Posts Tagged ‘telephone’
Four things about my children’s childhood that I won’t miss
I will miss many, many things when my children are now longer little. I know how precious this period in their life is. I know how quickly time will seem to pass. I know all this. I don’t need any other parent to tell me, but boy oh boy do they like to tell me.…
Read MorePossibly the perfect outgoing voicemail message
Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal tweeted this last week: ““Hey, this is Matt’s voicemail. Leave a message and I’ll get back to you years from now when you learn to stop leaving voicemails”” — Matthew Inman I’m so very tempted to use it as my outgoing message. I won’t even have to change the name.
Read MorePeople I don’t understand: Motionless telephone talkers
I don’t understand anyone who sits still while talking on the phone. I don’t speak to people on the phone often, but when I do, you can bet that while I’m talking, I’m also emptying a dishwasher, sweeping the kitchen floor, folding laundry, or doing any number of mindless chores in need of completion. I…
Read MoreThis is not a telephone, so how does my son know that this was once a telephone?
My wife sent me this photo of my son from a recent visit to a children’s museum. Yes, my family gets to go to children’s museums during the week while I slave away in the mines. When I saw the image, I couldn’t help but wonder how Charlie understood how to use this device. It’s…
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