> I had to phone a friend back in England from a phone box in a 
> restaurant, just so I could enthuse about it and share it somewhat.
>  A truly awesome experience!

Oh come on now Howard. They have phone boxes in England - I've
seen them

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>> Many countries have a "phone home free"  system where you can dial a 
>> toll free number when you are in a foreign country and then the number 
>> you want in your own country. 

> I've never heard of this - and there are times when it would have been
> *very* useful!  I wonder if it's common in NZ and Australia because

AFAIK you can't call free, but weekend tolls to Aus, US and UK are
very very cheap through Telecom. "Talk as long as you want for $10"
for example. Mum calls her 4 sisters (and boy can they talk) and the
bill ceilings at NZ$10 (US$7) for maybe 5 hours of waffle. Reading on
the next bill what the cost would have been is sobering

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