Do you use barbed wire? As a Phone?

[Dirtmechanic]

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.

www.texasstandard.org

 

[baymule]

That’s a cool article! Who knew?

 

[flowerbug]

That’s a cool article! Who knew?

not me! always glad to learn something new and such an interesting part of history too.

 

[Zeedman]

My favorite quote from the article:

“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.”