is refurbishing old pay phones and letting people use them for free. He told Popular Science, “People are remembering what we used to have. If you’re old enough, you recognize a pay phone as something that is for you.”Subscribe nowJust because a piece of tech is old doesn’t mean it’s useless. For a long time, it was one of the few ways we connected, and it certainly got me out of a few jams.Now most are rust. But thanks to Schlott, a few ring again, reminders that connection doesn’t always need to be upgraded.So what about you—what piece of “obsolete” tech would you bring back?Let me know in the comments and check out more at jamesabrown.net.On that note, I’m James Brown, and as always—be well.Share The Daily Note with James A. BrownHow to reach me:Email me: [email protected] or text me at  (585) 371-8865. Leave me a voice memo thedailynote.net/contactPartner with us or join The Daily Note radio network by checking out thedailynote.net/partnerAvailable on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube, and wherever podcasts are heard.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy