Something we all can relate to part 2

[Peru Bob]

The new forum needs a little bit of humor to release the tension of the changeover, so I've started part 2 of the old thread so that we don't have to keep scrollong to the end of the old thread.

If it gets too long before the "go to the latest reply" issue is resolved, I can lock this thread and link to a part 3 thread.

What do you think?

[gener7]

[gener7]

[Nancy OShea]

[LinSims]

Meeping Angel!

(Not my picture or my costume. I wish it were my costume.)

Meeping Angel

[JR Boulay]

[JR Boulay]

I really like this one, guess why…

😉

[gener7]

https://twitter.com/RaminNasibov/status/1378172926118203393  by Artem Pozdniakov

[Nancy OShea]

This made me chuckle.

[JR Boulay]

He is certainly a disciple of Frank Abagnale Jr.

😉

[gener7]

In the olden days of collect calls, one enterprising individual would called a long distance number to announce the gender of his newborn. He'd tell the operator to ask if Jack (male) or Jill (female) would accept the charges. The answer would always be "no", but he got the information through without paying for the call.  He also kept a list of code names for other purposes. That scam is now obsolete with voip or unlimited minutes.

[Peru Bob]

We used to do something similar with "person to person" calls.

When you arrived at your destination, you would call mom and dad person to person for yourself to let them know that you arrived safely.

[gener7]

Took me a few seconds to run that through Google. When I went in the service, I just used a payphone once a week, had a nice few minutes conversation and it didn't seem so expensive then. But I guess others didn't have spare coin and had to get by other ways.

[Rob_Cullen]

Way back in College days- the boarding College had wall phones installed that would only accept in-coming calls. The phones had no numberred buttons or dials to dial out. Students discovered that by tapping the hand-piece cradle buttons rapidly we could dial out. So tap 7-quick, 2-quick,3-quick, would dial 723. We never knew who paid for the many long-distance calls to 'home'!

[gener7]

But once you got to the outside line, it must have been a challenge to hand-click an entire long distance number, unless you could get an operator to place the call.

[jane-e]

Someone taught me how to do that when I was a teenager and in college. I was adept at it, but never used it illegally. Mostly I did it for fun and just because I knew how.

One time some of us were in a place and we needed to call out for some imperative reason that I've forgotten. It was a local call and the only phone had a lock on the dial to prevent unauthorized long distance calling. I became the hero of the day when I made the call with the side of my hand on those buttons.

Thanks for stirring up the memories!

~ Jane

[Nancy OShea]

Where I grew up, everyone knew somebody with access to a Black Box -- a simple device that easily attached to your home telephone.  People used them for years without detection until Ma Bell got wise and pushed to have them outlawed. 

If you were lucky enough to have one (before they were outlawed), long distance friends and relatives could dial you up without being charged for the call. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_box_(phreaking)

[Nancy OShea]

Short, silly and it made me laugh.

[Nancy OShea]

Background:  A serious wine collector built an elaborate temperature and humidity controlled wine cellar in his home with camera surveilance.  Each bottle is worth several hundred dollars.  Watch what happened.

https://c3.gvid.tv/video/ZSn1zL

[John T Smith]

Oh wow! Whoever installed that wine rack evidently forgot to put mounting screws into the wall studs

[Nancy OShea]

For sure.  An epic construction fail.

I like the dog's expression, too.

[John T Smith]

>An epic construction fail

If that was not a DIY construction project, I can see a claim/lawsuit against the builder

[Nancy OShea]

I can see a claim/lawsuit against the builder

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Damages for the shoddy construction, yes. Or maybe his homeowner's insurance would kick in something. But seeking damages to replace the wine collection, if indeed it can be replaced, could be a huge challenge. 

[Leslie Moak Murray]

Yikes

[KShinabery212]

This guy does some really funny things... not sure if any of you follow him.

[gener7]