Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bionet!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Which Came First? Message-ID: <12964@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 3 Oct 90 00:57:05 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: David Lesher Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers Lines: 27 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 707, Message 2 of 14 Phil, the guy whose answering machine messages caused such a problem in the 60's, had an accountant that got TT service as soon as it was offered. He had a fit about the pad layout, and Phil disassembled the pads in all his phones and made them "correct" i.e: 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 by swapping the buttons and moving a few wires. (the things we do to get our tax returns done on time;_]) He really wanted 0 for the bottom row, but if you remember how the pads were made, you KNOW why Phil talked him out of THAT. Things were fine for years until Mr._Tax's flunky called 611 to get one of the 1500's fixed. When the Greenie showed up, he had a fit: vandalizing PHONE COMPANY property and all the rest of that bs. But the accountant stood his ground, and refused to give up the set. The poor repairman had to actually *fix* the phone and not just swap it out. After that, they just called us over to fix their phones...... wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (305) 255-RTFM