Subj : Re: barbed wire telephony
To   : Jeff
From : McDoob
Date : Fri Feb 18 2022 21:07:49

 Je>  Ol> An article about DIY rural telephone system, partially using barbed w
 Je>  Ol> as cable. I wonder if there ever was a BBS than ran over barbed wire 
 Je> 
 Je> Whoa, that's cool. And I would guess that whenever someone was ringing
 Je> someone else, a side effect would be that the barbed-wire fence became
 Je> an electric barbed=wire fence.

Hahaha! That would be funny as hell! "Hello?" BZZZZZT! "$#&@!!!"

Unfortunately, I don't think it's realistic. The amount of energy wouldn't
likely be high enough to be palpable.

Also, how's that $10 Pi-based BBS coming along, Jeffie? (^_^)/

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
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