@georgetakei when I was you g I always got told to have 30 Pfenning (0.30 German Marks, ~ 15 EURO cents for the youngsters ;)) with me to be able to call home in case something happened...and I often spent that money to buy a small juice package in my school ;)
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I remember as a Scout the advice to have a 2p piece for a not-quite-emergency phone call in your first aid kit being updated to 10p. (Actual emergency 999 (UK equivalent of 911) was free.As was call to operator.)
@georgetakei Now let's explain to them the specialized tape decks called "Phone Answering Machines", which was sort of like voicemail, except people actually listened to the messages.
@georgetakei It's crazy that this kid was inundated with death threats and attacks by the great users of Twitter for committing the crime of asking this question. This has been a reminder of what a hellscape that platform has become.
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