[Magdalen] Marathon phonecall.

[Grace Cangialosi]

When I was in college, only about an hour away from home, the only way I could call my parents from my dorm room was to call Collect. Remember that?

> On Dec 30, 2017, at 9:23 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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