When 140 characters would be considered a luxury

My cousin found this among my late aunt’s effects recently… it’s the telegram she received in Sussex from the small town in Kenya where I was born. Phone calls were, of course, basically impossible.

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How communications have changed in one lifetime!

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Indeed, but equally spelling out “eighteenth” would be considered a luxury by ~ 99% of twitterers.

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