[Vision2020] V2020's Pissing and moaning can solve problems

[Donovan Arnold]

For all those that try to make the claim that all the
pissing and moaning on V2020 cannot solve problems, I
offer the following story sent to me that presents
evidence that it can:


An elderly lady phoned her telephone company to report
that 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.
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.



Donovan J Arnold


		
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