Or, as you kids call it "the Twitter".
Back when I was Young, we had these things called "Telegrams" it was sort of like a twitter, but you weren't constrained to 140 characters. You were however, limited by how much you could afford. you see the whole thing was transmitted by Morse code over an actual wire someplace, and since even the simplest of messages had to be put into Morse Code–a difficult and complicated alphabet–it cost more money for every letter that you used. Exempli Gratia, {e.g} If I was away on business, and I suddenly Found out that, Darn it, that my Steamer across the Atlantic was to be delayed by what? Four Days?! I would have to send a message to my dog-sitter back home saying that I was to be late and not to expect me for four days, I would have to phrase it like this:
Because, even though that was an incredibly short letter, it would have to be transmitted across the wire by skilled Morse Code technicians, and as it went it would look like this:
And someone on the other side would have to translate it as it goes by one, maybe two times, type that up on a different piece of paper and get someone to locate DogSitter and Give her the message.
A very Expensive Process. Now, with all this useless technology, people can send these twitters {EDIT: Sorry, Tweets} from their phones to the twitter website. But they can only go as high as 140 characters, I don't remember Telegrams ever having such a violent limit to how much you could send, unless of course you were quite short on cash.
Oh yes, the point, I suggest that if anyone out there that reads this blog uses the twitter, put the hashtag at the end of your tweets: #STOP and show your support for the days gone by!
Back when I was Young, we had these things called "Telegrams" it was sort of like a twitter, but you weren't constrained to 140 characters. You were however, limited by how much you could afford. you see the whole thing was transmitted by Morse code over an actual wire someplace, and since even the simplest of messages had to be put into Morse Code–a difficult and complicated alphabet–it cost more money for every letter that you used. Exempli Gratia, {e.g} If I was away on business, and I suddenly Found out that, Darn it, that my Steamer across the Atlantic was to be delayed by what? Four Days?! I would have to send a message to my dog-sitter back home saying that I was to be late and not to expect me for four days, I would have to phrase it like this:
To:DogSitter From: Sir.
Message: Boat Delayed STOP Will be Four Days Late STOP Expect Bonus STOP Thanks STOP Sir Jacob STOP
Because, even though that was an incredibly short letter, it would have to be transmitted across the wire by skilled Morse Code technicians, and as it went it would look like this:
- --- ---... -.. --- --. ... .. - - . .-. / ..-. .-. --- -- ---... / ... .. .-. .-.-.- / -- . ... ... .- --. . ---... / -... --- .- - / -.. . .-.. .- -.-- . -.. / ... - --- .--. / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / -... . / ..-. --- ..- .-. / -.. .- -.-- ... / .-.. .- - . / ... - --- .--. / . -..- .--. . -.-. - / -... --- -. ..- ... / ... - --- .--. / - .... .- -. -.- ... / ... - --- .--. / ... .. .-. / .--- .- -.-. --- -... / ... - --- .--.
And someone on the other side would have to translate it as it goes by one, maybe two times, type that up on a different piece of paper and get someone to locate DogSitter and Give her the message.
A very Expensive Process. Now, with all this useless technology, people can send these twitters {EDIT: Sorry, Tweets} from their phones to the twitter website. But they can only go as high as 140 characters, I don't remember Telegrams ever having such a violent limit to how much you could send, unless of course you were quite short on cash.
Oh yes, the point, I suggest that if anyone out there that reads this blog uses the twitter, put the hashtag at the end of your tweets: #STOP and show your support for the days gone by!
-=Best Regards=-
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