[Magdalen] Marathon phonecall.

[Jay Weigel]

Oh boy, do I remember collect calls! Not so long ago, that!


On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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