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From: mtv@milton.u.washington.edu (David Schanen)
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Subject: Re: Phreaks of the Monolithic Era of Telephony
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Date: 17 Sep 90 08:43:03 GMT
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>.....  it was a favorite pastime to dial 809+121 (San Juan,
>Puerto Rico) and 808+121 (Honolulu, Hawaii) and let two Ernestines of
>the Lily Tomlin era argue about which had called which and what they
>were supposed to do.  Meantime, gales of laughter could be heard
>around the monitoring loudspeaker in a testroom thousands of miles
>from either of them!

>[Moderator's Note: I still don't think it is funny. I regard it as a
>major violation of trust....  PAT]

    This reminds me of the time I worked for a company that had a ten
button set at the receptionist's desk with a broken mechanism allowing
you to push several lines at once.  Every now and then I would hit all
ten lines and call 800 directory assistance.  :)


Dave

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[Moderator's Note: Did you think it was funny at the time? Do you
still think it is funny?  PAT]