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Originally Posted by 198 kHz
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When investigating ringing problems, many a subscriber, on being advised to pour water on the earth spike, thought the engineer was having a laugh and trying to wind them up.
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You need to read Prof R V Jones' autobiography.
One incident in it involves a telephone in an apartment shared by young engineers, a rather senior scientist with a diabolical sense of humour and a candlestick telephone impersonating an 'engineer at the exchange'.
A second incident involving a series of tortoises of graduated sizes, and a visiting American scientist isn't radio-related. but does serve to provide some triangulation on the sorts of persons protecting us in WWII.
David