Posted on 11/06/2023 8:45:16 AM PST by SunkenCiv
“Your time is up. Please deposit 10,000 more coins.”
Not quite the way it worked in Argentina. Ma Bell apparently had the phones everywhere. Argentina nationalized everything. Threw Ma Bell people out, including those who knew how to get the pay phones to respond to new coinage necessary because of inflation. Thus by the mid 60 calls were very cheap. Unfortunately they also kicked out anyone with maintenance knowledge and it was rare to get your call through.
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