My phone won't ring ... and my dogs always barking...

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Colin Kemp 7K76 BNR

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Colin Kemp 7K76 BNR

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For your information:


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 May 04 09:44:00 1995

 To:          Patricia (P.A.)  Dy                (BNR)      Dept 7I61   SKY
              Holly (H.A.)  Armstrong            (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Todd (T.A.)  Horsman               (BNR)      Dept 7X14   SKY
              Holly (H.A.)  Armstrong            (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              James (J.L.)  Beuerman             (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Tim (T.J.)  Creamer                (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Paul (P.J.)  Demers                (BNR)      Dept 7X85-M SKY
              Riza (R.)  Durucasugil             (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Greg (G.)  Farnsworth              (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Umit (U.)  Kalkan                  (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Allen (A.J.)  Hainer               (BNR)      Dept 7X16   SKY
              Colin (C.)  McAdorey               (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Veronika (V.M.)  Irvine            (BNR)      Dept 7X16   SKY
              Colin (C.M.)  Puchala              (BNR)      Dept N112   SKY
              Douglas (D.A.)  Sander             (BNR)      Dept 4Y11   CAR
              Michael (M.J.)  Craven             (BNR)      Dept 0S93   SKY
              Fred (F.J.)  LaLonde               (BNR)      Dept 4Y26   CAR
              Victor (V.)  Pak                   (BNR)      Dept 7K34   SKY
              Daniel (D.A.)  Reynolds            (BNR)      Dept 5B12   CAR

 From:        Colin (C.W.)  Kemp                 (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY

 Subject:     fw:Humor

For your information:


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 May 03 12:21:00 1995

 To:          Richard (R.J.)  Stevenson          (BNR)      Dept 7I63   SKY
              Richard (R.)  Plackowski           (BNR)      Dept 7I15   SKY
              Christal (C.)  Cook                (BNR)      Dept 7I23   SKY
              Larry (L.K.)  Greenfield           (BNR)      Dept GL51   LON40
              Trevor (T.)  Holt                  (BNR)      Dept 7X16   SKY
              Mark (M.L.)  Daku                  (BNR)      Dept 7X51   SKY
              Colin (C.W.)  Kemp                 (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY
              Rob (W.R.L.)  Dickson              (BNR)      Dept 1B25   SKY
              Jane (J.)  Dowsey                  (BNR)      Dept 7I61   SKY
              Heather (H.)  Mullen               (BNR)      Dept 7X44   SKY
              Christin (C.M.)  Boyd              (BNR)      Dept 7X75   SKY

 From:        Robert (R.T.)  Hubert              (BNR)      Dept 7I63   SKY

 Subject:     fw:Humor

Well , ...

In Britain, a telephone subscriber is signalled by sending 90 volts
across one side of the two wire circuit and ground.  When the phone is
answered, it switches to the two wire circuit for conversation.  This
method allows two parties on the same line to be signalled without
disturbing each other.

An elderly man called BT engineers to say that his telephone nearly
always failed to ring when his friends called.  On the few occasions
when it did ring, his dog always barked first.  A technician climbed a
nearby pole, connected his test set and dialled the house.  The phone
didn't ring.  On investigation, it was found that the dog was tied to
the telephone system's ground post via an iron chain and collar, and
was receiving 90 volts of signalling current.  After several jolts, the
dog urinated on the ground and barked.  The wet ground then conducted
and the phone rang.