Less booze at work. Not PC enough?
On 4/16/2021 5:58 PM, Dr. Bruce wrote:
> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
>> On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 4:42:43 PM UTC-5, 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.
>>> --
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>>>
>> People are different. Some folks love talking on the phone.
>
> Yes, Ed for instance.
>
When you are 1200 miles away, it works. Even after we retired we'd see
each other (along with my wife) for lunch or dinner or just a visit but
too far to go now for just lunch.
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