Telephone Service
 

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 ****ing and moaning.

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Muncle,as a retired telephone repairman I got a great chuckle out of your story.I have one along the same lines.One of our newer installers went out to do a new installation and try as he might he could not establish a good ground(which is needed to complete the circut)He drove ground rods in 4 or 5 different locations to no avail.Finally totally frustrated he told the subscriber that she would have to"water"her ground rod once a week.He got away with that for a few months until the lady called repair service and said she was going on vacation and could that nice young man stop by once a week and water her ground rod while she was away"Busted"

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Muncle: BADABOOM! BADABING!!!

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Thanks Muncle

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Hmmmm! I knew that! 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl