"Ian F." wrote in message
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"Mrs Redboots" wrote in message
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But do you remember "the pips" that would warn you when you'd been
talking for three minutes on a long-distance call

"...and the operator says '30 cents more for the next three minutes'..."
(Dr. Hook)

Wasn't it '40 [not 30] cents more for the next [long pause] three [long
pause] minutes'? ;-) I never understood the significance of those pauses.