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AT&T To Decommission Pay Phones
oahazmatt writes "According to MarketWatch, AT&T said that its pay phones will be phased out over the next year. A company spokeswoman declined to say how much revenue its pay-phone business generated, but the number is small and declining. 'The first public pay-telephone station was set up in 1878, just two years after Alexander Graham Bell invented the talking device. The first coin-operated pay phone was installed in Hartford, Conn., in 1889. For decades after the pay phone's invention, many Americans relied on them because of the expense and difficulty in obtaining reliable home service. Only after World War II did the telephone become a household necessity.'"
Listen up, Ravens' fans, this is the Nature Boy coming to ya from the center of the universe, a little place I like to call Patrachusetts.
You call that your Superbowl? I call it a fucking meltdown. Ya give the ball back to a god like Brady with 3+ minutes left? Yeah, how's that working for ya? You think you can stop him on 4th down? I think not.
Sure you cry and complain about the refs. Well let me tell you something: the refs know greatness when they see it. You can't blame them for worshiping the Pats anymore than you can blame a veteran for worshiping the commander in chief.
Your season folded like a tent with a broken pole weeks ago, Ravens. Why you chose to make your stand last night is beyond me. Embarrassed yourself in front of a million viewers, good job. Call a timeout on 4th down after Brady teases you with a botched QB sneak. We're not done laughing yet, let me tell you.
In summary, I hope you got as big of a chuckle out of that disaster you call "your Superbowl" as we did, because you might not like it, but you will have to learn to -- what? -- LOVE. IT. or my name isn't the Nature Boy. woooo. woooo.
The real question is where I will "release" after seeing a pretty girl in a short skirt.
How Billick keeps his job after that is a mystery.
The Patriots aren't that good. They've been exposed. They only won due to awful last-minute mistakes made by the Eagles and the Ravens, but the better team on the field that day was not the Patriots. Sorry to break it to you pal, they aren't going undefeated.