Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, sometimes texting is very convenient AND cheap. The other morning I was sitting in my hotel room in Boston and was carrying out a 30 minutes chat with my son (on Facebook) in the UK, while processing pictures on the side. To do this by phone would have cost a fortune in roaming charges. Cheers, Nathan On 28 May, 2010, at 13:26 , George Lottermoser wrote: > Same here. > I find it a strange new means of keeping mildly in touch. > I'd prefer a phone call or eye contact. > Yet the young seem to be totally into "text" and "social media." > The younger they are the more they live with their phone in their hands > and thumbs on the buttons. > I find it especially frustrating > when they seem to have more interest in texting "out there" > then having a conversation "right here." > > And as with this LUG list - a steady stream of > sometimes interesting > sometimes silly > sometimes informative > communication. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On May 28, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> I use it to keep up with what my kids are doing ;-) >> >> Tina >> >> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Never got into it in the first place and can't see the point. >>> >>> >>> Mark Pope, >>> Swindon, Wilts >>> UK >>> >>> Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk >>> Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog >>> Picture a week (2010) >>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010 >>> Picture a week (2009) >>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009 >>> (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008 >>> >>> >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog