[HaBi 1]    YIPL Volume 6 - Letters to the editor

YIPL Volume 6 - Letters to the editor A few of you have written us asking if the Esquire article is factual. It is. However, some numbers have been changed to protect the innocent. For example, the loop numbers have been changed by the telephone company. And they may change others because of the article. But the box works, and the explanation the Esquire article gives is correct. Including when they say that calling information from a home phone and using a box is not wise. If you want to make a box like Gilbertson's, see letter's column. Some readers have been having trouble using the blue box tones on pay phones. One reason is that an intercepting operator might hear the tones and suspecting a malfuc the tones and suspect a malfunction in the equiptment (a common occurence). She then cuts you off. You don't however, always run into an intercepting operator. If you dial long distance information (area code, 555-1212) or if you call late at nite you usually have a better chance of getting through. Also realize that the fucked-up phone system cannot handle all the calls in the U.S. on certaing nights. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday all suck. Expect to get a busy signal or operator recording on these nights. A box works better on a home phone, but it is of course more dangerous that way. Next time your relatives invite you over, call from there and they'll never get hassled for one call, if the phone company even manages to trace it. An old couple won't be charged with using a box if you connect onto their wires in an apartment building basement. Always use an 800 number, like 800-243-1111 when calling on a non-pay phone. But please, don't call on your own line. That's asking for trouble.   Dear YIPL, Just got your newsletter today, far fucking out. I hope you keep up the good work. A good way to fuck up a pay phone is as follows; Take the pin off the back of a YIPPIE! button and turn the dial all the way around, stick the pin into the little hole (see arrow), press down hard on the pin and turn the dial clockwise, and the dial comes right off. YIPPIE! C.T.,N. Kingstown, R.I. Dear YIPL, Here's a supplement to that pay phone dial ripoff. Heat the pin point for about 3-5 seconds with a lighter or match; It will make it simpler to push thru the hole. And instead of removing the pin from the back of the button simply bend it up and use the button as a handle. And when you get the dial off put all kinds of revolutionary slogans on the paper number disc or make up your own. Here's an idea for all the beginning YIPL's Check the obituaries in the local papers for dead single people, then find their phone number, and call like crazy giving the deceased's phone number to the operator. Make sure the stiff doesn't have a family. They have enough to worry about without being bugged by the phone company. If a person dies after the phone bills come out you have a full month before the company catches on. Fuck the System C.T., N. Kingstown, R.I. -Good ideas. Also put working credit card numbers on the dial paper to help out people who visit that booth. You might also want to write YIPL's address down.

[HaBi 1]    YIPL Volume 6 - Letters to the editor