Some days ago I read that after the discovery of the telephone by AG Bell, the then US President Rutherford Hayes commented "It's a great invention but who would want to use it anyway?".
Imagine if you didn't have a phone.
1. You could not call up home every weekend to ask how your parents were doing.
2. You could not hear your little niece in years.
3. You could not tell your friend that you were sick and would not be able to come and play.
4. You could not ask your friend for directions if you got lost.
5. You could not dial 911 for emergency.
6. You would be wondering what it means in the forms where they mention "Home telephone number"
7. You could not set up a wake up alarm call.
8. You could not talk about Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and the likes.
More than 1 century later, I am trying to imagine life without the humble telephone.
But I can't. Can you?
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2 comments:
I cant either. For that matter I cant imagine life w/o computer, fridge, mixer, television, vehicles I travel in, etc..Wud be such a drag. Machines have taken over us totally. They are the ones in control now. We are but pawns.
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