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[*] posted on 2-18-2014 at 08:17 PM


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I thought you were quoting Mark 10:9

"What God hath wraught together let no man put asunder"

:saint::saint::saint:


Close, very close, Igor...but the quote Samuel Morse used in the first transmission over his 'telegraph' came from this verse of the Bible....Numbers 23:23...and I quote:

"For there is no enchantment against Jacob,
no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
‘What has God wrought?"

This passage was suggested by the daughter of Morse's good friend...the commissioner of patents. As so it went....

dot - dot - dot - dash -dash - dash - dot -dot -dot

Every Boy Scout in my troop had to learn Morse Code for a certain merit badge. What fun we had with that!




Can you just imagine what a conversation would go like between Sam Morse and Irwin Jacobs? .

Just thinking

In the last 30 years we've gone a simple "all is well " from a tree stump and copper lines and standing in line at the Mulege corner phone to having concentrated information and the library of Congress in the palm of our hand.

Still electrons flowing , just a different media

From out of touch with the world --to the world at a touch

What will it be in another 169 years??
An interesting passage Pompano, I may have to read the bible just for the hell of it.:saint:

I personally have always thrived on a certain amount of uncertainty
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[*] posted on 2-18-2014 at 08:55 PM


Yes, KaceyJ, I can well imagine a conversation between Sam Morse and Irwin Jacobs. Two men who changed the human condition.

The telegraph and satellite communications....pretty impressive feats.

Seems like just yesterday I was playing with a string and a couple soup cans...where did the time go?




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[*] posted on 2-19-2014 at 08:36 AM


Pompano, I bet there are people reading these posts who have don't know the significance of string and soup cans. They probably think you have finally "gone over".:lol::lol::lol::lol:



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[*] posted on 2-19-2014 at 09:10 AM


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Pompano, I bet there are people reading these posts who have don't know the significance of string and soup cans. They probably think you have finally "gone over".:lol::lol::lol::lol:


You're most likely correcto, watizname,

Today's crew might not be familiar with the 'string and can' cellphones used by the kids of yesteryear. Here's a little primer on what it was and how we used it. (I once had a tree clubhouse connected to Mom's kitchen by one of these. You never knew when you'd need another peanut butter and jelly Sammy)



Now the key was to make sure that the string was really tight and straight between the two cans (or paper cups). As long as the string is tight, it works. Mine was disconnected until I finished my chores. :rolleyes:




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[*] posted on 2-19-2014 at 12:43 PM


Where DO you find those photos???;D



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