From: malQassRimiMlation@gmail.com   
      
   I was talking to the head of a local charitable group, who was   
   intrviewing my wife and I to see if we qualifiy for their help.   
      
   When I mentioned I was a retired telephone guy, she told me that an   
   elderly woman she knew, who still has a wired POTS line, is having a   
   lot of trouble with her phone line ringting without her being able to   
   answer it during wet weather, and she asked me if a flooded cable   
   would do that.   
      
   I told her that a flooded cable was much more likely to cause a   
   continuous busy signal, and she shifted instantly to saying that's   
   what they were getting: busy signals when someone tried to call this   
   person.   
      
   I offfered to give her a spare trimline phone, and she asked   
   repeatedly if that would cure the problem. I told her that it might,   
   and that there was no harm in trying. She changed the subject.   
      
   Would anyone care to tell me what she was really asking?   
      
   --   
   Bill Horne   
   (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)   
      
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