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Originally posted by Freaky:
fone booth in GY

seriously?

wonder what's in the jar...kero?

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Originally posted by Riya:

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Originally posted by Freaky:
fone booth in GY

seriously?

wonder what's in the jar...kero?

gasoline for the transpee (Boat) to and from the phone booth

hehehe! as PB said, it's for the boat

it look like the phone number painted on the side of the shed too

the camera man sitting in the boat at the time

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Originally posted by Riya:

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Originally posted by Freaky:
fone booth in GY

seriously?

wonder what's in the jar...kero?

As a long time ex-phone man, I can say with authority that the container is full of gasoline for the little engine [unseen] which is at the other side of the wall from the telephone. You will notice the fuse box at the top of the phone which provides inter-connection with the engine.
For the phone to work, the motor needs to start and provide power.
The purpose of the bench is to stand out of the water so that a person using the phone do not get electrocuted.

If the container has kero for the guy stove at home, all of the above is untrue and the guy just left it there to tek the picture.

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The purpose of the bench is to stand out of the water so that a person using the phone do not get electrocuted.

I thought was to sit on chat on the phone

Imagine that...gasoline and engine to work telephones. Who knew!

That bench has a hole on the seat.
This appears to be a modern latrine where people can answer all calls. I bet that bottle full of water since no toilet paper around.

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Originally posted by Mad Max:
That bench has a hole on the seat.
This appears to be a modern latrine where people can answer all calls. I bet that bottle full of water since no toilet paper around.

MM you got a stretched imagination like some others on dis BB.

Working on phone for decades, a repairperson would say to the customer " Maam/Sir, I am calling about the static on your phone. If you would place the receiver in a paper bag, I will blow all the electronic dust off your phone line, which is causing the static."
Fixing the problem in the central office, we would ask, 'Maam did that fix the problem ?"
" Now please throw the paper back with the electronic dust in the garbage."

You think people breathe in all that electronic dust given their behavior today?