I can't recall the last time I saw a pay phone. Of course I don't go around looking for one.
I have a seen a lot of places they were, but gone.

Same. People are often asking, "Where can I find a payphone?" & I got nothing, except in places too far away to walk, so I'll usually let them use my mobile, as I have unlimited calling/data. . .

Natch, as a youngster, if I could get a ride to go 5 miles, i'd take it.

If someone is going that way I'll take a ride.
One time a party I had taken a Lyft, since raining, and a neighbour who lived a few blocks away was there and asked if I could get a ride home since going past my place. They did.
But I would never ask someone "drive me somewhere".

I didn't either, but I would get, especially in therain, offered rides a lot, & if it seemed more confortable, I'd take it!

About 8, a mate taught me about hitchhiking, & I used that a lot up to & throughout my teens (covered far more ground than I could've by walkng -- no way was I going to walk 2,000+ miles in a go!

I wouldn't mind going back to the '80s in a heart beat. The '70s up to the mid '80s were good times for me. And before the world started having a collective mental breakdown.

Likewise; the '70s were a serene time for me, as viewing from my status now as an older adult; they sucked as a kid cuz I got bullied throughout, but if I could put this mind into my childhood body, I'd end the bullying immediately, & enjoy the chance to do things much differently. . . then I'd probably have turned into one of the spoiled pukes running things now! So maybe I'll just stay me & when I am. :)

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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