Re: [TSCM-L] {1736} Telephone repairman
James M. Atkinson wrote:
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> A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone
> failed to ring when her friends called and that on the few occasions, when
> it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
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> The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic
> dog or senile lady.
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> He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the
> subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog
> moaned and the telephone began to ring.
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> Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:
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> 1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel
> chain and collar.
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> 2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
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> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was
> called.
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> 4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.
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> 5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to
> ring.
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> Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning?
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> Just thought you'd like to know.
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