FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for November 09, 2009

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  about 15 years ago

    Almost like the old “bag phones” of the 1990s!

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    rayannina  about 15 years ago

    With a phone that size, the calls might drop him!

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    margueritem  about 15 years ago

    I had one of those bag phones. I’m so glad that they made them so nice and compact now.

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    zerotsm  about 15 years ago

    Yeah, but those old analog bag phones sounded great! CDMA (e.g Verizon) phones make you sound like Darth Vader. GSM (e.g AT&T, T-mobile) is a bit better, but still not as good as analog.

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Is Roger compensating for something?

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    dhubb  about 15 years ago

    The first time I went looking for a mobile the sales guy kept trying to talk me into getting one of those bag phones.

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    Rakkav  about 15 years ago

    That’s not a phone, that’s a military spy satellite.

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    Hugh B. Hayve  about 15 years ago

    Comes with the optional rental of a manservant to carry the thing.

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    SGIBeachbum  about 15 years ago

    I love it! Shows how much technology has advanced since this strip was current. Of course, our hero, Roger, would probably still get a phone that size in 2009.

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    blackman2732  about 15 years ago

    Now that’s MY kind of phone. If it drops on the sidewalk, the sidewalk breaks and not the phone. Good buy.

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    The Duke 1  about 15 years ago

    What?? They make them smaller than that now??

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    MisngNOLA  about 15 years ago

    When I first got to the Comms Unit I was with we had a portable cellular system that could be taken along with us and hooked into local landline systems to make outgoing calls. The cell phones we used then were commonly known as “brick phones” for their size and weight.

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    MissNaomi385  about 15 years ago

    I think he went a little bit overboard on this cell phone issue.

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    Ushindi  about 15 years ago

    Yeah, I had a bag phone from AT&T in prehistoric times, but it was 3 watts of power, as I remember, instead of the 1/2 watt for the smaller models. I could use it from deep in the mountains where I traveled and camped with my little boy, whereas the regular phones were useless. I still have that old analog phone - don’t know why.

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    Rakkav  about 15 years ago

    Doctor Toon: So was your first cup of coffee. :))

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 15 years ago

    Back in the 1980s, the first big-sized cell phones were nicknamed “Bricks.” What Roger has ain’t a “Brick.” In the link below is a picture of a “Brick.”

    http://shaide.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/80s-brick-cell-phone.jpg

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    chinook2  about 15 years ago

    I have this week of comics in the book “Think iFruity”

    But text messaging, cameras and games wouldn’t have been on phones when this was written, why would he be obsessed with having a phone? When I got my Cell phone (which would have been 7 months ago) I use the camera, and would text with a QWERTY keyboard and play games on it that are good more than call.

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    voodoochild  about 15 years ago

    i could put wheels on that and ride it to school

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    Quantumtorpedo1  about 15 years ago

    I tried to text on my motorola startac, but it would not work!!!

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    Aurion  about 15 years ago

    Y’know, I bet the radiation emissions from that baby could power an entire cityblock.

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    treBsdrawkcaB  about 15 years ago

    …went in for a phone and came out with a cell tower…

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