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Apr 9, 2013 05:48:37   #
braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.
 
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the French."

A few weeks later, ‘The British Archaeological Society of Northern England’ reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2012, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught local amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely bugger all. Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."

Just makes you bloody proud to be British.

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Apr 9, 2013 05:55:31   #
viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK
 
Well done.

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Apr 9, 2013 06:17:32   #
lateron Loc: Yorkshire, England
 
braindamage wrote:
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the French."



A few weeks later, ‘The British Archaeological Society of Northern England’ reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2012, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught local amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely bugger all. Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."

Just makes you bloody proud to be British.
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, ... (show quote)


A nice touch - a real 'shaggy dog'.

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Apr 9, 2013 06:24:39   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
Luv it,
braindamage wrote:
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the French."

A few weeks later, ‘The British Archaeological Society of Northern England’ reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2012, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught local amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely bugger all. Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."

Just makes you bloody proud to be British.
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, ... (show quote)


:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Apr 9, 2013 06:55:01   #
Georgie Loc: England
 
LOL.

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Apr 10, 2013 05:28:55   #
gerry908 Loc: An Aussie from Scotland
 
I'll bet that most of you didn't know that it was 2 Scotsmen from Aberdeen who invented Copper Wire.

They found it by sheer accident while fighting over a penny as neither one would let go :mrgreen:

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Apr 10, 2013 05:45:56   #
lateron Loc: Yorkshire, England
 
gerry908 wrote:
I'll bet that most of you didn't know that it was 2 Scotsmen from Aberdeen who invented Copper Wire.

They found it by sheer accident while fighting over a penny as neither one would let go :mrgreen:


I bet you think you're joking!!!!!!

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Apr 10, 2013 07:11:28   #
creativ simon Loc: Coulsdon, South London
 
braindamage wrote:
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the French."

A few weeks later, ‘The British Archaeological Society of Northern England’ reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2012, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught local amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely bugger all. Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."

Just makes you bloody proud to be British.
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, ... (show quote)


We lead the world

Nice one

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Apr 10, 2013 07:55:49   #
gerry908 Loc: An Aussie from Scotland
 
lateron wrote:
I bet you think you're joking!!!!!!


No, not really, as I was born and bred in Aberdeen and I still have the first penny I earned and if you try and take it away from me, we'll produce more copper wire :mrgreen:

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Apr 10, 2013 09:17:48   #
lateron Loc: Yorkshire, England
 
gerry908 wrote:
No, not really, as I was born and bred in Aberdeen and I still have the first penny I earned and if you try and take it away from me, we'll produce more copper wire :mrgreen:


My ex-Father-in-Law came frae 'Aberdeen - I know what you mean!!!

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Apr 10, 2013 11:09:57   #
flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico
 
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Apr 10, 2013 17:38:02   #
UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA
 
braindamage wrote:
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the French."

A few weeks later, ‘The British Archaeological Society of Northern England’ reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2012, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught local amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely bugger all. Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."

Just makes you bloody proud to be British.
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, ... (show quote)


We got you beat Brit, dug down 5 feet in my backyard and found water. Proves that indians had swimming pools back in the 1800's.

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Apr 10, 2013 19:39:36   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
UP-2-IT wrote:
We got you beat Brit, dug down 5 feet in my backyard and found water. Proves that indians had swimming pools back in the 1800's.


Native Americans! You're not being PC. :thumbup:

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Apr 10, 2013 21:19:31   #
UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA
 
pounder35 wrote:
Native Americans! You're not being PC. :thumbup:


No, in Louisiana they were Indians, formal name was Amerindian.

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Apr 10, 2013 23:35:31   #
Michael O' Loc: Midwest right now
 
pounder35 wrote:
Native Americans! You're not being PC. :thumbup:


You're damned right -- and proud of it. And the Indians call themselves Indians.

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