I was talking with a friend the other day, and oddly enough we got into the conservation of phone numbers, and phone booths. We joked about how phone booths were almost a relic of the past, and how few people's phone numbers we could remember anymore. Growing up, we used to remember long lists of phone numbers. We even turned the numbers into letters on the phone pad in efforts to try and remember them... Some people were even lucky enough to have numbers that spelled things out! We called those lucky few signature phone numbers. How many phone numbers can you remember today? When is the last time you used a phone book?
This cache is a call back to those days, signature phone numbers, and other interesting things about the 'old days and ways' of making a phone call. Some quick tibdits on the matter:
- The world's first telephone box called "Fernesprecherkiosk", was opened on January 12, 1881 at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. To use it, one had to buy paper tickets called Telefonbillet which allowed for a few minutes of talking time.
- In 1876, a cash-strapped Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the first successful telephone offered to sell his telephone patent to Western Union for $100,000. They declined.
- To play "Happy Birthday" on your phone, press 112163 112196 11#9632 969363.
And one more quick one for the modern age....
- According to a U.N. study, More people have cell phones than toilets.
Cache shouldn't be overly difficult to find, but PLEASE be considerate of muggle activity while finding and signing.
Congratulations go to dnburns and pdburns for FTF!