Post B6ku2fBVuV65aI5l6O by aran@localization.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #B6ku2dOYZ2LG2AB99c by fesshole@mastodon.social
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       I'm a recently retired detective and just bought a 'burner phone'. Not for anything nefarious. It's because I now need to sometimes call my main phone to figure out where I left it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ku2dd5gzy4lEykoC by aran@localization.cafe
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       @fesshole Don't you have landline?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ku2enPM7oaNWoVWq by aran@localization.cafe
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       @davepoole @fesshole It's still mandatory in many parts of the world, especially in public places like schools and offices.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ku2fBVuV65aI5l6O by aran@localization.cafe
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       @davepoole @fesshole Definitely most Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy...) and Japan. Are you from the nordic countries by any chance? I remember having the same conversation with a Swede being baffled by landline.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ku2fNZBgjqBfjNtA by aran@localization.cafe
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       @davepoole @fesshole Here's data too. About 40% of households still have landline. Waning, but firmly present.https://yougov.com/articles/48290-do-people-still-use-landlines
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ku2few96dJ3XrFxo by proedie@mastodon.green
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       @aran @davepoole @fesshole I wonder what kind of people selected ‘I don’t know’. 🤔‘Still paying for it, but no phone connected. Is that yes or no?’‘Battery died years ago. Don’t know where it is.’‘Could be under all those paper towels...I mean business papers on my desk.’‘Landline? That does ring a bell.’‘Could be either a DECT phone or the remote control for my VCR. Don’t remember.’‘I have one, but nobody ever calls me, so I don’t know if it still works.’