ML>> TW>  SO gows the state of repair of the old Copper Lines. And it
ML>> TW> will ONLY get worse, SO be grateful for what you have. I am and
ML>> TW> youer lines sound like what I have.

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

 TW>  Are you a TOTAL IDIOT!

nope... seems that you've been leading a very sheltered life, though, since
you've never had telephone service delivered via barbed wire in very rural
areas O:)

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

yup and everyone knows that barbed wire was the first wire the telcos used
in rural areas since it ran for miles and miles and hit every house in the
area... every house being 1 every few miles or so ;)

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