-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Warren Kumari Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 12:03 PM To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Roy; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Why do we use facilities with EPO's? On Jul 26, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: Sometime I really need to write down all of the funny things that have happened over the years... Actually, if anyone has other, random funny (?!) stories, pass them along and I'll make a compilation.... [Howard C. Berkowitz] While working at a distinguished university with a religious affiliation, I learned, as did one of the priest-biologists, not to refer to a piece of instrumentation as possessed. While one of the priest-theologians meant well, we learned what happened when holy water is sprinkled into the high voltage supply of a gas chromatograph. Beckman Instruments was so amused they didn't charge for equipment abuse not under maintenance contract.