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Internet Method for Anonymous Phone Contacts to fellow Mongers?

Book Guy

I write it like I mean it, but mostly they just want my money.

Hey, I wonder, is there an easy (preferably free?) way to set up a telephone call that will allow me to maintain internet-based anonymity? Over time, I've experienced this need on several occasions. Some of the friendly helpful mongers here (and at other websites) have suggested they'd be willing to chat with me by phone, or even to meet in person with me, at various strip-clubs or other venues, for any of a variety of purposes.

I'm not OK with giving out (ever!) a "real" phone number. I am OK with sending emails (I have a book_guy account at Yahoo that I consider my "main" anonymous email) and chat-messages on any MIRC type client, and Personal-Messages such as those that we send here at TUSCL via the messaging service on this website. I know, they ALL can be hacked by someone who KNOWS what he's doing, but I am not trying to preclude expert Romanian hackers employed by Putin, they'll always be more computer-savvy than me. I am simply trying to keep out reasonable efforts of, for example, my spouse or employer or sibling or child (I don't have any of those right now, by the way! LOL ...), or an acquaintance etc..

If I had a phone number that forwarded to my cell phone, wouldn't that work? Like, could I do that with Google Voice? I would like to be able to phone FROM and TO it, both. Anyone know a quick easy method?

And strangely, I'm kind of OK with the idea of meeting mongers in person. I guess, if Fred-the-Monger and Book-monger-Guy IDs agree on TUSCL.net to go see each other face to face in the Mons Venus parking lot in Tampa, with "I'll be wearing a green arm-band and I have a red mustache" or whatever, then when both of us show up, we are pretty sure the other guy at least has to admit to having been standing inside the Mons Venus parking lot. So, it's not like I'm likely to get "outed" by someone whom I could just as easily "out" right back. But that reassurance isn't available with phone-calls ... if he has my info, he can then connect it to my TUSCL ID and "out" me, but I can't reverse the favor as easily. Right?

Your thoughts? What's risky, what's not, which contact-methods are OK for making real-life connections between TUSCL members?