{"id":326,"date":"2020-03-10T19:09:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T06:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/?p=326"},"modified":"2020-03-10T19:09:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T06:09:19","slug":"mr-watson-come-here-i-want-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/mr-watson-come-here-i-want-you\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mr Watson, come here I want you&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1937_Hungarian_Telephone_Factory_Budapest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1937_Hungarian_Telephone_Factory_Budapest.jpg 640w, https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1937_Hungarian_Telephone_Factory_Budapest-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I finangle and fuss about with my cellular device, I am reminded that today was that day in history when the first telephone conversation was conducted by the inventor of one of the most beloved &amp; hated devices of modern times ever devised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/alexander-graham-bell-ca-1915-615289214-5c8561c446e0fb00012c66fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/alexander-graham-bell-ca-1915-615289214-5c8561c446e0fb00012c66fa.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/alexander-graham-bell-ca-1915-615289214-5c8561c446e0fb00012c66fa-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The inventor&#8217;s name was Alexander Graham Bell and for as long as we had phones with a thingey that went &#8216;ding a ling&#8217; when someone was trying to get hold of you, his name lived on attached to his invention in this somewhat minor way for over 120 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chidrensmartphone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chidrensmartphone.jpg 720w, https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chidrensmartphone-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly with the arrival of digital smart phones that now go &#8216;ping&#8217; Bell&#8217;s name has been gradually lost to the younger generations coming along, who think that phones were invented by an apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/enxqx1wjsxg21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" width=\"391\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/enxqx1wjsxg21.jpg 612w, https:\/\/vernreeverealestate.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/enxqx1wjsxg21-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I finangle and fuss about with my cellular device, I am reminded that today was that day in history when the first telephone conversation was conducted by the inventor of one of the most beloved &amp; hated devices of modern times ever devised. 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