Problem Solving

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PHONE REPAIR
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> A Kansas
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> telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few
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> occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the
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> The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this
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> psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his
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> test set, and dialed the subscriber's house.
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> The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog moaned and the
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> telephone began to ring.
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> Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:
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> 1 . The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel
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> chain and collar.
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> 2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
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> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number
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> 4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.
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> 5. The wet ground would complete the circuit , thus causing the phone to
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> ring.
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> Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.
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> Thought you'd like to know