Telephone Issues

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A Kansas 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.

This demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning