-=> Quoting Kurt Weiske to Nancy Backus on 01-27-19  08:56 <=-

 NB>> You went for it earlier than I did.... ;)   I tend to hold out on
 NB>> technology until I need it for something.... ;)   So by the time I
 NB>> gave in and got one, it was more like 10 cents a minute... ;)  And
 NB>> the battery lasted for a week or more....  ;)

 KW> I was on-call, 24/7 with a pager. I do miss those times before cell
 KW> phones, as pay phones were common and pagers were a communications
 KW> device for a more civilized age. You paged someone, and you had to be
 KW> engaged in the issue. They'd call you back, you'd have a discussion,
 KW> capture whatever information was needed, and set an expectation of when
 KW> something could be fixed/resolved/etc.

Yup... that indeed was more civilized... and likely informative in a
timely fashion...  :)

 KW> Now, people send an email and assume the clock is ticking as soon as
 KW> they hit send, and they have their own expectation of how long it
 KW> should take. 

Exactly.... and there isn't really any assurance that the email actually
arrived at its destination, although one might reasonably presume that
it did.... Similar with text messages, as well...  Last summer, I had an
instance where my brother and I were both traveling, and relatively
close to each other, so were trying to connect via texts.... He sent me
a text, which I didn't receive until after we finally connected by
voice... just a bit bizarre...  ;)  We did finally figure out how to
meet up while both in the area...  ;)

 KW> ... Do you ever see inconsistencies in your world?

Do you....?  

ttyl         neb

... Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - Dr. Who

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