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Do you know anybody, historically even, who sent/received a TELEGRAM

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    #62
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    “Yes, I’d like to send this letter to the Prussian Consulate in Siam by aero mail. Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?”


    "Judging by the sundial you're just in time. That'll be 1 groat and 3 pieces of eight, please."


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    #63
    osarusan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,572 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    HensVassal wrote: »
    They couldn't telephone your parents? In 1986???
    The company might have had a phone, but quite possible that the poster's parents didn't have one.


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    #64
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    Late 1980s according to that article.

    Message wasn't delivered until 2013 :P


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    #65
    Boggy Turf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 427 ✭✭Boggy Turf


    Mongo


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    #66
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    Yes, my Granny (who is 93) was a wireless telegraphist in the naval service in London during WW2.


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    #67
    muddypaws
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    Parents, brother, cousins weddings


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