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Testing

An Indiana 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 pet dog always moaned right before the

phone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see

this psychic dog or senile elderly lady.



He climbed a nearby 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 loudly 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 via 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 phone number

was called.



4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start moaning and then

urinate on himself and the ground.



5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to

ring.



Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by ******* and moaning. :p
 
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