hmmm...just received an email about not being in communication with...hmmm...ookkaayy...let's see this is the information age...but it seems that in this age of interneting/texting/cellphoning/emailing/voip-ing/etc,etc,etc-ing...we 4got how to pick up the ol' phone and dial those digits and speak into it and get the "411"..."is there anybody out there" [pink floyd] ...seems like adaptation has led to forgetfulness...seems like if you haven't responded to an email/text/cellphone message that you are somehow outta the loop...like the landline is now presumed extinct and that omg you've fallen off the FaceOfTheEarth...nooooo...even tho' i have a cellphone/computer...i'm still available the old-fashioned way...i'm still..."inside the box"...now i know people haven't forgot how to...its like the remote control...its all about "the new-fangled"...ello, ello...as my mother once replied to my ex-wife after she pointed at my mom's old green rotary phone[exactly like the one in the above picture] back in 1987 and unwittingly said "gee, people still use these things?": "yes, i do!!"...well no, i don't use THAT one/kind[boy, did mom get bent outta shape over that 1...lol]
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