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Matt I think that would be better for another topic and probably in outside plant. Will take a lot of splanen Lucy.

Roger that -

I'll re-post over there.

Thanks! -
Matt

Somewhat off topic - inside of some of the FDI's and larger terminals in buildings here the Qwest techs have written tip-a-canoe. What does that mean/stand for?

Tippecanoe was the site of a battle fought between the Native American Confederacy led by Tecumseh and the US forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison in 1811.

The Whig party later successfully ran Harrison for President under the slogan "Tip-a-canoe and Tyler too" (referring to John Tyler as VP).

The battle was in what is now Indiana, not Iowa.

Is there a manager/foreman/Union leader named Harrison (or Tecumseh) in the area?

Sam

I still wonder why they are called butt sets.

As in butt-in.

As in when you where them on your tool belt they bang on your butt?

Sam

Right. Or buttinsky, another informal term for someone who gets involved where they are not welcome. But do not fall into the "urban legend" trap that, by coincidence, it was invented by a Mr. Buttinsky. That's simply not true.

Of course, you can always refer to them as a Lineman's Test Set. But that's silly. That would be like calling "dykes" something very politically correct like diagonal cutters!

Of course there was a Mr. Buttinsky. Isidore Buttinsky. He was Alexander Graham Bellinsky's brother in law.

Who, you ask was Alexander Graham Bellinsky?

Why the first Telephone Pole, of course.


Sam

(Debates about what was actually said, or whether battery acid was involved or not aside...)

When the phone was invented: Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.

...Watson helps with the acid spill and gets a promotion.

If it had happened today: Watson, get your a** in here NOW.

...Watson is reprimanded and fired (er, uh.. "laid off") for allowing his manager to play with dangerous chemicals.