Room For All

[Nancy]

What are some of your fun memories of the event?

It was neat to see kids come with lists of what family members they were 'buying' for. One of our volunteers was asked if he was a Grandpa...he said no. But then he was asked if he knew what a Grandpa might like. We are now calling him the Church Grandpa. The cookie table was a hit, but the wrapping station was a nightmare...Changes will be made next year. After it was over, my church family/friends and I sat around and talked, laughed, and enjoyed each other's company. Nice.

 

[Nancy]

Do other folks' adult kids take forever to respond to messages?

My kids are fairly prompt, but if I ask more than one question, I never get an answer to anything except the first one.

 

[JayneWonders]

Snow comes, snow goes. Above 0 with showers today so we are losing some of our snow. Sounds like winter is back by later in the week, though. At least they are just calling for flurries right now, which usually don't require me to pull out the shovel.

Do other folks' adult kids take forever to respond to messages? I emailed my son the plan for finally transferring my old Civic's ownership to him and still have not heard back. We'll need to do this when he is down for the holidays so I need some dates, then I can book an appt at Service Ontario. For f's sake, he initiated this after realizing he could get better insurance rates under the alumni plan at U of O.

I find that the lack of a response is often due to an inability to figure out schedules between spouse and kids.
Sometimes, i ask again after a week

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

I find communication by text message is useful if it is not time sensitive and maybe involves different time zones ( one should not sleep with the phone next to one’s ear, though), but the latter generations have lost the communication by phone. And- we older people also have jumped on that. Why are we avoiding direct communication? Why text if you can call? Plus add the need of checking the phone while hanging out with friends and family and scrolling through…whatever page.
Are social media now anti-social media?

 

[Redbaron]

Good morning! Snow stories and snow blowers, memories of a church event, family members' recovery, and condos, old and new. Lots of territory covered yesterday. We gather round the Coffee Cart with these and other things on our minds, for conversation and support, community and coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. and sticky buns. Coffee is fresh, tea water boiling, and buns warmed up nicely. Come join the conversation and share in the snacks! All is ready, all are welcome.

C(_)/ c(_) c\_/ c[_]

 

[Luce NDs]

I find communication by text message is useful if it is not time sensitive and maybe involves different time zones ( one should not sleep with the phone next to one’s ear, though), but the latter generations have lost the communication by phone. And- we older people also have jumped on that. Why are we avoiding direct communication? Why text if you can call? Plus add the need of checking the phone while hanging out with friends and family and scrolling through…whatever page.
Are social media now anti-social media?

Maybe for the reason someone told us that we shouldn't know that ... and not knowing is easier? Thus we don't and it is becoming ... the way!

Its just how it goes!

 

[JayneWonders]

I find communication by text message is useful if it is not time sensitive and maybe involves different time zones ( one should not sleep with the phone next to one’s ear, though), but the latter generations have lost the communication by phone. And- we older people also have jumped on that. Why are we avoiding direct communication? Why text if you can call? Plus add the need of checking the phone while hanging out with friends and family and scrolling through…whatever page.
Are social media now anti-social media?

For me, a text is something you can respond to whenever.

A phonecall interrupts what someone is doing.

Sometimes i will text asking them to ping me when they have time for a call

 

[Luce NDs]

Thus the 4 gotten angels of shades! Red and yellow on either side of the line of black & white ... not even mentioning the blue and green ... deep in either vector, to the point of in ten's! IO's? And off we go once yah knows ...

Yah, the mess is difficult as engendered ... dissonant? That's like Eris or Ares ... a message buried there ...

 

[Luce NDs]

Can social fabric knit itself together once the unravelling portion sinks into folly? Imagine ah*oles appearing everywhere like something out of nothing!

AOleans ... with that sort of tilt ... to sticker than a coin of olive's ... in well oiled hans ... we are doomed to slide ... slippery fetch?

So saith the fisherman ... like in the image of Grumpy Old Men ... joust, or satyr?

 

[Mendalla]

For me, a text is something you can respond to whenever.

A phonecall interrupts what someone is doing.

Sometimes i will text asking them to ping me when they have time for a call

This exactly. And, frankly, my son doesn't answer his phone half the time anyhow and is also bad for not checking email so text is often the quickest way to get ahold of him.

Similarly, at work I'll ping someone by Teams chat before calling on Teams. Just because someone's status shows "Available" does not mean they really are. They could be doing something offline and not changed their status.

 

[JayneWonders]

I wonder if part of it is also the transition away from home phone calls.
It used to be that if something was an emergency, you would call the cell. Otherwise, call the home and leave a message.
Now, the equivalent of calling home & leaving a message is sending a text.

