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When was the last time you purchsed a new personal hand-held electronic communicaton device?

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Posted - August 2, 2022

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  • 53524
    It’s 

      August 2, 2022 11:03 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Back in 2020.
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      August 2, 2022 3:01 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    April of 2015
      August 2, 2022 3:02 PM MDT
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  • 3820
    My flip phone has to be every bit of 10+ years old.  
      August 2, 2022 5:19 PM MDT
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  • 329
    About two months ago. I bought a Wouxun KG-935G GMRS radio. 

      August 3, 2022 3:15 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    Nice.
      August 3, 2022 5:55 AM MDT
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  • 17614
    What exactly is this? 
      August 3, 2022 9:58 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    It's a two-way radio.
      August 3, 2022 10:54 AM MDT
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  • 329
    It's a GMRS radio, similar to a dual band ham radio, but this is on the GMRS frequencies. Some people call them walkie talkies. To talk on this radio, you need an FCC issued license.  This post was edited by Chief Ten Beers at August 6, 2022 10:06 PM MDT
      August 5, 2022 3:02 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    I hate the term 'walkie-talkie'.
      August 5, 2022 5:28 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    Reading your reply, I immediately thought of comedian Brian Regan and had to share this clip - - Brian Regan makes me laugh all the time!! Hope you get a chance to watch -- it's only about a minute long.  :)  


      August 5, 2022 6:30 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    Hilarious.
      August 5, 2022 6:57 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    I'm glad you liked this, too.  Thanks for letting me know.  :)
      August 5, 2022 7:43 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    He reminds me of Carlin.
      August 5, 2022 9:06 AM MDT
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  • 329
    I'm also a ham, and we rarely call them walkie talkies. We call the HT's, which is short for handy talkies. 
      August 6, 2022 9:59 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    In the Navy, they were 'two-ways'.
      August 7, 2022 6:43 AM MDT
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  • 53524
      Handy-talkie sounds just as bad or even worse than walkie-talkie.
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      August 7, 2022 10:05 AM MDT
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  • 329
    Yeah, but that's what we call them. 
      August 18, 2022 1:14 AM MDT
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  • 7795
    Something like 2 years ago.
      August 3, 2022 9:14 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    hand-held handheld, Mr. Excessive Hyphenator. This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at August 7, 2022 11:31 AM MDT
      August 6, 2022 11:15 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    Thabk-you.
      August 7, 2022 6:45 AM MDT
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  • 53524
      Hey-wait! May-be h-e has-the type-of house-hold where-they pre-fer to-use as-ma-ny hy-phens, hyphen-ated two-word phrases-and-expressions, and high-fences as-they-can! Give-the-guy a-break al-read-y! G-rrrrrrrrr.
    -~-
      August 7, 2022 10:14 AM MDT
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