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From: trdill@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Diller)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: computer follies
Keywords: mag tape problems
Message-ID: <5856@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 25 Aug 88 16:37:34 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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 When I was servicing computers I got a call one day from a
woman saying that she could not read a tape in the tape drive at
her site. I asked her to try another tape and it worked fine. I
then asked her what she had done to the first one. 

she replied: "Well there were some crinkled ends on this tape so
I did what I've seen done in the movies. I just reeled off a few
feet and then cut the tape at that point."

After I stopped laughing I told her what she had done.

If you have any funny stories like this let me know, I'd be
interested in them.