On Dec 11, 8:31*pm, Tommy Joe > wrote:
> On Dec 11, 5:54*pm, "Pico Rico" > wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> * *Do you remember the days when you could pop a penny into the nickel
> slot of pay phone, and at just the moment the penny went in and made a
> certain sound you'd slam your palm into the coin return button and get
> a dial tone? *You could do the same thing with newspaper machines.
> Drop in a coin of lesser value and slam the coin return button at just
> the right time. *It took practice. *Made me feel like an artist.
>
> TJ

We discovered we could play this pinball machine forever if when the
ball counter reached 21 or 23 (it went to 25 before game over) and
we'd press both flippers and jam on the coin return, it would set the
counter back to 0! And we'd get to play again! And it would do it over
and over! All we had to do was stop at 21 or 23 every time, and...

I have NO idea who discovered this or how, but it was the coolest
thing when we were 12, yano?

John Kuthe...