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

[Jerry Mathis]

On 2/3/06, JYRussell at academicplanet.com <jyrussell at academicplanet.com>
wrote:
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> Well... now that I've read the article... I'm not telling.
> Everybody else who's forgotten should read it too.
> Jason
>
> > 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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That's real sad. It truly is the end of an era. Just another reminder of how
old I'm getting.

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Jerry Mathis
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