[Magdalen] Marathon phonecall.

[Christopher Hart]

I remember collect calls. Wow, that takes me back.

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Christopher Hart
> >
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>



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Christopher Hart

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