[11379] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "1997, the Year of the Backhoe" ...Re: Fiber Cut In Sterling VA.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue Jul 29 12:21:04 1997
To: Peter Galbavy <peter@demon.net>
cc: "'Steve Goldstein'" <sgoldste@nsf.gov>, Henry Clark <henryc@bbnplanet.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Jul 1997 16:16:45 BST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 11:54:05 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Peter Galbavy writes:
> > "1997, the Year of the Backhoe"
>
> For those of us who have not grown up with the (what sounds like)
> delightful vagaries of US road management - what is a backhoe ?
A type of "steam" shovel -- i.e. a particular kind of the class of
mechanical devices with a large articulated arm with a big scoop at
the end used for digging trenches and such. The details of what
distinguishes a backhoe from other members of the class aren't
important for your purposes...
.pm
