"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:02:22 -0800, "Pico Rico"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > Identify yourself or talk to the answering machine.
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>> Anybody remember the old "one ringer" technique of old?
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> Vaguely. Kid calls home, parents call back? Nobody in my family did
> that. I placed collect calls.
>


That, or give a one ringer, then call again. they would answer, since the
one ringer tipped them off as to who was calling.

You reminded me of a guy who used to call collect when he got off a flight.
The call was refused. But the message got through, for free.