tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post948274872675837219..comments2024-03-25T14:54:55.289-04:00Comments on little augury: hello?P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-14556216883695065782011-05-24T16:16:44.947-04:002011-05-24T16:16:44.947-04:00Barbara,
Apparently many still use the phone as a...Barbara, <br />Apparently many still use the phone as an 'aphrodisiac'... maybe it is time to reconsider, yet I have to say Don't go there! stay off the beach. Lobsters beware.P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-33972124208068427282011-05-24T16:14:39.894-04:002011-05-24T16:14:39.894-04:00Laurent-with the winds in the Piedmont and the val...Laurent-with the winds in the Piedmont and the valleys and still the dead zones-no wonder smoke signals aren't still employed. The phone was once considered sacred & a luxury-now just another throw away. if you open up the lines to your Ettore Sottsass fon - I would call, Just don't answer.P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-28152138860706689342011-05-24T16:04:40.310-04:002011-05-24T16:04:40.310-04:00Catharine-hard to imagine Jackie with a covered le...Catharine-hard to imagine Jackie with a covered leopard skin phone!<br /><br />Townhouse- oh my! I saw yours in the hall by the way. being tethered to a phone doesn't appeal to me, though I see what you are saying-writing- I <br />may ,may reconsider an occasional call.P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-49106483296618991002011-05-24T16:00:59.620-04:002011-05-24T16:00:59.620-04:00Blue- right with you, as you know!
Bruce- we'...Blue- right with you, as you know!<br /><br />Bruce- we'll see!<br /><br />Mary- I can well relate, I don't check the phone however-my mother,we live together- does. it has to be generational. at 81 the phone is still revered to some extent, however she is a wiz at the computer too.<br /><br />Catharine- it does make for good stories! so much has changed in the world of communications, if not for email we would be on the phones at this moment likelyP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-52521206882287923342011-05-24T07:56:15.116-04:002011-05-24T07:56:15.116-04:00I love that you write as a conversation and always...I love that you write as a conversation and always "got that!" I spend much less time on the phone and it's always 'unplugged' after 8pm. It's been quite a while since my phone was an 'aphrodisiac'... maybe I need to find a lobster phone! Love your honesty. ; )My Dog-Eared Pageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939044939925149444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-46480735774744891002011-05-23T16:42:31.823-04:002011-05-23T16:42:31.823-04:00dearest Madame Greige- they must be very dear.dearest Madame Greige- they must be very dear.P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-22094547703591739762011-05-23T15:03:09.892-04:002011-05-23T15:03:09.892-04:00When reaching out to dear friends, I prefer the mu...When reaching out to dear friends, I prefer the much maligned phone. There's nothing like hearing your loved one's voice on the other end of the line and engaging in dialogue whether rousing, humorous, comforting, inciting....Viva the telephone!fourquartetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280645830245679900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-60450145494770172152011-05-22T19:40:56.858-04:002011-05-22T19:40:56.858-04:00I keep an Ettore Sottsass telephone in case David ...I keep an Ettore Sottsass telephone in case David John ever calls, but he never does; and I keep two cells of different services, depending upon which way the wind blows in the Piedmont. I detest the latter and I love the acoustic of the former, but one can't afford to use it, because its number is embedded in my interlocutors' cells, and they always call when I'm away. But really I just called to say I loved the posting.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-87123438119693140862011-05-22T15:17:53.380-04:002011-05-22T15:17:53.380-04:00I'm a phone throwback. I have two rotary phone...I'm a phone throwback. I have two rotary phones in my house -- one wall, one desk (and that's it). Hence, no caller ID. I do remember party lines. I also tried to re-instate the "Riverside-478" method of phone numbers, but no one would play with me. People are also perplexed by my busy signal if they call and I happen to be on the line. "I didn't know that still existed" they say.<br /><br />I don't get lots of calls, but I do like to talk on the phone, tethered to the instrument and unable to multi-task. I also love to dial them. I'm a phone fan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-51663267334732853642011-05-22T12:23:20.284-04:002011-05-22T12:23:20.284-04:00I do remember party lines. Someone was always on o...I do remember party lines. Someone was always on ours for an extended period of time. Picking it up did not hurry the person at all. Finally, I needed to know - (I was maybe 10 at the time) Who was this rude person? It only took me a few minutes of eavesdropping to discover that it was coming from my best friend's house and that it was her teen-age sister. Party lines ended shortly after that.<br />I had a friend -30 some years ago - who lived on the upper East side who had a land phone she said once belonged to Jackie O. (Who knows?) It was covered in real leopard skin. I'll take the lobster. <br />Haven't had a land phone in years and like you, I enjoy writing e-mails.<br />All the best,<br />Catherineceeceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962254736526651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-4960536680605118122011-05-22T01:25:24.263-04:002011-05-22T01:25:24.263-04:00You sound like me and my struggles with phones. Bu...You sound like me and my struggles with phones. But I do use my cell quite a bit, but always Icheck the caller ID and squirm with indecision if I do not know the caller. Additionally, I express myself through the written word much more effectively and with more integrity than with the spoken word--I love the feel of the letters clicking away under my fingers and then magically showing up on my screen. <br />Have a great Sunday. Maryjoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722960569876868623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-12833129179705667832011-05-21T22:58:26.394-04:002011-05-21T22:58:26.394-04:00call me. please.call me. please.Bruce Baronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08262814724740244551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-68536849571618723672011-05-21T18:44:09.151-04:002011-05-21T18:44:09.151-04:00I must tell you I cannot abide using the phone for...I must tell you I cannot abide using the phone for conversation - not a new thing for me. My cell is used mostly for texting and is actually rarely used as a phone at all. <br /><br />I like email but can, I hear, be more curt than is approved of!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.com