[Magdalen] Marathon phonecall.

[Grace Cangialosi]

My daughter nearly always dictates her text messages--and there are some
hilarious results! Yesterday she mentioned "sponge bath," and it came to me
as Sponge Bob! Sometimes I can't even tell what she was actually saying!
I'm convinced that Siri has some hearing loss...

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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



-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
love."*
*St. Teresa of Calcutta*