Dr. Bruce wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 4/16/2021 11:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some people love to talk on the phone. My mother did and my son
>>> seems to have inherited that trait from her.* I am more like my
>>> father. He used the phone to communicate messages, not for
>>> conversations.
>>>
>>> My son has bad cell phone reception by his house, only a block from
>>> the lake. He gets much better reception in his car. He often calls
>>> me on his way to work and he can chat the whole way there.
>>>
>>> A few years ago I reconnected with an old friend and we became
>>> quite close. He calls almost every day, sometimes two or three
>>> times. I also have a nephew who calls every week or two and talks
>>> for an hour or more. It's nice to hear from them but I am just not
>>> used to that.
>>>
>>>
>>> I will check my cell phone if it rings while I am out. I may or may
>>> not answer, depending on what I am doing. I have to wonder about
>>> people I see walking around in town or in malls with a phone glued
>>> to their ear.
>>
>> Just got off the phone with one of my friends. About 1 1/2 hours.
>> We talk about one a week. Not sure I'd want to talk to someone every
>> day though a series of short calls is probably the same time I spend
>> once a week.
>
> If someone wanted to talk to me on the phone for 1.5 hour, I'd hire a
> hitman to take them out.
>

People are squirming and wringing their hands after talking to you
1.5 minutes.

After 2 min, their assholes are crocheting water buckets.