 

[Mendalla]

I wonder if part of it is also the transition away from home phone calls.
It used to be that if something was an emergency, you would call the cell. Otherwise, call the home and leave a message.
Now, the equivalent of calling home & leaving a message is sending a text.

Transition away from home phones, period. My son and d-i-l each have a cell and that's it. No land or VOIP line. I no longer have a desk phone at work, just a soft phone that's hooked into Teams. And for personal stuff like my doc and dentist, I normally give out my cell now since that's the most reliable way to reach me, given it works no matter where I am. If we ever leave London, I might just dump our home phone entirely (though that would require Mrs. M to each keep her cell turned on rather than only having it on when she's out and about). For now, though, we have that number on a lot of accounts still and it only costs us $12 a month on the Chinese VOIP service we use.

 

[Waterfall]

Transition away from home phones, period. My son and d-i-l each have a cell and that's it. No land or VOIP line. I no longer have a desk phone at work, just a soft phone that's hooked into Teams. And for personal stuff like my doc and dentist, I normally give out my cell now since that's the most reliable way to reach me, given it works no matter where I am. If we ever leave London, I might just dump our home phone entirely (though that would require Mrs. M to each keep her cell turned on rather than only having it on when she's out and about). For now, though, we have that number on a lot of accounts still and it only costs us $12 a month on the Chinese VOIP service we use.

We do the same, except no home phone....talking about this the other day...if the satellites go down, isn't it only the home phones that will work? And aren't they impossible to hack but rather have to "tap into"? And I wonder if that was in the home if kids would "talk" more and learn some form of telephone etiquette? And harder for any kind of predators to prey on the young.
And no hidden apps stealing data etc....

 

[Jaebius]

Most people here in Korea, including me, use an app called "KakaoTalk" a whole lot. It seems like just about everyone here has and uses it. It can be used to send text messages, make audio calls, and make video calls. I have some people who I'm in 1:1 chat groups using it, and I've also used it for things like church groups and EFL classes

 

[Mendalla]

Most people here in Korea, including me, use an app called "KakaoTalk" a whole lot. It seems like just about everyone here has and uses it. It can be used to send text messages, make audio calls, and make video calls. I have some people who I'm in 1:1 chat groups using it, and I've also used it for things like church groups and EFL classes

Similar to the Chinese WeChat service, which is similar and also has a payment service that some Asian stores around here accept.

We do the same, except no home phone....talking about this the other day...if the satellites go down, isn't it only the home phones that will work?

Cell phones are not satellite-based. They use ground stations that are connected with fibre networks. Internet is similarly not satellite based unless you are on Starlink, though connections outside Canada might use satellite connections. And old school analog phones, which is what I think your are talking about, could also be using satellite if you're calling outside Canada since that's carrier-to-carrier connections and independent of what type of connection you have. In fact, all international communications is heavily reliant on satellites regardless of what technology you are using at your end, but local domestic communication is mostly through copper and fibre unless you're in a remote area.

 

[Waterfall]

Similar to the Chinese WeChat service, which is similar and also has a payment service that some Asian stores around here accept.


Cell phones are not satellite-based. They use ground stations that are connected with fibre networks. Internet is similarly not satellite based unless you are on Starlink, though connections outside Canada might use satellite connections. And old school analog phones, which is what I think your are talking about, could also be using satellite if you're calling outside Canada since that's carrier-to-carrier connections and independent of what type of connection you have. In fact, all international communications is heavily reliant on satellites regardless of what technology you are using at your end, but local domestic communication is mostly through copper and fibre unless you're in a remote area.

Good to know.....I might have thought when Rogers went down....I "think" the home phones worked? I'm trying to remember why people were happy their home phones still worked during some phone crisis.

 

[Jaebius]

Similar to the Chinese WeChat service, which is similar and also has a payment service that some Asian stores around here accept.

Yes, Mendalla, that's right. And, oh, when I read that, I remembered - KakaoTalk also has a payment service. And you can buy things for delivery right on the app. I've never used that feature, but I guess other folks do. Kakao has a number of apps here. I also have KakaoMetro and KakaoTaxi. Also available are KakaoMaps, KakaoBike, and more

 

[Luce NDs]

Are machines imbecilic since they go on in the same way always and cannot adjust according to situation ethis that may be quite thick and dense according to some perspectives right out of the distant saac ... like another's purse in the land of purse snatchers ...

Thus your future is in someone else bag ... anyone read the book Bagman? It involved financing of a political nature ... paradigmatic!

 

[JayneWonders]

Home phones that come through lines, such as Bell still work if internet is down and/or extended power outages

It isn't just starlink that uses satellites. Xplor does in many areas that can't get line of sight to towers

 

[Luce NDs]

One large electromagnetic burst is said to have the potential to wipe out such transaction-ism ... then there are the banking connections to concern one's elf with ...