[BC] End of an era.....

[Barry Mishkind]

How many of you remember getting a telegram from DC?

Do you know why the word "STOP" was used to end sentences?


>From: "Don Kimberlin" <dkimberlin at earthlink.net>
>To: "Barry Mishkind"
>Subject: End of an era.....
>Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:37:31 -0500
>
>
>Western Union will send its last telegram on Friday. I honestly 
>didn't even know that they'd maintained public telegraph service in 
>recent years. Here's the Associated Press story:
>
><http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1568370&ad=true>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1568370&ad=true



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