Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bill was for $1500. We used the phone a lot, but not that much...
...experiences this year were adverse. Another roommate recalls having a discussion about abortion with a friend located close to Memorial Hall. Since our phone was as just as good as the next one at picking up WHRB while it was broadcasting a football game, my roommate was gratified to hear cheering crowds right after he had made his "big point." The most interference of all, however, results from calling the Quad. Maybe the cosmic background radiation is the problem there, AT&T engineers would tell...
Then of course, there's the time I called a woman to ask her to the formal. When she picked up the phone, she literally got an electric jolt in her ear from the receiver. Not exactly an auspicious beginning, but she accepted anyway...
Even simple things can become rather difficult on the phone. Although Eric is a sailor/FOP leader/athlete, he can't seem to master the use of call waiting. One conversation went like this: "Wait, I have to answer the call waiting. [presses button] Hello? Oh wait, I'll try again. [presses button again] Hello? This isn't working. [presses button again, accidently hangs up on both friends] !#$%&)*(*." And then both callers dial back again at the same time...
...weeks I'll be home. We have a brown AT&T phone there, too. But it works perfectly, always getting connected right where it's supposed to when it's supposed to. It has a long cord that stretches to wherever I want to go. And you could hear a pin drop through the line, if one ever fell. We don't even own an answering machine at home...