• @pjwestin@lemmy.world
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    82 days ago

    I’m pushing 40 and I’ve only ever seen these in movies. I feel like they haven’t been in use since the 60s.

        • I’m 30, and I’ve seen them twice in my life in-person. However, I believe that they were in very old buildings. Can’t remember exactly where, though, since they were both over ten years ago.

          • 30s checking in, local gas station had one up until 10 or 15 years ago. I moved, haven’t been back since to check if it’s still there 🤷‍♂️

            • @Fillicia@sh.itjust.works
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              12 days ago

              The shop I work with has one. Seeing these comments made me wonder if its the same rag from the 70s they just clean from time to time.

    • @untorquer@lemmy.world
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      32 days ago

      I did see them around as a child millenial. Not totally uncommon in older and public buildings until early 2000’s. The airblade dryers seemed to come in right as the last of these were phased out.

    • @Zenith@lemm.ee
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      22 days ago

      I’m 38 and the racetrack near my childhood home had these, they were always damp

    • Natanael
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      32 days ago

      I’m a millennial that has seen them in Sweden, but probably at least for not a decade or more by now.

    • @gerryflap@feddit.nl
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      12 days ago

      I’m Dutch and I’be seem plenty of these over the years. I can’t remember where tho, probably university and maybe highschool. I feel like they’re (or were) quite common