Dr_bob’s cavalcade of crap #1

(i.e. pointless filler to take up space )
Hello fellow interweb-surfing-types , given the fact the the p45 domain is up and down like a pair of kangaroos during the mating season* , and posting a blog on it right now is as tricky as playing jenga, on rough seas, in oven gloves, after drinking 10 cans of ” Multipack :not to be sold separately” Tennants lager ,and also because my head hurts as last night I was in fact, playing jenga, in oven gloves, after drinking 10 cans of ” Multipack :not to be sold separately” Tennants lager, (drunken bet, it seemed like a good idea at the time ),it’s a quick post from me today with, hopefully the first of a series of time and effort wasting blogs about random retro shite from the past …today :
the timeless glory that was :
the Motorola Traveller

Yes folks back when the only people in Ireland that owned mobile phones were Charlie Haugheys shirt importer , and that shifty bloke who sold 2nd hand commodore computers out of the Ormonde hotel at the weekend, this dinosaur roamed the earth.
Weighing in at …ooh I haven’t a clue , but you could probably stun a fairly large animal with it, the traveller had must-have features such as ;

buttons,
a moulded handgrip ,
a rubbery antenna and
…er a hefty strap to pull muscles in your shoulder with ,
The traveller was >the< toy for the proto-yuppie on the move (although obviously not moving very fast)in the late eighties.
Also, due to unshielded microwave transmissions the traveller doubled as a portable cooker .(this was a good reason to make sure it was nowhere near your crotch area while using, unless that is,you wanted to take advantage of its handy sterilisation "feature".).
Security wasn’t an issue ,if anyone robbed your phone, you’d have enough time to call the police , read the paper and make a cup of tea while they tried to hobble down the street under its huge weight .
Years ago I worked for an electrical store in Dublin and I got to play around with one of these, they really are bloody huge, although it was great fun to use
(mainly because you felt like a WWII radio operator with one of these lads strung over your back.)
The Motorola traveller surely deserves entry into the mobile phone hall of fame , possibly as something to wedge heavy doors open , or crush walnuts with.

I’m Dr_bob, that was the Motorola traveller, and this has been 5 minutes of your life wasted reading this shameless filler :)