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FISHTALES by Catfish<br />
Since last months<br />
"Fishtales" article and<br />
my mention to how we<br />
communicated pre-cellphone<br />
days, some of the<br />
"Yuts" youths working in<br />
the warehouse found it<br />
amusing that we all didn't<br />
have cellphones.<br />
I might of mentioned this in the past that my kids were<br />
impressed years ago with some of my texts, and how<br />
I was picking up their lingo. I told them that their<br />
Lingo, shorthand was not something new that they<br />
had invented. Way before the internet (www) and facsimile<br />
(fax) machines, also known as telecopiers,<br />
some of us in business used to communicate via<br />
Telegraphs, where one would input shorthand text<br />
messages on a teleprinter and this form of telecommunication<br />
was also given an abbreviated name,<br />
Telex. This was a cost effective way of using the telephone<br />
lines without tying up an expensive long distance<br />
phone call. Very similar to today's reasoning for<br />
texting. You would type it out on a teleprinter (looked<br />
like a huge electric typewriter) and it would punch<br />
holes and Braille raised dots out of paper ribbon on a<br />
coil. When you were done typing, you torn off the<br />
paper, fed it in a special groove, dialed the parties<br />
telex #, and hit send, and the message would show<br />
up printed on their machine.<br />
Hi C-Fish: L2256F30 pstns in stk frm T.O.<br />
Whse. Plz adv if rqr via grnd or air<br />
? Dale: TRW Edmtn STOP><br />
"Back in the Day" when you received a Telegram,<br />
it was for either good or bad news ... It was delivered<br />
in person by the Railway or Telephone Company<br />
personnel, whom also read it out loud for all to hear,<br />
then handed you the note. Hopefully it was prepaid,<br />
otherwise if it was sent collect you have to pay to<br />
receive the news first. After every sentence, instead<br />
of a period, the word STOP would actually be written,<br />
and the reader would also read this. This technology<br />
has been around since the 1930's, and prior to that<br />
there was Morse Code, used in war time, and was<br />
recently shocked to learn, that still in use today when<br />
I attended an Emergency Preparedness Meeting.<br />
When all other forms of modern day communication<br />
are down, the old standby Morse Code, Shortwave<br />
Ham Radio, & Landline Telephone might be the only two still<br />
working....reason..non electric or battery powered.<br />
<strong>Page</strong> 05<br />
JULY 2012<br />
VOLUME 18 ISSUE 7, JULY 2012<br />
EDITOR Don Macgowan<br />
PRODUCTION Linda Collinge<br />
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I was forwarded some texting codes that are targeted<br />
to our Senior citizens. A population, who also,<br />
at times, texts and tweets. The following is a sample<br />
of some abbreviated texting letters, labeled STC<br />
(Senior Texting Code).<br />
Yes, I received a homemade meal, and my 2012 hand<br />
made Father's Day Card today from my daughters....
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