Blowing Out The Phone Lines?
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From: david on 8 Apr 2010 06:14 On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:03:48 -0500, philo rearranged some electrons to say: > dadiOH wrote: >> llort wrote: >>> Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me that >>> they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I should >>> wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris doesn't >>> scatter around the house. >>> >>> I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I >>> should use? >>> Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished? >>> >>> No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell phones. >>> With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a miracle that >>> it works at all. >> >> Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago. >> >> > Yeah > > but back then they did have to blow out the phone lines <G> You would be interested to know that this joke has a basis in fact, sort of. The main trunk cables coming out of a central office actually have dry air pumped into them to keep moisture out of them. Of course, the air pressure doesn't actually extend into the individual service loops that go to your houses and businesses. http://www.airtalk.com/primer.shtml
From: Harry L on 12 Apr 2010 17:28
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:01:01 -0400, sligoNoSPAMjoe(a)hotmail.com wrote: >On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:46:05 -0400, llort <llort4u(a)nope.net> wrote: > >>Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me >>that they would be blowing out the phone lines > > What are phone lines? That's when neighboorhood kids have been writing on your phone with crayons. |