what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

Today I delivered 19 landline phones from a cluster of IT bros in The Tower to another cluster of IT bros in the 4545 building. Along my route seven of the phones squirmed loose from their file box.  Jostling free in the electric ass bathtub, they asked if I could get a picture in the parking garage ::: March 23, 2026 ::: call it the one and only time I’ve delivered 19 landline phones ::: call it a calendar date to commemorate.  So I got a photo and one more too and then I delivered three boxes full of phones. 

I like to call them landlines. You won’t hear me saying “voice over IP” because I think that’s hokey horseshit. I was raised on a rotary phone hardwired to the wall in the kitchen, an actual landline 100% all the way.

Call me maybe

Call   me   crusty

Call me outmoded

Call me o u t d a t e d

Call me what you will

Call  me  on  a  landline

ask Craig Etheridge about the "new" push-to-talk technology (PTT) and how it compares to good old NEXTEL

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FOSTER! FOSTER PEPPER! Call me on THE PHONE!!!

At Elliott Bay Messenger Co I used to call the dispatcher from mailroom phones when I could. I also had a pocket full of change to call in from payphones, trying to scrounge up some work. Calling in on the radio frequency open to 10 or 12 riders didn’t always work out so well. If you think payphones sound “old” you should have seen the radios we schlepped around all day. They were bricks.

They say it's gonna be revolutionary (or something). Easy come easy go. Lots of talk, but not a lot of communication

I’d like to draw your attention to the buildings in the distance in that this-is-my-dog-park dog park bench shot of yesteryear and compare it to today’s skyline.

I see 39’s Nextel but what’s in his hand?

PERKINS!!! PERKINS COIE!!! CALL ME ON THE PHONE

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