tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527343833432500501.post4094833520447551582..comments2024-01-24T01:38:12.514-08:00Comments on Talking to Strangers: An Introvert Hits the Streets: An Introvert's History of Telephone UseJo Ann Heydronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14294787038183758856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527343833432500501.post-31824553272359216712013-09-25T18:56:08.112-07:002013-09-25T18:56:08.112-07:00Before, a company 1800 Number is the only reliable...Before, a company <a href="http://vtelecom.com.au/" rel="nofollow">1800 Number</a> is the only reliable means of communication for companies. Now, with the evolution of telephones, businessmen are also reliant on mobile phone technology. It is amusing to see the technology's progress.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479586577320227191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527343833432500501.post-8514443674648079782012-12-13T10:00:23.735-08:002012-12-13T10:00:23.735-08:00Happy holidays to you and Jeff, Debbie. This will ...Happy holidays to you and Jeff, Debbie. This will be the first Christmas Warren and I are on our own, all three kids headed for in-laws' houses. So there will be a lot of telephoning. Maybe I'll drop my cell in the toilet--accidentally, of course. It's great to hear from you.<br />Jo Ann Heydronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14294787038183758856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527343833432500501.post-77777732555517539912012-12-09T07:52:27.182-08:002012-12-09T07:52:27.182-08:00Love this! Why do our family members find it so di...Love this! Why do our family members find it so difficult to understand that "chatting" is difficult? I'm all business on the phone, to my husband and children's chagrin...unless something important has happened and the phone is our lifeline. I guess that confuses them too. Now I've discovered that text messages, which must be short, are an acceptable way to be brief and direct without that required (and often phony, if the timing is poor) cheerfulness. Happy holidays, JoAnn!Debbie and Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375511124030115288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527343833432500501.post-8416915737296638002012-11-27T05:37:51.269-08:002012-11-27T05:37:51.269-08:00I started to read this post three times before I c...I started to read this post three times before I could read it through. This is not a fault of the post—which I love!—but because it rang too true. Although talking on the phone isn't too bad, I prefer face to face (f2f), and cells are a real challenge. <br /><br />My husband and I possess a cellphone only because our younger son was so horrified that we didn't have one that he gave it to us and has been paying the bills ever since. I have no idea what it costs him, but about seven people in the world have the number, including a contractor we no longer speak to. When we drive into the city, we use it to warn our sons that we're coming. I call my husband, now retired, at home to warn him I'm staying late at school, or I'm finally on the way home, or I have forgotten vital materials.<br /><br />Sometimes someone texts me a message which I have no idea how to retrieve. This shows up as a tiny icon until I have a spare half hour and figure out, again, how to delete it. Jan Priddy, Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107172381368544145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527343833432500501.post-5707960723333336592012-11-11T15:38:07.224-08:002012-11-11T15:38:07.224-08:00It's awful, isn't it? Great to hear from y...It's awful, isn't it? Great to hear from you.<br />Jo Ann Heydronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14294787038183758856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527343833432500501.post-75590141272666193352012-11-11T11:08:25.430-08:002012-11-11T11:08:25.430-08:00Love this personal historical perspective on the p...Love this personal historical perspective on the phone. I think I suffer from the same malady as my phone conversations tend to be very brief followed by an awkward silence.... It feels like I'm dating all over again even when I'm trying to communicate with my kids!!Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743956579926480753noreply@blogger.com