Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 14 Apr 91 20:46:45 GMT From: Don H Kemp Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Western Electric Power Cable Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 293, Message 3 of 11 Lines: 28 kitty!larry@uunet.uu.net (Larry Lippman) writes: > As a somewhat interesting aside, WECo 750 MCM power cable had > "non-traditional" uses. A sixteen inch length (which weighs about > three pounds) makes an excellent "attitude adjustment tool" for > telephone company personnel who have to work in crime-ridden urban > areas. I once saw its effectiveness in deterring a car theft in the > parking lot of a New Jersey Bell central office in Newark. The power > cable section also had the advantage of not being an unlawful weapon. > After all, it's an engineering sample, right? :-) Ah, yes. A chunk of power cable (either 750 MCM or 500 MCM) with an appropriate length of handgrip made, of course, by wrapping the cable with "12 cord". Brings back memories. First ran across this use for the stuff back in 1964 when I was working for WECo, installing what was claimed to be the largest crossbar tandem office in the country. This office was on lower Mission Street in San Francisco, which (at that time, haven't been back since '73) _not_ one of the "nicest" parts of town. Used to carry such a critter across the handlebars of my bike. Never did have occasion to put it to use though. Don H Kemp B B & K Associates, Inc. Rutland, VT uunet!uvm-gen!teletech!dhk