[aclug-L] Re: Congrats for Jonathan

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That story doesn't really surprise me at all. :-)

I suppose we can all hope and pray that some other company will buy MTC...
(I usually dislike mergers, but think that is one I would strongly support!)


On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 06:28:04AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 11:19:30PM -0500, Lrs v.d.Ast wrote:
> > I just read Jonathan Hall's editorial to the Newton Kansan
> > (http://thekansan.com/stories/061400/vie_0614000020.html). Home run. I
> > live in Moundridge and "chafe under the boot of MTC oppression." I'm
> > really fed up with MTC/Alltel. Sign us up, Jonathan. Where have I been
> > all this time? Busy, very busy, but your letter has finally gotten me
> > off my butt.
> > 
> > Larry Bottorff
> 
> Yay for Jonathan!
> 
> At work we've recently had to deal with MTC and have them install
> additional circuits into our radio site in Moundridge.  They had
> to dig in a new cable as they had run out of capacity.  They wanted
> to schedule a meet, so we agreed to 9 AM on a Friday (we had to
> get our company's backhoe operator as his machine has a narrow
> bucket to dig out between railroad ties).  We arrived at 5 till
> 9 to find the clowns already digging!  Apparently, they decided
> we weren't going to show since we hadn't arrived by 8:45...
> 
> Suffice it to say, the clown that set up the meet time was the
> one running their backhoe and he conveniently hooked into and
> ripped apart the ground system for the building.  Then if I hadn't
> stopped things, they'd have torn into the cable feeding the
> crossing signal in town...Ahhhh the joy!
> 
> Go get 'em Jonathan!
> 
> - Nate >>
> 
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