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Article #33Re: Phone Co. Tall Tale (longish)
From: Ed Greenberg
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1985 22:23
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1985 22:23
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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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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 Unisoft-Cosmos; site micropro.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!caip!lll-crg!well!micropro!edg 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 Article-I.D.: micropro.193 Posted: Mon Dec 16 17:23:31 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Dec-85 00:44:55 EST References: <1099@bbnccv.UUCP> Reply-To: edg@micropr.UUCP (Ed Greenberg) Distribution: na Organization: MicroPro Int'l Corp., San Rafael, CA Lines: 37