Comment by dizhn

Comment by dizhn 19 hours ago

6 replies

Reminds me of the old collect call trick. Rather than state your name when prompted you transmit a short, perhaps even coded, message. Then the receiving party declines the call.

LeifCarrotson 18 hours ago

"You have a collect call from MomWe'reAtTheArcadeCanYouPickUsUp?

Would you like to accept the charges?"

  • intrasight 13 hours ago

    Ahh, the 70s. Good memories.

    • tempestn 7 hours ago

      I recall using this occasionally in the 90s even. There was also a period where I would regularly "one ring" my parents as code to call me back. IIRC that was because my cell plan had unlimited (or at least more) incoming minutes.

      • dizhn 24 minutes ago

        Collect calls would have been a thing until cell phones got very common because you had to use pay phones when you were outside because you somehow never had quarters.

      • account42 6 hours ago

        It will never stop being weird to me how US mobile plans make (or made) you pay for incoming calls and texts.