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From: edg@micropro.UUCP (Ed Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: Phone Co. Tall Tale (longish)
Message-ID: <193@micropro.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 17:23:31 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 16 17:23:31 1985
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In article <1099@bbnccv.UUCP> rfradenb@bbnccv.UUCP (Roger Fradenburgh) writes:
>As every past or present employee of ATT or the  now-divested  Operating
>Companies knows, Mother Bell and her offspring are SERIOUS about SAFETY,
>sometimes to the point of being unintentionally comical (I once attended
>a  safety  meeting  at  which we were instructed in the proper manner of
>sitting down in and arising from office  chairs  and  the  safe  use  of
>staple removers...  really!).
>
>Following  is  the text of a "letter", dated November, 1970 and typed on
>Illinois Bell stationery, that was no doubt composed with this  fact  in
>mind:
>
>
>PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
>
>To:  District Construction Supt. - East
>
>On the threshold of a New Year, I felt the following details of a Canada
>Bell  accident  might  inspire you and your people to strive for a safer
>1971.
>
>Employee Joseph Gosshawk, the driver of a Company vehicle, was parked on
>a  gentle  slope  in  Willowdale.   He had a passenger; Mr.  Milker, his

I was given a similar document by a Telco employee on Long Island.  Most
of the place names were local to Long Island.  On comparison, I believe
that the posted version is the original and correct one, and I
appreciate being able to add it to my collection.

Amazing how these stories circulate.
				-e

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