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1 posted on 02/05/2006 3:03:08 PM PST by DaveCooper
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To: DaveCooper; mhking

Just Damn


2 posted on 02/05/2006 3:05:53 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: DaveCooper

RIP, God love the old telegrams. The computer age made a dinsour out of 'em.


3 posted on 02/05/2006 3:06:32 PM PST by xJones
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Ping!


4 posted on 02/05/2006 3:13:39 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: DaveCooper

Western Union sure knows how to change with the times... they could have easily died off with the telegram, but instead, they've shifted their core business a number of times and now look pretty firmly set for the future.


5 posted on 02/05/2006 3:14:28 PM PST by stormlead
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To: DaveCooper

It is 2006 - we are in the 21st freakin' century! What took Western Union so long to shut down the stupid telegram business?


10 posted on 02/05/2006 3:31:28 PM PST by Spiff ("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
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To: DaveCooper

Wonder who had the honor of sending the last telegram and how much they paid. (and what it said!)


12 posted on 02/05/2006 3:37:18 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup (Bart: Mom, can we go to bed without dinner?)
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To: DaveCooper

I don't know why- but this brings a tear to my eye..

We (my family) still have telegrams from all the big events- births, deaths, ones from overseas when all the men were in WW I and WWII...and other assorted special moments...


15 posted on 02/05/2006 3:41:25 PM PST by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: DaveCooper

How long before the last newspaper is printed and CNN makes its last telecast?


16 posted on 02/05/2006 3:45:38 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: DaveCooper
the company ended its telegram services quietly on Jan. 27 by laying off 30 workers who still operated the telegram business.

What a way to end a 150 year product.

17 posted on 02/05/2006 4:48:12 PM PST by fso301
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To: DaveCooper; All

See tagline...


18 posted on 02/05/2006 4:53:01 PM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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To: DaveCooper

added keyword western union


19 posted on 02/05/2006 5:04:31 PM PST by Coleus (IMHO, The IVF procedure is immoral & kills many embryos/children and should be outlawed)
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To: DaveCooper
"This is our last telegram." Stop
"Use email or fax." Stop
"Have a nice day". Stop
20 posted on 02/05/2006 5:16:55 PM PST by manwiththehands (Screw Allah. Everything I ever cared to know about Islam I learned on 9/11.)
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To: DaveCooper

Send a telegram via the Internet:
http://www.retro-gram.com/


25 posted on 02/05/2006 6:41:28 PM PST by Tangerine Time Machine (Orange you glad it's not a lemon?)
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