Thursday, February 02, 2006

Another Western Union end-of-the-telegram story

I posted on this yesterday, but Jen Haberkorn of the Washington Times has a nice article on it today: Western Union announces end of telegram services.

2 comments:

  1. Oh, and I never got to receive a telegram. Pity.

    Freud presented an interesting perspective on telegrams (among other things) in _Civilization and its Discontents_. Worth a look if you haven't read it.

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  2. Dear English Professor,

    I never got a telegram, either, and for some reason it feels like I got left out of something. It's a vague and tiny feeling of loss, but, still, well, I'm a wee bit sad to see them go. Maybe I read too many old books or something ;-).

    I haven't read the Freud. Thanks for the recommendation.

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