Even less than a 150 years ago that would have been impossible. And prior to that communication among normal people could take months.
Even less than a 150 years ago that would have been impossible. And prior to that communication among normal people could take months.
I was once skyping from Germany with my friend who was deep in some South American jungle and my brother somewhere in an African rain forest.
And I had to tell them my line was about to drop because I was entering my town.
In NYC subways, my parents would make phone calls on the D-line while it’s above ground, then once it was about to enter 36 street (upbound direction), they’d be like “about to enter the tunnels, call again when have time” and sometimes they’d keep talking until the signal actually gets cut off.
The most memorable part was the manhattan bridge. They’d get the phone ready and the once they see daylight (or sometimez the night lights, if it’s 6PM), they’d press call and talk for the entire duration of the bridge crossing. Like I remember once I was with my mom and we were heading home, and the subway got the the bridge segment, and mom called home to my older brother to tell him to start cooking the rice with the rice cooker so it’d be ready when we got home.
SO NOSTALGIC