And of course, anything that happens to lie in the path of said trench experiences an abrupt separation. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Ferguson [SMTP:pferguso@cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 1997 10:50 AM To: Peter Galbavy Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: "1997, the Year of the Backhoe" ...Re: Fiber Cut InSterling VA. At 04:16 PM 07/29/97 +0100, Peter Galbavy wrote:

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"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 ?

There is a picture of prominently displayed at: http://www.cat.com/products/equip/bhl/bhl.htm The backhoe portion is the rear-end attachment used to dig trenches. :-) - paul