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I port knocked called a friend once while traveling overseas when a second friend decided to act like an idiot and got us both some attention by the local autho
by dvtrn 6y ago
I port knocked called a friend once while traveling overseas when a second friend decided to act like an idiot and got us both some attention by the local authorities.
First friend-a local-is the type who doesn’t answer his phone from numbers he doesn’t know/isn’t saved as a contact-which I knew, so I dialed him, then dialed his wife (who also doesn’t answer unknown numbers), then dialed him again. He picked up the second time and after some explaining he chuckled and goes “yeah I figured it must be important when the same number called $wife immediately after calling me”.
He was there to pick us (including drunk mutual friend) up within the hour. And yes, he’s a network engineer heh.
- aasasd 6y agoBack in the day of payphones and expensive long-distance calls, hitchhikers had a protocol for calling their parents/friends for free: they ring them up but don't say anything. The callee reads a list of expected answers (like the towns where the caller would stay), and the caller hangs up on the right answer, then dials again. Not sure how payment worked and why you could listen for free—I'm only familiar with the method from written accounts.
- aetherspawn 6y agoSounds like 1800 reverse where you could send a short 2-3 second message that’s supposed to be your name. The other person would get an option to receive a call from <whoever> for $5, but usually <whoever> is the name or code of a location to be picked up. I must have done this 100 times as a kid. Once an angry man clued onto it, switched my line across and told me off. This is back in the days where mobile calls were expensive and very few kids had phones.
- aasasd 6y agoI think that's just good old Mr. Bob Itsaboy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxhTnWrKYs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxhTnWrKYs