A race to the wire as old hand at Morse code beats txt msgrs - Britain - Times Online

A race to the wire as old hand at Morse code beats txt msgrs - Britain - Times Online
i couldn't help but smile while reading this. A couple of old (not aged, senior, etc. these guys are OLD, at least chronologically) guys were able to send and decipher a message (full text) quicker than a nimble 13 year old girl, armed with a lexicon of SMS shorthand was able to send an SMS with the same content. i could just imagine the smile on the faces of 93 years old Gordon Hill and his young counterpart, 82 years old Jack Gibson.

there is just one thing to say:
- .... . ... . / --. ..- -.-- ... / .-. ..- .-.. .