Copper Wire

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet 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, a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story in the LA Times read: "California archaeologists, finding of 200 year old copper wire, 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 Mississippi reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Pontotoc, Mississippi, Bubba, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Mississippi had already gone wireless".

I'm proud to live in Mississippi!

Gary, isn't Mississippi wireless still a smoky fire and a wet blanket?

....well.......Yes.

Ah...good ole Mississippi...the State that stutters.

Unless you pronounce it like a true Mississippian..... "Miss Sippy"

Top of the list of all that's bad, bottom of the list of all that's good.

I grew up in "Miss Sippi" so I resemble those remarks.

Have a good friend in Starkville. I ride the Trace to Tupelo from time to time to catch up on old friends. Perhaps we'll meet one of these days.

Just holler when you plan a trip to Tupelo. A little over an hour away...if I don't go the Trace.

GaryB