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Exactly, don’t be afraid to turn it to silent or even off if you need to concentrate.But I think the key is not being a slave to it.
Long before Phone cards. 4d cost.a pre paid Phone card was an essential bit of kit back in the day incase you didn't have any change on you
I remember making reverse charges, I'd hear my mum sounding mad as she spoke to the operator to except the charge!Long before Phone cards. 4d cost.
999 calls free, anyway, or you could reverse the charges via the operator for normal calls.
But who remembers tapping the phone to get a free call?
But did that result in a free call? The pulses were exactly the same as if you used a dial phone, so I never bought into the free call idea - remember this was a common rumour prior to the introduction of itemised billing, so how could anyone be certain unless making all calls this way and not being charged for a single call?
Spot on - but the phones in supermarkets to pickup and auto-dial a taxi could be 'confused' into making a free call if you were patient enough to play the game!Tapping the hook switch on a home telephone mimicked the pulse dialling that the dial performed. Tapping once, then twice, then three times would dial the speaking clock very easily.
This could still be done in some areas until comparatively recently, until the last of the mechanical (Strowger I think) equipment in the exchanges was ripped out.
Cost was not affected - the system couldn't differentiate between the tapping or dial pulses.
Not sure if there was a similar 'hack' which might work in call boxes though and result in free calls?
Yes from a telephone box.But did that result in a free call? The pulses were exactly the same as if you used a dial phone, so I never bought into the free call idea - remember this was a common rumour prior to the introduction of itemised billing, so how could anyone be certain unless making all calls this way and not being charged for a single call?
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