Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ha! Heard that before except with the Scots,Brits and then the Irish going wireless. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <grduprey@mchsi.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: [Leica] Copper Wire > Something to think about... > > After having dug to a depth of 10 yards last year, New York scientists > found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came > to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network > more than 100 years ago. > > Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, > California scientists dug to a depth of 20 yards, and shortly > after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: 'California > archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have > concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech > communications network a hundred years earlier than the New > Yorkers.' > > One week later, " The Express News," a local newspaper in Texas reported > the following: > > 'After digging as deep as 30 yards in corn fields near Austin , Bubba > Johnson , a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he > found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years > ago, Texas had already gone wireless.' > > Gene