[LINK] copper history

[Jan Whitaker]

It's Friday. Time for some levity:


After having dug to a depth of 100 meters last year, Scottish 
scientist found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years, 
concluding their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 
1000 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English 
scientists dug to a depth of 200 meters and shortly after, headlines 
in the UK newspapers read: "English archaeologists have found traces 
of 2000 year copper wire and concluded that their ancestors already 
had advance high-tech communications network a thousand years earlier 
than the Scots.

One week later, Texas newspapers reported the following: "After 
digging as deep as 500 meters in West Texas, Texas A&M scientists 
have found absolutely nothing.  They have therefore concluded that 
5000 years ago Texas inhabitants were already using wireless technology.

P.S: Don't Mess with Texas




Jan Whitaker
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