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Recalling a world of dots and dashes
Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/05/2025
» I forgot to mention in PostScript last week that Sunday, April 27, was Morse Code Day which marks the birth of Samuel Morse, inventor of the famous communications code. The reason for my interest is that it brings fond memories of the late 1960s when I worked at Cable and Wireless (C&W) communications company in Holborn, central London.
Telegrams still a hit in Japan
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/09/2022
» When he got married this summer, Hiroshi Kanno, who works at a security services firm in Tokyo, wanted to make a big statement that would impress his future in-laws. So he asked for his company's president to send a congratulatory telegram.
Globe-hopping via the paper page
Life, Published on 19/05/2014
» The South China Sea, supporting a third of global maritime traffic and carrying a large crude oil and natural gas reserve, is “becoming the most contested body of water in the world”, writes Robert D. Kaplan in Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea And The End Of A Stable Pacific.
I ... MISS ... YOU
Published on 06/01/2014
» About 20 years ago, a Bangkok native left home to work in Ubon Ratchathani province. One day, a postman came to knock on his door and told him: "You have received a telegram from Bangkok".