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| Homer J Simpson |
 Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:44 am |
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"Meat Plow" <meat@meatplow.local> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.02.12.03.49.16.862000@nntp.sun-meatplow.local...
Reported in one of the tech journals.
In Australia, little old lady got her first phone. The exchange called after
a few weeks to check on it. Lady said it was fine but now her water tasted
funny. Much hilarity with the techs.
A week later a tech swung by and took a look. In Australia a lot of homes
collected rain water from the roof in big tanks. When they installed the
phone, the tech put the insulators right over the open access hole to the
tank and the birds perched there and crapped in it. The tech replaced the
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| Meat Plow |
| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:09 am |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:27:44 +0000, Homer J Simpson Has Frothed:
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"Meat Plow" <meat@meatplow.local> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.02.12.03.49.16.862000@nntp.sun-meatplow.local...
Reported in one of the tech journals.
In Australia, little old lady got her first phone. The exchange called after
a few weeks to check on it. Lady said it was fine but now her water tasted
funny. Much hilarity with the techs.
A week later a tech swung by and took a look. In Australia a lot of homes
collected rain water from the roof in big tanks. When they installed the
phone, the tech put the insulators right over the open access hole to the
tank and the birds perched there and crapped in it. The tech replaced the
cover and solved the problem!
Yuck. My grandfather used to collect rain water but to wash clothes with
and not to drink.
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Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, June 2004
COOSN-266-06-25794 |
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| jerry_maple@hotmail.com |
| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:14 pm |
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On Feb 11, 9:15 am, Meat Plow <m...@meatplow.local> wrote:
Quote: Another time I was called out to look at a new
heating system we installed that wasn't working. As I entered the home
there was a strong smell of something that had died. Braving the smell I
opened the back of the furnace where the air handler was located since
there was a loud hum when I switched the blower on. I found a dead mouse
wedged inbetween the belt and the pulley Removing said rodent fixed the
problem.
About 10 years ago, we started noticing a bad smell in the laundry
room, couldn't quite localize it at first. As the smell got stronger,
we decided it was coming from the dryer. Started tearing the dryer
apart, found a dead bird wedged in the squirrel cage. The door flap on
the outside dryer vent was stuck open, bird got in, went the wrong
direction, ended up dying in our dryer.
Jerry |
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| t.hoehler |
| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:00 am |
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<jerry_maple@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Quote: On Feb 11, 9:15 am, Meat Plow <m...@meatplow.local> wrote:
Another time I was called out to look at a new
heating system we installed that wasn't working. As I entered the home
there was a strong smell of something that had died. Braving the smell I
opened the back of the furnace where the air handler was located since
there was a loud hum when I switched the blower on. I found a dead mouse
wedged inbetween the belt and the pulley Removing said rodent fixed the
problem.
About 10 years ago, we started noticing a bad smell in the laundry
room, couldn't quite localize it at first. As the smell got stronger,
we decided it was coming from the dryer. Started tearing the dryer
apart, found a dead bird wedged in the squirrel cage. The door flap on
the outside dryer vent was stuck open, bird got in, went the wrong
direction, ended up dying in our dryer.
Jerry
Hmm, I've had problems with squirrels in my bird feeder, but a bird in a
squirrel cage! Wow, will wonders never cease! 
Regards,
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| quietguy |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:04 pm |
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Doing TV service calls - nice old lady with no pic and no sound on her TV.
Wanted me to fix it, but refused to let me take the back off the set
'because you might get a shock and I'd be upset'
When I couldn't meet her request to fix the set with the back on, and depite
my explanation of why I needed to do that, she sent me away saying she would
try another TV repair firm.
David - who didn't have the heart to charge the old dear for the wasted call
Meat Plow wrote:
Quote: Anyone got any weird or strange experiences when doing in home service?
Back in the early 80's when I did residential HVAC, I had so many that it
made me not want to do it any more and I switched to commercial. |
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| Homer J Simpson |
| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:16 pm |
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"quietguy" <postings@REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote in
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Quote: Doing TV service calls - nice old lady with no pic and no sound on her TV.
Wanted me to fix it, but refused to let me take the back off the set
'because you might get a shock and I'd be upset'
When I couldn't meet her request to fix the set with the back on, and
depite
my explanation of why I needed to do that, she sent me away saying she
would
try another TV repair firm.
David - who didn't have the heart to charge the old dear for the wasted
call
Maybe that's where she kept her bong?
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| **THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** |
| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:12 am |
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I was thinking she had her dead hubby crammed in there. Now that would
be a "shock"!
Homer J Simpson wrote:
Quote: "quietguy" <postings@REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote in
message
news:45D6468B.3C68C3C7@REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com...
Doing TV service calls - nice old lady with no pic and no sound on her TV.
Wanted me to fix it, but refused to let me take the back off the set
'because you might get a shock and I'd be upset'
When I couldn't meet her request to fix the set with the back on, and
depite
my explanation of why I needed to do that, she sent me away saying she
would
try another TV repair firm.
David - who didn't have the heart to charge the old dear for the wasted
call
Maybe that's where she kept her bong?
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Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
"Follow The Money" ;-P |
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| Michael A. Terrell |
| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:14 am |
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Meat Plow wrote:
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Anyone got any weird or strange experiences when doing in home service?
Back in the early 80's when I did residential HVAC, I had so many that it
made me not want to do it any more and I switched to commercial.
This didn't happen to me, but to an elderly tech I worked with at
Microdyne. Jerry was sent to China to repair some C-band sat terminal
equipment for the chinese government. A liaison was supposed to be
waiting at the airport, but didn't show up. So, that left jerry with a
load of tools, manuals and test equipment that the customs inspectors
couldn't read. All they recognized was the company logo which was a
large sat dish. They started yelling, Yankee Spy! Yankee Spy! Yankee
Spy! He was arrested, and detained for almost 24 hours before the
report made it to the right level of the chinese government, along with
his manuals.
Jerry had a great sense of humor, unless someone mentioned China.
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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida |
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