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RE: grounding (was: shameful-cabling gallery of infamy)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Johnson)
Mon Sep 10 23:38:10 2007

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:34:34 -0500
In-Reply-To: <46E60952.1000005@psg.com>
From: "Joe Johnson" <joe@sendjoeanemail.com>
To: "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


> > I have more than once encountered a grounding wire securely fastened
to
> > a 4" wastewater pipe, totally oblivious to the fact it wasn't cast
iron but PVC.
>
> http://rip.psg.com/~randy/070908.agra/P1010309.jpg

I noticed similar strip down the side of the Doges Palace in Venice. The
metal of choice, however, left a lovely rust stain in the priceless
marble, however. At least they did it on a wall facing an alley.


-joe

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