02-03-2006, 09:00 PM
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Western Union Telegram Service. Stop.
http://www.livescience.com/technology/060131_western_union.html
"After 145 years, Western Union has quietly stopped sending telegrams. On the company's web site, if you click on "Telegrams" in the left-side navigation bar, you're taken to a page that ends a technological era with about as little fanfare as possible."
That is the end of an era, and somewhat unfortunate. I understand Jason was working on a subscriber feature that would allow you to get your newsblasts from Pocket PC Thoughts in a telegram. :lol: You can read more about the history of telegrams here.
To be honest, I didn't know you could still send telegrams, but then again, for all I know, the Pony Express is alive and well in some western states. 8O
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02-03-2006, 10:33 PM
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I had no idea either!
Now I'm sorry I never got the chance to send one... 
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02-03-2006, 11:04 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong but... I recall telegrams being delivered by young adults who sing or read the telegrams to the recipient. 
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02-03-2006, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tep
Correct me if I'm wrong but... I recall telegrams being delivered by young adults who sing or read the telegrams to the recipient. |
Those are singing telegrams. Not the same as conventional telegrams. 
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02-04-2006, 02:06 AM
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I heard about this - - by an email.
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02-04-2006, 02:02 PM
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Re: Western Union Telegram Service. Stop.
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
To be honest, I didn't know you could still send telegrams, but then again, for all I know, the Pony Express is alive and well in some western states. 8O |
I don�t know about anyone else, but I think the USPS has been getting slower with there first class mail. Perhaps they should change the name to Pony Express mail.
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02-04-2006, 04:14 PM
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Gosh, I remember getting a telegram once... I was living in Holland and my boyfriend in the US sent me one. I'm sure I still have it somewhere. Getting a telegram was such a big deal!! Sad to see the end of an era... but it really should come as no surprise.
--Welmoed
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02-05-2006, 04:23 AM
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I was just talking about this when I relaunched my site, I'll never get a telegraph.
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02-05-2006, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by imperium999
Now I'm sorry I never got the chance to send one... |
Although Western Union is now defunct, there still is a service to send telegrams in different formats, including hand delivered and the singing variety! :mrgreen:
http://www.americantelegram.com/
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02-06-2006, 04:58 AM
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Two days or more, delivered anywhere in North America, $30.95 + $.89/word. I don't think so. I get monthly Internet access for less than that.
If spammers had to pay rates like that to deliver their messages, the Internet would be a whole 'nother concept today.
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