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A Queensland, Australia farmer's wife called Telstra to report that her
telephone failed to ring when her friends called, and that on a the few
occasions
when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
The linesman 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 linesman found:
The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via a steel chain
and collar.
The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was
called.
After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.
The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to
ring.
All of which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and
moaning.
telephone failed to ring when her friends called, and that on a the few
occasions
when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
The linesman 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 linesman found:
The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via a steel chain
and collar.
The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was
called.
After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.
The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to
ring.
All of which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and
moaning.
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