tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post5179511977701289824..comments2023-10-22T07:42:55.369+00:00Comments on Skip's Acorn Treasury: Bring Bring on the silenceSkiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-31943028765592007292013-02-08T07:54:43.494+00:002013-02-08T07:54:43.494+00:00My mobile is so old that iphones refuse to call it...My mobile is so old that iphones refuse to call it. It's a Nokia, it takes calls, sometimes, and makes calls. It's indestructible and will probably survive a nuclear attack and take calls from whatever mutant cockroach surfaces.<br />But in their wisdom, the rail service will now have silent carriages where mobile calls are banned, it's just a shame that the trains aren't running half the time.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-45836208101559633702013-02-06T16:07:49.714+00:002013-02-06T16:07:49.714+00:00A hate them too. Not because they damage my produc...A hate them too. Not because they damage my productivity - you can't kill a ghost - but I completely lose my people skills on a phone call. If you ring me - and I probably shouldn't tell people this - you can get me to agree to do pretty much anything, so long as I can put the phone down. I can't process disembodied voices in a conversational context. If I can't see you, I basically can't hear you. Or rather, I can, but I can't work out what you want and why, and I don't feel able to ask questions or make judgements. It's like trying to talk to an incoming meteorite. Nothing in the world fills me with more horror than knowing I need to make a phonecall, and there are few ordeals I'd not suffer to avoid one.<br /><br />If you "chat" on phones, I will check the back of your head for zips.Rob Stradlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622504337859973159noreply@blogger.com