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Fax Communication has simplified business and today some 70 million people have fax machines in their home. This makes it very easy to send forms and such via the phone lines. I can remember a time when there were no fax machines and trying to do business was a complete hardship at times.

When I was a young man I owned an aircraft brokerage company and when someone wanted to buy an aircraft, they would fill out the applications and loan stuff and I would have to drive 70 miles each way to deliver them and I had to do it in the middle of the work day during banker’s hours. Sometimes I would have four or five waiting and take them all at once to the aircraft loan bank, there was only one in Southern California at the time.

Without fax machines they had to be hand delivered and that meant lots of cost and travel, we did not have time to use the US Mail. Then along came ZAP MAIL from FedEx which had one of the first fax machines and they put them at their offices, you could go to a FedEx and send something via fax to another FedEx Location, which would then print it out and deliver it by messenger.

This was a God Send, but it was not cheap, albeit cheaper than driving the paper work for me. Within about 20-years fax machines were common place and instant. I could send in the paperwork and sometimes get a verbal phone approval the same day from the bank.

This was all well and good until junk faxing started to fill up the fax machines as businesses would collect business cards with fax numbers on them and then send you advertisements and coupons. Mostly like SPAM nothing you need unless you have a problem with getting your member up. I never have.

Today what would we do without our fax machines? I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

“Lance Winslow” - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington