[Magdalen] Marathon phonecall.

[Christopher Hart]

Absolutely, Grace! I totally agree. I can even dictate the message to my
cell phone, although it doesn't always spell very well. Kristin mentioned
calls that come at inconvenient times. I find that to be virtually all of
them. Is there really a convenient time to get a call on your cell phone?

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >> List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> >> Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> >> Twitter: @cervus51
>



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Christopher Hart

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