[Magdalen] Marathon phonecall.

[Christopher Hart]

The concept of long distance calls has essentially disappeared since the
use of cell phones became ubiquitous. We still have a so-called landline,
but even that is a VOIP line and calls anywhere are included in our monthly
package price (bundled with internet and TV). Our grandchildren's
generation won't even know the meaning of "long distance" call.

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ....and when I think of what my mom and dad thought was “too much” time on
> the phone back in the ‘60s!
>
> Lynn who never had her own “line” as a teenager and remembers well into
> adulthood that lovely sound when you knew it was long distance and for that
> one brief millisecond wondered which special far-away relative or friend it
> was - no caller ID, no answering machines, varying and sometimes huge
> monthly bills...
>
> On Dec 29, 2017, at 11:13 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> Everett now must be in his 6th hour on the phone with "an old high school
> friend".  I've been out of high school for 35+ years.  *I* have "old high
> school friends".  He's been out for a year-and-a-half.  Oh well.  He seldom
> to never has such joyous moments, pardon me, hours, as this.  Plus, it's
> his battery, and we've got unlimited Consumer Cellular minutes.  I bet by
> now he's got it plugged into the wall.
>
> M J (Mike) Logsdon.
>
> "Aaugh[.]" -- Charles Brown.
> "Avoid dull needles and use a soft cloth." -- E Kovacs.
>



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Christopher Hart

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