Yes,you are correct. Like you I never did it, just watched others do it 
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Yeah you took the number, eg a 6, away from 10 istr. So for a 6 you would push down the cradle 4 times in rapid succession. Youād hear the clicks dial through then next digit. eg for a 3 youād push the cradle down 7 times.
Never got it totally working as by digit 4 or 5 Iād mess up but you could definitely hear the digits go through to the exchange after your cradle bout with each one.
PhonePhreaking was the name given to finding ways to explore weaknesses in the telecom systems. Thereās an article about it here.
Some friends and I at Imperial College in the early 70s had anā¦ interest in the subject 
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Nevertheless, sounds like you got further than those āvery casual acquaintancesā of previous posters.
āI donāt have any personal recollection of such a situation your Honourā - an increasingly popular opening in US legal chess known as the āTrumpsā Defenseā (sic).
You could always phone the operator (think it was 100) and tell them the phone had taken your money and not connected you. Iām happy to admit to doing it 
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Washers worked as well as coins, good for international as well as local calls bip,bip, bip,bip
Youāre out of luck. At that price, the piss has been taken.
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Philistine 
Are they binoculars?
Yes for bird watching
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Ahh, Iāve a good pal whoās a twitcher, also a solicitor, but weāll overlook that 
We attended his 70th in Dublin a couple of weeks ago en route to Oz.
What was the traffic like on the Yellow Brick Road?
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Bit of a headwind at 40,000 feet over Abu Dhabi but otherwise nothing that Dorothy, our captain. couldnāt deal with 
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