That was actually great. While a Google search is free and easy, that cost real tokens which aren't free (especially for those who don't have a work-paid sub).
Telegrams have a quaint connotation these days I suppose.
In old Indian movies, a Telegram would only arrive to signify really bad news - someone died, or something like that. Why else would you pay for that expense? Well, it could also be a job interview or posting. So the connotation there, in that time, was probably not so good.
Back in 1999 I sent a telegram to my girlfriend as a quaint romantic gesture. As I recall, I sent about 30 characters and it cost around $50. Western Union stopped telegrams altogether a few years later.
It turns out that it is still possible to send mail to someone in the US by Pony Express: https://hashknifeponyexpress.com/about-us/ Currently waiting for the right moment with the right person for that particular gesture.
I've always enjoyed stories about what is on interesting scraps of paper found in old books. I think this is one of the things that future generations may not get to experience as much as digital literature pushes the hard copies out of the way. I love old books, and I suspect that someday someone may find a scrap of mine in one of my books. I just hope they find it as interesting as Nic Rowan did.
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That was actually great. While a Google search is free and easy, that cost real tokens which aren't free (especially for those who don't have a work-paid sub).
In old Indian movies, a Telegram would only arrive to signify really bad news - someone died, or something like that. Why else would you pay for that expense? Well, it could also be a job interview or posting. So the connotation there, in that time, was probably not so good.
Old movies in general, Indian or Hollywood. For pretty much the reasons you list.
> I found this telegram tucked into a passage on the Jewish community in Sarajevo [...] The recipient of the telegram was Ann Cottrell Free
I dare say, he received someone else's telegram.
It turns out that it is still possible to send mail to someone in the US by Pony Express: https://hashknifeponyexpress.com/about-us/ Currently waiting for the right moment with the right person for that particular gesture.
I've always enjoyed stories about what is on interesting scraps of paper found in old books. I think this is one of the things that future generations may not get to experience as much as digital literature pushes the hard copies out of the way. I love old books, and I suspect that someday someone may find a scrap of mine in one of my books. I just hope they find it as interesting as Nic Rowan did.