naturalplastic wrote:
Someone once said that "star 69 was the only good thing to come out of the Nineties".
And it is useful. Dial star and then 6 and 9 and you can get the phone number of that last person who called you on your landline.
But lately when I try to use it I get a voice saying "sorry. You only get star 69 request at a time. Please disable the previous request".
It started when I hung up in the middle of getting a 69 report by mistake. That might have confused the poor workings of the phone system. But whatever caused it... I dont know how to undo it. Anyone know?
I guess I could try calling the provider.
I think some of those codes are defunct or depend on your carrier. POPCORN is another staple that only some people have access too.
*67 still works though.
Not sure if 00 still does (AT&T double 0 info, anyone?)
Edit: I went looking to see if POPCORN was still up. Turns out its a northern California thing? Did nobody else in the US have this? You'd just dial POP-CORN (767-2676) and it would give you the time. It was a life saver for power outages. I think for a short time it also had weather announcements.
09 Sep 2023, 11:02 am
