A family called the local phone company to
report their telephone failed to ring when friends
called - and that on the few occasions, when it did
ring, their dog always moaned right before the
phone rang.
The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene,
curious to see this psychic dog. 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.
.... guess which rancher's poster I thought of right away :shock:
report their telephone failed to ring when friends
called - and that on the few occasions, when it did
ring, their dog always moaned right before the
phone rang.
The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene,
curious to see this psychic dog. 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.
.... guess which rancher's poster I thought of right away :shock: