This report that cell phone antennas are springing up all over made me wonder what it was like when telephone and electricity poles started going up all over the place. “Some environmentalists” are complaining that the cellular antennas are detracting from the natural beauty of the L.A. hills and canyons. I suspect that most of us are accustomed to seeing utility poles with wires and mysterious gadgets on top, but I suppose the addition of the cellular boxes tips the poles over the edge of not blending in. Telephone and electric can go underground, but I don’t think cellular can.