tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post4941627252233940636..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Freephone?Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68324780890616378732015-12-06T08:19:59.498+00:002015-12-06T08:19:59.498+00:00It sounds entirely plausible to me.It sounds entirely plausible to me.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64627540017371398602015-12-06T04:38:54.854+00:002015-12-06T04:38:54.854+00:00I'm pretty sure it IS true.I'm pretty sure it IS true.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23436971332063627162015-12-05T23:25:17.067+00:002015-12-05T23:25:17.067+00:00If it ISN'T a true story, it SHOULD be! Love i...If it ISN'T a true story, it SHOULD be! Love it.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66903621452969572172015-12-05T21:11:48.859+00:002015-12-05T21:11:48.859+00:00Something for nothing. Always a great attraction...Something for nothing. Always a great attraction.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8616744121234310322015-12-05T17:30:08.005+00:002015-12-05T17:30:08.005+00:00Naughty villagers !!!!!
It reminds me of the '...Naughty villagers !!!!!<br />It reminds me of the ' Dr Who ' police phone boxes ....... all gone now. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6710322544434895002015-12-05T15:17:36.505+00:002015-12-05T15:17:36.505+00:00I like the look of the little green phone house. ...I like the look of the little green phone house. It reminds me of something Joseph Cornell might have created.<br /><br />Way back when, a New York friend used the tap method for free calls very successfully. I had not thought of that in a long time. <br /><br />Best wishes.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36705272212492993092015-12-05T14:37:45.370+00:002015-12-05T14:37:45.370+00:00That's what we all thought.That's what we all thought.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70447320143965394052015-12-05T14:37:26.713+00:002015-12-05T14:37:26.713+00:00Get writing Amy.... you may be onto something.Get writing Amy.... you may be onto something.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60359419387864713372015-12-05T14:17:27.044+00:002015-12-05T14:17:27.044+00:00It sounds like a movie. Townspeople are giddy maki...It sounds like a movie. Townspeople are giddy making free phone calls all over the world, then one day someone mistakenly calls a Russian spy and hears the word "Fruitcake." He's followed home that night and the next day no one knows where he's gone. War ensues. America gets involved. Add a song by Adele and a 'ghost' cameo by James Stewart and you got a new blockbuster!Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29787138491946047472015-12-05T13:20:01.494+00:002015-12-05T13:20:01.494+00:00Like everything else, it is not so much to do with...Like everything else, it is not so much to do with the cost of running the infrastructure than the loss of revenue from the people who are supposed to be the users.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60487887443682036572015-12-05T12:41:15.309+00:002015-12-05T12:41:15.309+00:00Brilliant !
Brilliant ! <br />A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-32331304132715220062015-12-05T12:25:00.950+00:002015-12-05T12:25:00.950+00:00I made many long-distance phone calls in the 70s b...I made many long-distance phone calls in the 70s by putting my finger up the refund hole of the change dispenser in phone boxes, and you only had to tap it once to get another ten minutes or so. The scam ended within about a year, when they modified the hole with a blocker.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65291147470583977092015-12-05T10:37:06.176+00:002015-12-05T10:37:06.176+00:00Is that Helga Hattattattatt?Is that Helga Hattattattatt?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29651708281583298662015-12-05T10:04:32.101+00:002015-12-05T10:04:32.101+00:00The secret is tap tap pause tap tap pause with rh...The secret is tap tap pause tap tap pause with rhythm and vigour each tap representing the number you are dialing, and it takes a lot of concentration when you have nines and zeros - zero being 10 taps. But it does work.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55063636129728901542015-12-05T10:01:33.500+00:002015-12-05T10:01:33.500+00:00Not another bloody comment to reply to... I shall ...Not another bloody comment to reply to... I shall have to get Helga to help me... HELGA,, I am supposed to be very busy today......Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82580373056000423522015-12-05T09:57:09.620+00:002015-12-05T09:57:09.620+00:00Once the infrastructure is in place, there's n...Once the infrastructure is in place, there's no reason why it should be expensive.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23491811923082529672015-12-05T09:38:30.564+00:002015-12-05T09:38:30.564+00:00Just amazing how the cost of technology has change...Just amazing how the cost of technology has changed. I made calls back from Canada and the States at no additional cost to my contract.lovelygreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864666054403517265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-12763353628537399602015-12-05T09:14:14.441+00:002015-12-05T09:14:14.441+00:00Listen, I shall say this only once !
I shall comme...Listen, I shall say this only once !<br />I shall comment on your blog later today.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54753769786204099762015-12-05T09:10:53.846+00:002015-12-05T09:10:53.846+00:00Perhaps they threatened to cut themselves off , bu...Perhaps they threatened to cut themselves off , but the letter was difficult to deliver.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57610742284034850582015-12-05T09:07:24.848+00:002015-12-05T09:07:24.848+00:00One can only imagine that they never sent themselv...One can only imagine that they never sent themselves a bill.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87416947007707832622015-12-05T09:06:38.067+00:002015-12-05T09:06:38.067+00:00I always heard that too Frances, but never found a...I always heard that too Frances, but never found anyone who'd managed to make it work.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63428277021259138612015-12-05T08:53:19.276+00:002015-12-05T08:53:19.276+00:00"Edith, 'urry up, Monsieur Leclerc is ..."Edith, 'urry up, Monsieur Leclerc is 'ere and wants to use his phone, oh for goodness sake she's worse than'er mother....... EDITH".Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76388912606061959982015-12-05T08:46:35.072+00:002015-12-05T08:46:35.072+00:00'The scam lasted for several years'. Shar...'The scam lasted for several years'. Sharp as a rapier, these telecom companies.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31890352669994206432015-12-05T08:38:09.623+00:002015-12-05T08:38:09.623+00:00I was chatting to some old teenage friends ( we ar...I was chatting to some old teenage friends ( we are all 70 now, so getting old!) the other day, and D reminded us of how you could somehow tap out a telephone number in a phone box and get through without putting any money in. ( his father was a telephone engineer) I never tried it so can't remember exactly what was " tapped" possibly the silver buttons that the handset rested on.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71357709790280036642015-12-05T08:23:34.284+00:002015-12-05T08:23:34.284+00:00Me too.Me too.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com