Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/03
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On Thursday, 3 September 2015, 17:34, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at
earthlink.net> wrote:
I'd take my daughter's call any time, anywhere.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
-----Original Message-----
>From: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 3, 2015 7:20 AM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] August 29th Apocalyptic Dysphoria;??? Pictures on your
>watch.
>
>My daughter calls me 4 or 5 times a day.? I can tell her I'm hanging from a
>ladder with one hand and she'll say "Oh, just one thing..." and she's still
>talking half an hour later.? I'm glad she calls, though.
>
>Tina
>
>On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Jeffery Smith <smithjeffery at mac.com>
>wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>>
>> Jeffery L. Smith
>> smithjeffery at mac.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Sep 3, 2015, at 12:35 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at
>> > btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > For me the problem with phones is the inconsiderate person calling. Very
>> few people, when phoning, ask ?am I interrupting something?? they just
>> launch into what is on their mind and just assume you are free to drop
>> everything and concentrate on them. I have always found it offensive and
>> irritating, more so now my memory is going, since going back to where I
>> was
>> before the interruption is increasingly difficult.
>> >
>> > I have always hated phones and used them only for emergencies and
>> keeping up with family. I do have a mobile phone but mainly use it for
>> emergencies and to aid meeting somebody when running a bit early or late.
>> >
>> > On top of that I never remember what may have been agreed over the
>> phone. An email is a million times better for proper communication IMO,
>> not
>> only do I have a record of what was asked and what I replied but if I
>> haven?t got an answer to hand I have time to check it out before replying.
>> >
>> > I detest phones, mobiles are just even more inconsiderate.
>> >
>> > Frank D.
>> >
>> >> On 2 Sep, 2015, at 23:03, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'd be livid if someone tried pulling that one on me at this point and
>> >> they'd not get a second chance at it.
>> >> A few times I've said and it worked "I have my phone turned off for
>> >> this
>> >> meeting".
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 9/2/15 5:19 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <smithjeffery at mac.com <mailto:
>> smithjeffery at mac.com>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I downgraded from a Blackberry to no cell phone at all. Still use a
>> watch,
>> >>> though. I do eat lunch with a fellow with an iPhone. Our conversation
>> over
>> >>> lunch gets interrupted about 10 times during the hour we are eating.
>> When his
>> >>> phone rings, I get put on hold for a minute or two. Pretty soon, I
>> think that
>> >>> neither one of us will communicate with one another at all. I?ll just
>> watch
>> >>> him eat while he talks on the phone.
>> >>
>> >> Jeffery
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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