From the desk of Rosaleen Dickson, Contributing Editor
By Tom Kyle, the Old Guy
Winnipeg, Manitoba
After having dug to a depth of 10 metres last year, scientists in New York state 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 New Yorkers, California scientists dug to a depth of 20 metres, and shortly after, the LA Times wrote:
"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 Moose Jaw Times-Herald in Saskatchewan reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 30 meters in sagebrush fields near Moose Jaw, Ole Karbaluski, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Saskatchewan had already gone wireless.
6 March 2009 — Return to cover.
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