The times I have got through and asked "Have You Got" ........... Pip, Pip, Pip (Insert More Money) and ask again.
Those Flaming Pips. Struggling to Negotiate the change into the slot, finger still sore from all that Dialing.
Insert "Salute to Modern Technology" Mobile Phones etc.
The Public Phone that I used was a Modern one for it's day, one up from the older PRESS Button A or B.
Still a Dial though.
When I did eventually get a Phone put in at my Parents house we ended up on Party Line for a short period.
Stress, you better believe it.