--- "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com> 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.
>
> The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene,
> curious to see this psychic
> dog or senile lady.
>
> 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.
>
> Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman
> found:
>
> 1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground
> wire with a steel
> chain and collar.
>
> 2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
>
> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling
> current when the number was
> called.
>
> 4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start
> moaning and then urinate.
>
> 5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus
> causing the phone to
> ring.
>
> Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed
> by pissing and moaning?
>
> Just thought you'd like to know.
>
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