tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post2251500719568741132..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: CommunicatingGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15680534707003105572014-06-10T08:10:40.827+01:002014-06-10T08:10:40.827+01:00Yes Virginia and the more I look at the list I mad...Yes Virginia and the more I look at the list I made above the more I realise there are things I omitted. When I was wring some letters and cards yesterday I realised, too, that one really has to think before one pens the words. I used to be good at spelling as well before the advent of the spillchucker.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-13846942872569914072014-06-10T00:43:32.596+01:002014-06-10T00:43:32.596+01:00Very thought provoking post GB, and a topic that I...Very thought provoking post GB, and a topic that I paused to think about a few days ago after I asked a friend whom I had not seen for many years, how I could contact her.....she started rattling off copious amounts of communications data on how she could be reached....about 10 ways in all.<br />Then I started to count the ways I could be reached...3 email addresses, 3 phone numbers, FB, Whatsapp, Skype.....<br />Wow, I remember growing up, it was just by letter or phone.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-53915191534473054802014-06-09T23:30:17.634+01:002014-06-09T23:30:17.634+01:00It's not just love love letters. When I moved...It's not just love love letters. When I moved to Scotland I wrote to my mother every week and she kept all the letters. It was a huge 'diary' in effect. Communication has altered so much over the last two centuries and striving towards faster communication has always been the aim: often prompted, of course, by military or commercial reasons. When the £10 Poms went to Australia and NZ in the 50s it took 6 weeks for a letter to get home to the UK. Now I can pick up my cellphone in the Australian outback and speak to my son in the middle of the Atlantic.<br /><br />We never had a party line but most people in the road did. I've never quite worked out how Mum (for the phone was Mum's 'thing' and Dad rarely used it at home) achieved that. It's another area where CJ and I have taken after different parents: I live with my phone and always have. CJ ceased to talk on a phone the day he retired.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40294644449453983112014-06-09T23:20:29.856+01:002014-06-09T23:20:29.856+01:00It's true, Monica, that keeping up with techno...It's true, Monica, that keeping up with technology has almost become part of everyday life and if we don't then so much becomes impossible.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76056069742127954782014-06-09T23:18:58.692+01:002014-06-09T23:18:58.692+01:00Well I posted some today and I shall post some mor...Well I posted some today and I shall post some more tomorrow. I still enjoy using a pen Adrian. I would, however, be lost without the Internet.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-77455547043235531352014-06-09T23:17:15.409+01:002014-06-09T23:17:15.409+01:00It really is amazing, Jill, isn't it. And to ...It really is amazing, Jill, isn't it. And to think so much of it has taken place in the last 20 years.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-66874021835916802782014-06-09T23:15:51.310+01:002014-06-09T23:15:51.310+01:00Hello Jean. I agree. One reason I have so many d...Hello Jean. I agree. One reason I have so many different methods is because I find it easier to adapt than to ask others to do so.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-58604161077599581962014-06-09T22:24:28.368+01:002014-06-09T22:24:28.368+01:00I think the demise of letters - or their near-demi...I think the demise of letters - or their near-demise - is such a shame. Nowadays, what do people have to replace love letters (I have a boxful in the attic)? Everything now has to be so fast, so immediate; There's no waiting. <br /><br />Talking of phones, do you remember the old party lines, when you had to share a line with another household?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71083816858915328882014-06-09T19:12:24.656+01:002014-06-09T19:12:24.656+01:00Communication has certainly changed over the years...Communication has certainly changed over the years. Sometimes it feels like a full time job just to keep up with all the constant technology updates. But hard to imagine now what it would be like to have to go back and not have access at all to "instant" (computer) communication.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-86435353369143984212014-06-09T18:33:28.629+01:002014-06-09T18:33:28.629+01:00I can't remember when I last posted a letter. ...I can't remember when I last posted a letter. I do post parcels. I don't know how I managed before the internet.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-18547772709632168892014-06-09T15:45:39.707+01:002014-06-09T15:45:39.707+01:00What I meant to say was.........just imagine, when...What I meant to say was.........just imagine, when you were born (and I was 10 years old!), being able to sit down each day and communicate with people all over the world via a computer while enjoying your morning coffee. Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4061396319442030322014-06-09T11:08:19.238+01:002014-06-09T11:08:19.238+01:00What seems to make it even more complex is learnin...What seems to make it even more complex is learning to communicate with people in their preferred modes - and trying to coach them to contact me through mine! JeanJayviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358384803437366118noreply@blogger.com