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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 375191, member: 88"]A few years back the auction house I work for was consigned a box full of Civil War era documents. Some were very important & highly sought after because of who signed the letter or who the letter or document was referencing.</p><p><br /></p><p>It took us several hours to sell all of these documents & I lost interest after about 30 minutes or so of selling a single sheet of paper at a time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It dawned on me while standing there reading a document about something very mundane that this was what it was like back in the 1860's. You didn't just pick up a phone to call someone about something or even get into some type of vehicle to go talk to them about the matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>You had to write a note or letter that had to be delivered to the person & then wait for that person to answer. This may have taken days or weeks to happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>These people had far more patience than I will ever hope to have. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 375191, member: 88"]A few years back the auction house I work for was consigned a box full of Civil War era documents. Some were very important & highly sought after because of who signed the letter or who the letter or document was referencing. It took us several hours to sell all of these documents & I lost interest after about 30 minutes or so of selling a single sheet of paper at a time. :facepalm::facepalm: It dawned on me while standing there reading a document about something very mundane that this was what it was like back in the 1860's. You didn't just pick up a phone to call someone about something or even get into some type of vehicle to go talk to them about the matter. You had to write a note or letter that had to be delivered to the person & then wait for that person to answer. This may have taken days or weeks to happen. These people had far more patience than I will ever hope to have. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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