Hi! Tom,

In a message to Mark Lewis you wrote:

 ML>>*copper*?!!?? i didn' know they made barbed wire out of copper!
 ML>> mine shure ain't and its easy to tell when ol'e bossy is
 ML>> scratchin' 'er rump on the pos or eatin' grass thru the wire :)

 TW>  Are you a TOTAL IDIOT! Just what in the Hell are "YOU" talking
 TW>  about. WE are discussing Telephone service and "Copper"
is the word
 TW>  used to describe a standard POTS line.

Aren't there any dairy farms in El Cajon, California?

In cow country the local phone line is the top strand on the barbed wire,
usually not barbed itself and is used by the 'wildlife' to relieve them of
their itches, etc.  That's what Mark is talking about, and, it was a joke
BTW.

Slow down.  Smell the coffee, mate.

Cheers,
Paul.

--- Radius 4.010/21.01.2005(Final)