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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 3 20:10:32 2023
    In March 1919, the Daily Mirror newspaper published a cartoon by the
    English cartoonist and caricaturist, William Kerridge Haselden
    (1872-1953), predicting the invention - and some of the effects - of
    the 'pocket telephone.'

    The cartoon was placed alongside other situations where this 'pocket
    telephone' might prove a personal annoyance and social nuisance:
    whether it be on a busy train, when you're in a hurry, at a concert,
    with babies, or even when you're at the altar.

    It was not until 54 years later, in 1973, that the first handheld
    cellular mobile phone was demonstrated in public by John F. Mitchell
    and Martin Cooper of Motorola.

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4KkA0bWAAAw1wS.jpg


    @historyinmemes

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  • From Bob Henson@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Sep 4 09:11:58 2023
    JAB wrote:

    In March 1919, the Daily Mirror newspaper published a cartoon by the
    English cartoonist and caricaturist, William Kerridge Haselden
    (1872-1953), predicting the invention - and some of the effects - of
    the 'pocket telephone.'

    The cartoon was placed alongside other situations where this 'pocket telephone' might prove a personal annoyance and social nuisance:
    whether it be on a busy train, when you're in a hurry, at a concert,
    with babies, or even when you're at the altar.

    The latter just conjured up a picture of a reluctant groom at the altar
    pulling out his mobile and saying "Beam me up, Scottie!"

    --
    Bob
    Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

    Doctor, I've got deja vu and amnesia. Hmmm, I think I forgot that before!

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Sep 4 20:25:19 2023
    On 9/3/2023 9:10 PM, JAB wrote:
    In March 1919, the Daily Mirror newspaper published a cartoon by the
    English cartoonist and caricaturist, William Kerridge Haselden
    (1872-1953), predicting the invention - and some of the effects - of
    the 'pocket telephone.'

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4KkA0bWAAAw1wS.jpg

    It's amazing how that "rings" true today, over 100 years later.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Sep 4 21:47:41 2023
    On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:25:19 -0400, Michael Trew
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    It's amazing how that "rings" true today, over 100 years later.

    William Kerridge Haselden

    At the Daily Mirror, Haselden originally started with political
    cartoons, but soon settled into his trademark style of gentle,
    conservative social commentary reflecting on middle-class fashions and
    manners. His cartoons usually consisted of a single frame divided into
    a number of panels, for which he has been viewed as the father of
    British strip cartoon.

    Haselden often lampooned social and technological trends of the time
    by making bold predictions about how the future would transpire,
    including fashion,[2] camera phones[3] and feminism.[4]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Haselden

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  • From rdh@21:1/5 to Michael Trew on Tue Sep 5 15:14:19 2023
    On 9/4/23 19:25, Michael Trew wrote:
    On 9/3/2023 9:10 PM, JAB wrote:
    In March 1919, the Daily Mirror newspaper published a cartoon by the
    English cartoonist and caricaturist, William Kerridge Haselden
    (1872-1953), predicting the invention - and some of the effects - of
    the 'pocket telephone.'

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4KkA0bWAAAw1wS.jpg

    It's amazing how that "rings" true today, over 100 years later.

    If only he could have predicted the silence feature.

    --
    ~rdh

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to rdh on Fri Sep 8 18:49:40 2023
    On 9/5/2023 4:14 PM, rdh wrote:
    On 9/4/23 19:25, Michael Trew wrote:
    On 9/3/2023 9:10 PM, JAB wrote:
    In March 1919, the Daily Mirror newspaper published a cartoon by the
    English cartoonist and caricaturist, William Kerridge Haselden
    (1872-1953), predicting the invention - and some of the effects - of
    the 'pocket telephone.'

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4KkA0bWAAAw1wS.jpg

    It's amazing how that "rings" true today, over 100 years later.

    If only he could have predicted the silence feature.

    Too many selfish people can't be bothered to use such a feature when
    necessary, anyway. I think that his point about the inconvenience of a convenience feature was relayed well.

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