[HaBi 1]    abbie hoffman on pay phone justice...

abbie hoffman on pay phone justice... "You can make a local 10 cent call for 2 cents by spitting on the pennies and dropping them in the nickel slot. As soon as they are about to hit the trig ger mechanism, bang the coin-return button. Another way is to spin the pen nies counter-clockwise into the nickel slot. Hold the penny in the slot with your finger and snap it spinning'with a key or other flat object. Both systems take a certain knack, but once you've perfected it, you'll always have it in your survival kit. If two cents is too much, how about a call for 1 penny? Cut a 1/4 strip off the telephone book cover. Insert the cardboard strip into the dime slot as far as it will go. Drop a penny in the nickel slot until it catches in th mechanism(spinning will help). Then slowly pull the strip out until you hear the dial tone. A number 14 brass washer with a small piece of scotch tape over one side of the hole will not only get a free call, but works in about any vending machine that takes dimes. You can get a box of thousands for about a dollar at any hardware store. You should always have a box around for phones, laundromats, parking meter and drink machines. Bend a bobby pin after removing the plastic from the tips and jab it down into the transmitter (mouthpiece). When it presses against the metal diaphragm rub it on a metal wall or pipe to grou it. When you've made contact you hear the dial tone. Put a dime in the phone, dial the operator and tell her you have ten cents credit. She'll return your dime and get your call for free. If she asks why, say you made a call on ano ther phone, lost the money, and the operator told you to switch phones and call the credit operator. This same method works for long distance calls. Call the operator and find out the rate for your call. Hang up and call another operator telling her you just dialed San Francisco direct, got a wrong number and lost $.95 or whatever it is. She will get your call free of charge. You can make a long distance call and charge it to a phone number. Simply tell the operator you want to bill the call to your home phone because you don't have the correct change. Tell her there is no one there now to verify the call, but you will be home in an hour and she can call you then if there is any question. Make sure the exchange (prefix) goes with the area you say it does. You can make all the free long distance calls you want by calling your party collect at a pay phone. Just have your friend go to a prearranged phone booth at a prearran ged time. This can be done on the espot by having the friend call you person to person. Say you're not in, but ask for the number calling you since you'll be "back" in 5 minutes. Once you get the number, simply hang up, wait a moment and call back your friend collect. The call has to be out of the state to work, since operators are familiar with the special extension numbers assigned to pay phones for her area and possibly for nearby areas as well. If she asks you if it is a pay phone say no. If she finds out during the call (which rarely happens) and informs you of this, simply say you didn't expect the party to have a pay phone in his house and accept the charges. We have never heard of this happening though. If there are two pay phones next to each other, you can call long distance on one and put the coins in the other. When the operator cuts in and asks you to deposit money, drop the coins into the one you are not using, but hold the receiver up to the slots so the operator can hear the bells ring. When you've finished, you can simply press the return button on the phone with the coins in it and out they come. If vou have a good tape recorder (cassete) you can record the sounds of a quarter, dime and nickel going into a pay phone and play them when the operator asks you for the money. Turn the volume up as loud as you can get.

[HaBi 1]    abbie hoffman on pay phone justice...