A friend sent this to me yesterday:
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year outside of New York
City, New York scientists found traces of copper cable dating back 100
years. They 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, a Los
Angeles, California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet somewhere
just outside Oceanside. Shortly after, a story in the LA Times read:
"California archaeologists report a finding of 200 year old copper
cable, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced
high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New
Yorkers."
One week later, a local newspaper in High Point, NC. reported the
following: "After digging down about 300 feet deep in his pasture near
the community of Toad Suck, Bubba, a self-taught archaeologist, reported
that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300
years ago, North Carolina had already gone wireless.
Just makes a person proud to be from North Carolina
George
