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Is this man a time traveller? ‘Cellphone’ spotted in WWII pic
NY Post ^ | Nov 22 | NY Post

Posted on 11/22/2022 1:22:29 PM PST by RandFan

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To: RandFan

Maybe it’s Doctor Who.


41 posted on 11/22/2022 1:43:14 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: z3n
They made flat ear horns long before this period. I saw a video from the early 1900s that purports to show a woman holding a cell phone to her head.

It was a flat ear horn. This may also be a flat ear horn.

42 posted on 11/22/2022 1:46:26 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: RandFan

How could the phone function in the absence of a network? Who the heck would he be talking to?


43 posted on 11/22/2022 1:48:29 PM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: DiogenesLamp

https://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Non-Electric/EarTrumpets/Short%20Trumpets/info/germanovalpocket.htm


44 posted on 11/22/2022 1:49:31 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: gundog
#4: "And who would he be talking to?"

QAnon. Trust the plan.

45 posted on 11/22/2022 1:49:45 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: RandFan

Nobody is looking at him. Probaby a wallet or a pack of cigs, and scratching an itch.

The thing to be startled about is why is SoS Toni Blinky in the pic (no hat, walking and looking toward the camera). /sarc


46 posted on 11/22/2022 1:50:33 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: EvilCapitalist

No - it’s Brian Williams.


47 posted on 11/22/2022 1:51:50 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Why would a time traveler, whose not of our current time period, stop here in our present, pick up a cellphone, then travel to another time period where this same item is useless.
The gut is scratching the side of his head.


48 posted on 11/22/2022 1:51:57 PM PST by RedMonqey
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To: kosciusko51

https://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Non-Electric/EarTrumpets/Short%20Trumpets/info/megaphone.htm


49 posted on 11/22/2022 1:53:39 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Toddsterpatriot

He is talking to someone about his car’s extended warranty.


50 posted on 11/22/2022 1:54:33 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Occam’s Razor.

Having eliminating all possibilities, the simplest answer is the correct one.

Ear horn.


51 posted on 11/22/2022 1:55:44 PM PST by RedMonqey
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To: z3n

It’s his finger. The dark shadow is his cupped palm.


52 posted on 11/22/2022 1:59:18 PM PST by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: RandFan

I’ve seen this photo a few times. I suppose if you look at enough pictures from WW2 era, you are bound to find somebody that appears to be speaking into a cellphone.


53 posted on 11/22/2022 2:01:14 PM PST by SamAdams76 (4,626,301 | Truth Social | 87,602,884 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: RandFan

Transistor radio?


54 posted on 11/22/2022 2:04:36 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

If it were 1954, then maybe.


55 posted on 11/22/2022 2:12:52 PM PST by VMI70 (2 wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane.)
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To: RandFan

No, it’s not “odd.” Folk’s interpretation of stuff like this is whacked, though


56 posted on 11/22/2022 2:17:20 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: z3n

There were no cell towers then, so obviously it a satellite phone.


57 posted on 11/22/2022 2:17:55 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: RandFan

Who is he talking to then?


58 posted on 11/22/2022 2:19:32 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Walk In The Rain So Nobody Can See My Tears)
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To: jmaroneps37

Since tape recorders had yet (1930) to be made they were using sat phones, obviously.


59 posted on 11/22/2022 2:20:28 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: kosciusko51
Last time I saw this topic discussed, someone posted a picture of a much more rectangular ear horn that looked more like a cell phone.

I'm sure with a little effort, that same picture could be found.

60 posted on 11/22/2022 2:20:50 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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