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The only time I used to use a phonebox was when I wanted to chat to some tart I was seeing, without my parents hearing (I didn't have a phone in my room). That, or for a piss.

I'd still prefer an essay to a phonecall tbh.

Very much so. I was slow to the mobile phone revolution back in the 90s, really wasn't fussed in the slightest about being able to make or receive calls on the go. Until I clocked that SMS text function - GAMECHANGER. Once I saw that, I was all over it like white on rice. That, and Snake.

Exactly how I have been, all my life. I've had occasions when a mate has had troubles, and we've met up over a pint. I've been on the other side of that too. Would I ever do that over the phone with him ? Would I buffalo. Blokes who chat with each other over the phone are weirdos.

If any one of my mates called me up "for a chat", I would find it PROFOUNDLY weird. A phone call between blokes is merely a brief one to make arrangements when you can't be arsed to Whatsapp, NOT to sit there chewing the cud for 45 minutes. Otherwise, what would we talk about when we meet up ...