Before laptops


Before laptops became popular, people had very few options in taking their work with them as they travelled.

Here is a picture I took in Shimla, India, in the Himalayas.

It seems that one option open to those wishing to take their work home or to a meeting, was to take their entire filing cabinet with them. It might sound cumbersome but it seemed to work for this guy.

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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He previously worked in radio for about 25 years but these days he spends his time at Compassion Australia, working towards releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.

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4 Comments

  • What a classic. India really must be just so totally different to Australia. Thankyou for giving us just a little taste of what it was like.

  • This guy at shimla is carrying cabinet to delivery it to somebody’s house from a Cabinet store. It is not filled with files which you said people take their work at home in file cabinet like this.

    Don’t make false statement without knowing the facts.

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