The Mojave Phone Booth

The Mojave Phone Booth muenzaniso wakakwana wekuti vanhu vanofungisisa sei zvinhu zvisingadikanwi. Muchiitiko ichi, yakanga iri yega isina nhare yefoni kuMurenje yeMojave. Kwenguva yemakore matatu, yakaunganidza chitendero chinotevera - uye pakupedzisira chakabatwa nekuzivikanwa kwayo.

Ikoko marudzi ese ezvinyorwa pamusoro pezvinorevei zvose, asi ini ndichasiya mafirosofi uye anthropological musings kune umwe munhu. Izvi ndezvechokwadi munyaya yacho.

Pane Telefoni Booth muMidhi YeNherehere?

Muna May 1997, Mwarifrey Daniels wokuArizona akaverenga nyaya yemagazini inotaura kuti "Bwana N" akacherechedza kadhi kaduku rine shoko rokuti "foni" iri pedo nemakiromita makumi maviri kubva kune imwe nzvimbo pamapu eDajave Jongwe. Yakapedzwa nechido, "N" akadzinga kunze kuti aone dumba refoni uye akadhinda nhamba yacho.

"N" yakaitwa nehofisi yefoni mushure mokunge yaiwana, asi Mwarifrey akazununguka. Akaritumidza zuva rega rega. Akatora manzwiro ake ose, kunyange zvazvo pasina akapindura. Akatambudza shamwari dzake pavakashanyira, achiita kuti vadane nhare yefoni zvakare. Pakupedzisira, mushure memwedzi, kupfuurira kwake kwakabhadhara. Akadana uye akawana mucherechedzo wakabatikana.

Mushure mokunge vasati vataurirana, mumwe mukadzi anonzi Lorene akapindura. Lorene akatarisa cinder yangu munharaunda uye akanga ari pahotera yefoni kuti aite foni. Zvakaipa zvaMwarifrey hazvina kuguma nokutaura naLorne. Mushure mokudaro, akaita mapirgrimage mashanu kune foni duku muMojave, iyo yaakanyora pamusoro pewebsite yake.

Mojave Phone Booth Inova Yakakurumbira

MunaJuly, 1999, Mwarifrey neshamwari yevakashanyira nzvimbo yefoni. Mumaawa mana vakatora 72 foni. Vakabva kumativi ose eUnited States neCanada - uye nechokure seGermany neAustralia. Vakawanda vevafonesi vakanga vaona webhusaiti yaMwarifrey.

Chuck akadzidza nezvebasa kubva kuna Steve, uyo akadzidza nezvazvo kubva kunaMwarifrey.

Akadana foni uye akaiwana yakabatikana pa2: 00 mangwanani. Akafunga kuti inofanira kunge iri pachigoni, saka akaita chero munhu wose aigona kuita.

Akakumbira Steve, mutorwa zvachose, kuti abatane naye parwendo To Hang it Up. Nokuti, mushure mezvose, chii chakanaka imba yefoni mukati megwenga kana iwe usingakwanisi kudana uye kuinzwa ichitinhira? Vakashinga marori anotyisa aitakura makaskketi, Denny akazara nevanhu vakwegura uye makiromita gumi nemashanu emugwagwa wakaoma kuti vasvike padumba.

Pavakasvika vakaona kuti yakanga isiri kure nehombodo, yakanga isina kurongeka! Foni yakagadziriswa zvakare.

Los Angeles Times munyori John Glionna akasangana naRick Karr ane makore 51 pamusasa wefoni. Karr akati Mweya Mutsvene wakamuudza kuti apindure foni. Kwemazuva makumi maviri nemaviri, akapindura kudarika foni mazana mashanu. Chimwe chezvakanyanya kunaka: kudzokorora kudanwa kubva kune mumwe munhu akazviti "Sergeant Zeno kubva Pentagon."

The Mojave Phone Booth (uye Mwarifrey) vakava vanyori vashoma. Vakagamuchira kuparidzirwa muThe New York Times , The Los Angeles Times , kuburikidza neCNN uye mumapepanhau enyika yose.

Kuguma kweMuchinave Phone Booth

Zvadaro zvakaitika: Makore matatu mushure mokunge marashiro ayo okutanga ane mukurumbira, imba yefoni yakasangana nayo.

Musi waMay 23, 2000, yeSan Jose Mercury News yakashuma kuti Pacific Bell neNational Park Service vakabvisa dumba nokuti raive kukwezva vakawanda vanoda kuziva.

Nguva yekupedzisira pandakatarisa, Mwarifrey akanga achiri kuchengeta chiyeuchidzo chipenyu.