After digging to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion their ancestors had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by New Yorkers a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet. Shortly after a story in the LA Times read: 'California archaeologists, finding traces of 200 year old copper wire, have concluded their ancestors had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.'

A week later, The Blair Press, a local newspaper in Wisconsin, reported the following: After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Blair, Ole Olson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported he found absolutely nothing. Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Wisconsin had already gone wireless.

Thank heavens for Ole. Who said Wisconsinites are hicks?

And it took us this long to catch up! Who'da thunk it???