michaellinder 16,611 Posted July 3, 2018 If the express purpose of this installation is to give people the means to send a distress signal, I would expect the phone color to be red, not pink. As you can see, Franz, this image grabbed my attention nonetheless. It's visual puzzle, yielding 2 questions. Why is it in a location like this? In this era of rampant cell phone use, who actually needs it? A most interesting catch . . . michael - - - - - - (PS You may want to look at my comments on Pierre's most recent use of polar coordinates.) Link to comment
FranzWeber 368 Posted July 3, 2018 Hi Michael, pink is the colour of Deutsche Telekom. Some years ago there was a yellow phone booth (box). What you see now is the cheap version of it. I found this statement (translated with google translator): "With a turnover of less than 50 euros per month, public payphones are extremely uneconomic, according to Telekom. Therefore, they would be mined - in consultation with the municipalities. "As a rule, the municipalities agree to our request," said Telekom. If not, the telephone boxes would be replaced by so-called "basic telephones": a metal post to which a telephone is attached. This then works but no longer as a pay phone, but only with a phone card." I think in the next time this basic telephone will be mined too and noone will remember to it. This was the reason to take a photo of it. Link to comment
FranzWeber 368 Posted July 3, 2018 Michael, saw your comment to his picture. His answer to my joke made me laugh: ".. clicking on my picture although by mistake!" Link to comment
Mrcreem 141 Posted July 3, 2018 What is this thing?? haha! Great capture, once again, Franz! Link to comment
FranzWeber 368 Posted July 3, 2018 Thank you for your comment Mitch. You can read what it is in my answer to Michaels comment. Regards, Franz Link to comment
Jack McRitchie 150 Posted July 4, 2018 This is what happens when you let Vogue design public phones. Link to comment
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