Bill wrote:
In message , Alan Braggins
writes
In article , Huge wrote:

Thanks for reminding me that I've previously had to taxi a support
person
halfway across London to plug in a keyboard extension cable for someone.

I've heard of someone flown to Singapore to look at a problem after a
phone call which went roughly "You're sure it's plugged in?" "You're
really sure it's plugged in?" "You're really absolutely certain it's
plugged in?".

Turned out it was plugged in, to a four-way extension lead which was also
plugged in - to itself.

I once drove 50 miles to Wimbledon, tennis, to a TV scanner after a
similar conversation. I found that the customer had added an extra 4
way multiblock to the set up, one with a switch on it. I explained to
him how the switch worked and drove 50 miles back again.

Two of us drove 65 miles to London,, to Arthur Andersen, and a BT
engineer did the same, wasted 4 hours while the customer faffed about
and the BT engineer finally discovered the IDSN line that was strung up
and over the door of a steel cabinet that had cut through the insulation.



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lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.