Eric in the Evening wrote:
Hey Charles,

When I was a "frameman" (oops, make that "frame attendant") in the Alameda
Central Office, had exactly the same type of "shock". Air conditioning had
broken, we were in t-shirts, about 90+ degrees in the CO on a summers day
and sweating. Reaching through the frame from the equipment side hit someone
who was ringing and became a human bell clapper for about 20-30 seconds. All
this at the top of a rolling ladder. My fellow employees and myself got a
laugh out of it (me later). Actually happened a few times over my 27 year
career. At least I'm not unique in that sense. Thanks for sharing......
Eric KA6USJ



Eric,
In my days as a Frame Ape, I got across one of the Darned Gov't special
circuits that had a lot more than ring voltage on it. Only once though,
I can still remember the special warning tags they hadon the lines at
all the blocks, and like you Iwas at the top of the ladder when it
happened. And oh yes I also got bit by ring more than once. Remember the
way we found shorts?
Bill Higdon