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Even before I <\/span>Painted<\/strong> it red, I was already in love with this\u00a0<\/span>Pay Phone<\/strong>. \u00a0I have secretly wanted one ever since I was a kid and saw an episode of the Brady Bunch<\/strong> in which Mike Brady had a working pay phone installed in the house in order to curb those darn Brady kids from talking to their friends for hours on end. \u00a0They were SO popular, I just wanted to be a Brady kid! \u00a0To have a pay phone in my house??? \u00a0That would have been the ultimate! \u00a0Which would explain why, as old as I am now, when I saw this\u00a0grimy old pay phone at an auction, I just had to have it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I got it for\u00a0$20. \u00a0What I need it for, I have absolutely no idea! \u00a0I don’t even know if it works, or how I would even find out. \u00a0I just couldn’t wait to clean it up and paint it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It took quite a bit of elbow grease to wipe off the years of grime it had collected. \u00a0But I knew I could get it to look shiny and new again. \u00a0And wouldn’t it be cool if I painted it some nifty color? \u00a0<\/span>I thought about lime green or turquoise, but I’m so impatient. \u00a0Heaven forbid I would have to spend 15 minutes driving to the store and then another 15 minutes back! \u00a0So, instead, I went through my existing bin of paints, and chose from there. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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How perfect! \u00a0I love red. \u00a0Especially, a high gloss red. \u00a0It’s bold and fun. \u00a0And now I can picture this pay phone hanging in some artsy 20-something year old’s loft apartment. \u00a0I’m feeling nostalgic. \u00a0Today’s 20-year old has never even used a pay phone, let alone carried 25\u00a2 in their pocket in case of an emergency. \u00a0Heck, I remember when it was 10\u00a2, but I digress!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s the Painted Pay Phone<\/strong> now. \u00a0It’s just a cool piece of art that beckons our American history. \u00a0As much as I love it, I’ve decided to sell it to someone younger than myself who can appreciate it… \u00a0Someone who isn’t so old and<\/span>\u00a0practical… \u00a0Someone infinitely cooler and more popular… \u00a0Someone like… Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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