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Atrocious but efficient: How ranchers used barbed wire to make phone calls
A barbed wire telephone call didn't sound great but could quickly warn others about something such as a wildfire.
That’s a cool article! Who knew?
“It’s free. I don’t have to pay Ma Bell nothing for that phone, and I enjoy thinking that it’s a burr in their saddle.”