tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post8738442095736993045..comments2024-03-08T17:48:05.678-05:00Comments on Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Beating the coin man ...Rodger the Real King of Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11349261387199416434noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-12144588597495290202014-11-18T20:37:32.811-05:002014-11-18T20:37:32.811-05:00Long, long ago, when I was in military school, we ...Long, long ago, when I was in military school, we had pay phones like that - one in each barracks. Most guys could get a call for a nickel using that technique. (We didn't get the nickle back) The real experts could get a call for a penny. After the phone guy found some pennies in the phone, C barracks lost their phone for a long time.<br />Steve (no longer in CA)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-88247213833820600872014-11-18T18:18:16.366-05:002014-11-18T18:18:16.366-05:00If you have a landline you can still dial by flash...If you have a landline you can still dial by flashing the switch hook. Teach your kids to dial 9-1-1 with bare phone wires - just short/disconnect the tip and ring wires as though doing Morse code. Always wondered when, in the movies, heroine found her phone ripped from the wall, why she didn't call the cops this way. Guess she was gonna depend on Mabel. "Mabel, get Sheriff Andy out here on the double!"<br />--Jimmy don\'t play thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-10212390538108483342014-11-18T17:05:49.239-05:002014-11-18T17:05:49.239-05:00Of course putting the phone lock in the zero hole ...Of course putting the phone lock in the zero hole does absolutely nothing to stop dialing.DonMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-31522660527602125882014-11-18T15:46:57.178-05:002014-11-18T15:46:57.178-05:00I knew of some of these techniques. However, not ...I knew of some of these techniques. However, not being a thief I didn't use them.Skoonjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745308345698069412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-56208094047268432562014-11-18T13:48:16.420-05:002014-11-18T13:48:16.420-05:00Worked in a MARS station in Korea back in 1980 (im...Worked in a MARS station in Korea back in 1980 (imagine Radar O'rielly patching calls back to the states). Used a actual Morse code key to dial numbers because it was easier than getting my lazy carcase to meander across the office to the phone. we had a phone line directly tied into the radio via the MOdulatorDEMmodulator (MODEM) and the phone was on the counter for the walk up customers to talk to Mom or the wife back in the world<br /> <br />So If I had to use the phone while on radio watch, I would dial with the code key and talk using the desk microphone and headset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-65232666599230108622014-11-18T12:20:54.616-05:002014-11-18T12:20:54.616-05:00The thumb tack trick worked, Lt Col Gen. Speaking...The thumb tack trick worked, Lt Col Gen. Speaking of thumb tacks, are they still manufactured?Tom Mannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-42075908395425645692014-11-18T11:53:24.719-05:002014-11-18T11:53:24.719-05:00You were on the right track Rog. -Anymouse
http:/...You were on the right track Rog. -Anymouse<br /><br />http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/10/steve-jobs-first-business-was-selling-blue-boxes-that-allowed-users-to-get-free-phone-service-illegally/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-18698767002538969062014-11-18T10:42:43.318-05:002014-11-18T10:42:43.318-05:00Tried metal electrical box knockouts (called them ...Tried metal electrical box knockouts (called them 'slugs')found on the construction site across the street. That didn't work so hot, but what does a ten year old know?<br />Some guys said you could stick a straight pin through the handset wire and get a dial tone. That must have worked, because not long after, the pay phones all had armored cables.<br />Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com