On Dec 9, 8:16*pm, dsi1 > wrote:

> Talking on one of those little bar-shaped cells does feel kinda
> sissified. One holds it like a fancy tea cup. I have a old business
> phone at the office that I think is the cat's meow. It has buttons for
> dialing and lines and 18 speed dial numbers! As an extra bonus you can
> slam that receiver down, no problem. Unfortunately, thanks to the cell
> phone's mobility, I hardly ever sit a my desk.
>
> I agree - the old phones were more suitable for guys and anyone that
> appreciates the substantial. Too bad the younger generation won't ever
> know the way of the landlines.


Everything changes, ultimately for the good. That is my belief.
But I agree with you and want to add something I think is equally
funny. I know a guy in town who told me last week that he met a young
guy in his late teens or early 20s who did not know how to read a
clock. He was so used to everything being digital that he didn't know
where the 9 or 6 went on a regular round clock. I found it hard to
believe, but if you think about it it's not so hard to believe,
because at one time, before the round clock took over, we had the sun
dial. How many people today can read one of those? Not me. So
everything changes and always has. But that was a real tickler when
my buddy told me that one, and he wasn't making it up.

TJ