Could Be Worse ... Oh, Wait, It Is
This old courthouse is being remodeled, and it's up to the county IT
department to pull out the network and phone cables, reports a
technician who's on the crew doing the cutting and pulling.
"We don't want the wrong cable cut, as we still have fiber and phone
lines running through to another building," the tech says. "We have
been very carefully tracing, tagging and pulling cables for two days."
"On the last day, we walk back to the shop to get ready to leave, and
the boss comes in and tells us that we must have cut a fiber cable.
The network and IP phones are down in the other building, and they
are a little irate to say the least."
The technician knows his crew hasn't cut any fiber, but they go back
to check. They inspect both buildings, but they can't find any sign
of the break.
It's when they're walking one last time between the buildings that
they overhear a conversation that provides a clue. "The construction
foreman was talking about the heavy-duty forklift tearing up the lawn
and getting stuck," reports the tech.
"You guessed it: The fork lift had run over our green plastic
in-ground cable vault. When we went to look, all we saw was mud and
fiber cables ripped in two. They had gotten the fiber but missed the
100-pair phone trunk, thank goodness. And here we were, so very careful."
"Then it started to rain."
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"I Love My Job"
I Love My Job
(apologies to Dr. Seuss)
I love my job, I love the pay, I love it more and more each day.
I love my boss and he's the best. I love HIS boss and all the rest.
I love my office and it's location. I hate to have to take vacation.
I love my desk, drab and gray, and love those paper piles each day.
I love my chair in my padded cell; there's nothing else I love so well.
I love to work among my peers. I love their leers 'n jeers 'n sneers.
I love my computer and all its ware; I hug it often to show I care.
I love each program and every file; I even try using it once in a while.
I'm happy to be here, I am, I am...I'm the happiest slave to my Uncle Sam.
I love this work; I love these chores; I love the meetings with deadly bores.
I love my job AND I'll say it again, I even love these friendly men:
These men who've come to visit today, in lovely white coats to take me away!
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Today's CleanQuote
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Charles Kingsley
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"Obedience"
Bernie and Esther were not the most religious couple and in fact they really only went to church once a year. As they were leaving the church, the minister said, "Bernie, it sure would be nice to see you and Esther here more than once a year!"
"I know," replied Bernie, "but at least we keep the Ten Commandments."
"That's great," the minister said. "I'm glad to hear that you keep the Commandments."
"Yep," Bernie said proudly, "Esther keeps six of them and I keep the other four."