Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876: "The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."
Hopium
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I have come to the end of my hope. My political life began when as a kid I
cheered John F. Kennedy in his run for the presidency. I had no real idea
who he...
5 weeks ago
Oh we'd have much better off to have kept the world this way! I spent most of Christmas Eve morning trying to gain the attention of my granddaughter who was too involved in texting a sloppy wet message to her boyfriend on her cellphone.
ReplyDeleteWhere oh where are evenings spent staring into the fireplace watching the embers pop and commenting on the things to be done tomorrow.
I think they went the way of the "gas -log" in the "fireplace"!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are getting older than me!
ReplyDeleteMushy, you'll only get attention when her cellphone breaks.
ReplyDeleteSometimes the phone is a blessing. More often than not, it's a P.I.T.A.