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Beep blooper

AS youngsters expect more and more complex smartphones as Christmas presents, a Troon reader is reminded of when mobile phones first appeared, and were the size and weight of a substantial house brick.

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He was walking down the road at lunchtime back then with a smug colleague who had such a phone in his briefcase.

When he heard a beeping noise the smug colleague announced that was his mobile phone ringing. But as he delved in his case our reader was able to tell him: “Sorry, it’s actually the pedestrian crossing we’ve just passed.”

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