OT: There is hope for this NG

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A Bentonville 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.

In article <D3Eeh.7174$Ka1.914@news01.roc.ny>
[email]takirch@frontiernet.net[/email] "tak" writes:
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> [...]
>
> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the
> number was called.[/color]

The dog should move without delay to the UK. 70V RMS here.
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> 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.[/color]

And a very strange expression to cross the dog's face, whilst it
quickly crossed its hind legs? Imagine where that current would
be flowing while the urine did. *nnn-ghh*

Oddly enough, apparently there really was a case where a dog got
zapped by a phone's ringing voltage. IIRC, UK decades ago. The
dog received a tingle through its neck, due to faulty wiring and
its chain, which set it howling. Liquids were not mentioned.
--
Andrew Stephenson

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:50:32 +0000, Andrew Stephenson wrote:
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> In article <D3Eeh.7174$Ka1.914@news01.roc.ny>
> [email]takirch@frontiernet.net[/email] "tak" writes:
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>> [...]
>>
>> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the
>> number was called.[/color]
>
> The dog should move without delay to the UK. 70V RMS here.
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>> 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.[/color]
>
> And a very strange expression to cross the dog's face, whilst it
> quickly crossed its hind legs? Imagine where that current would
> be flowing while the urine did. *nnn-ghh*[/color]


Ever pissed on an electric fence in the dark?

That's not *nnn-ghh*, that's *NNN-GHH-AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!*

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>
> Oddly enough, apparently there really was a case where a dog got
> zapped by a phone's ringing voltage. IIRC, UK decades ago. The
> dog received a tingle through its neck, due to faulty wiring and
> its chain, which set it howling. Liquids were not mentioned.[/color]

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:h8Keh.3884$IG6.842@trndny01...[color=blue]
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:50:32 +0000, Andrew Stephenson wrote:
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>> In article <D3Eeh.7174$Ka1.914@news01.roc.ny>
>> [email]takirch@frontiernet.net[/email] "tak" writes:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the
>>> number was called.[/color]
>>
>> The dog should move without delay to the UK. 70V RMS here.
>>[color=darkred]
>>> 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.[/color]
>>
>> And a very strange expression to cross the dog's face, whilst it
>> quickly crossed its hind legs? Imagine where that current would
>> be flowing while the urine did. *nnn-ghh*[/color]
>
>
> Ever pissed on an electric fence in the dark?
>
> That's not *nnn-ghh*, that's *NNN-GHH-AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!*[/color]

And I thought Will Rogers was just being figurative:

There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading, and the few
who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric
fence............... Will Rogers

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:33:05 +0000, tak wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:h8Keh.3884$IG6.842@trndny01...[color=green]
>> On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:50:32 +0000, Andrew Stephenson wrote:
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>>> In article <D3Eeh.7174$Ka1.914@news01.roc.ny>
>>> [email]takirch@frontiernet.net[/email] "tak" writes:
>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the
>>>> number was called.
>>>
>>> The dog should move without delay to the UK. 70V RMS here.
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> And a very strange expression to cross the dog's face, whilst it
>>> quickly crossed its hind legs? Imagine where that current would
>>> be flowing while the urine did. *nnn-ghh*[/color]
>>
>>
>> Ever pissed on an electric fence in the dark?
>>
>> That's not *nnn-ghh*, that's *NNN-GHH-AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!*[/color]
>
> And I thought Will Rogers was just being figurative:
>
> There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading, and the few
> who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric
> fence............... Will Rogers[/color]


Well, Saturday night, here in Rural New England, driving around with your
best friend and his dog (Now, DON'T go gettin' any Brokeback Mountain
imagery here...) and 3 six packs, sooner or later ya GOTTA pull over, on a
dark back road.

I sure didn't SEE anything! ;)

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:13:52 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@AE86.gts>
wrote:
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>Well, Saturday night, here in Rural New England, driving around with your
>best friend and his dog (Now, DON'T go gettin' any Brokeback Mountain
>imagery here...) and 3 six packs, sooner or later ya GOTTA pull over, on a
>dark back road.
>
>I sure didn't SEE anything! ;)[/color]

When I asked a friend of mine how far Cape Kennedy was from us...he
told me 'about a six pack and a half...'


--

Scott in Florida