[Magdalen] Marathon phonecall.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Kristin, I find I text way more than I ever thought I would, instead of making lots of calls, for the very reason you mentioned. That way the person can respond when it’s convenient, and I haven’t interrupted them in the middle of something.

> On Dec 30, 2017, at 10:19 AM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com> wrote:
> 
> Things moved a little slower, I think, with the Canadian phone system (and I am not sure where they are these days), but it boggles my mind that I've gone to where I would use a pay phone for most local calls, because the quarter for it was about a minute's worth of mobile phone airtime, and now live in the US, where we pay $3/mo for the first 100 minutes and there is no surcharge, even if I'm calling from the US to Canada. (Also, I use my phone more as a mobile computing device than for talking to people. I am always way too afraid of interrupting somebody to place a phone call, and I always find that calls to me come at inconvenient times.)
> 
> Kristin
> 
> -- 
>  Kristin Rollins
>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>  Chesapeake, VA
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017, at 9:23 AM, Christopher Hart 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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