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From: ESV@psuvm.psu.edu (ANDREW COLL esv@psuvm.psu.edu)
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Subject: Re: Phone Harassment
Message-ID: <90074.121948ESV@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 90 17:19:48 GMT
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>In article <90071.220057SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu> SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>
>>There's an even more interesting version of that going around near where I
>>lived. Get an air horn like the type used for small boats. Keep it handy by
>>the phone. Next time the bastard calls, give him a shot of that. It's almost
>>guarenteed that in 24 hrs or less he'll be stopping by an emergency room to
>>get work done on his ruptured eardrum.

I seem to remember that in older ITT or Western Electric telephone handsets,
the earpiece had a varistor across it to protect the user from excessive
volumes and such.  I don't know if an El-cheapo phone has a similar device
installed but from what I've seen, the cheap 1.5" speaker would probably
self-destruct.

Andrew Coll       ESV@PSUVM.BITNET
                  ESV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU