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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:50 PM Oct 2017

one ringy dingy (or -- We've come a long way, baby)

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one ringy dingy (or -- We've come a long way, baby) (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 OP

Why is John F. Mitchell holding a food processor up to his ear? democratisphere Oct 2017 #1

Nice touch to catch the phone booths in the background. Jim Lane Oct 2017 #2

What's Motorola? retread Oct 2017 #3

They once advertised ... left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #4

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

1. Why is John F. Mitchell holding a food processor up to his ear?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 01:40 AM

Oct 2017

Bizarre.

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)

2. Nice touch to catch the phone booths in the background.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:17 AM

Oct 2017

Little do they know that their doom is just a few meters away.

retread

(3,762 posts)

3. What's Motorola?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Oct 25, 2017, 06:59 PM

Oct 2017

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

4. They once advertised ...

Reply to retread (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 25, 2017, 07:17 PM

Oct 2017

... that they were the last company to make televisions in the USA.
They sold their TV division to Matsushita in 1974.

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

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