tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post4885427126661617875..comments2023-08-07T06:03:05.434-05:00Comments on chronicles of blunderview: I Hate The Phonejoycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10269164806627544548noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-80609480913639539882011-10-26T08:26:22.591-05:002011-10-26T08:26:22.591-05:00Brenda- always so glad to add to my phone hating s...Brenda- always so glad to add to my phone hating support group. Brian and I may have occasional spats about who will take on the phone. Especially the nasty calls like wrangling with phone people, or bank people, or making appointments. I have taken on the appt making, as my children DO need help with their teeth.... their eyeballs,... their hair....<br /><br />But that doesn't mean I havejoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269164806627544548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-78719589208328850732011-10-22T00:15:10.994-05:002011-10-22T00:15:10.994-05:00I have a habit of just checking blogs once in a wh...I have a habit of just checking blogs once in a while, not every day -- only to find I missed this really good one -- it so expresses how I feel about the phone -- I HATE it, and it can take me a long long time to get around to making some essential phone call. Usually I make Elmer do it, who unlike me, actually seems to quite like chatting on the phone -- he even has patience to spend endless Brenda Funknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-48084171747350625192011-10-12T16:30:40.256-05:002011-10-12T16:30:40.256-05:00Thanks for the chuckle!Thanks for the chuckle!jennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-29100445484845664422011-10-09T13:54:32.585-05:002011-10-09T13:54:32.585-05:00Aww, you named your baby bump after MY parents. We...Aww, you named your baby bump after MY parents. We have a Samantha and two middle names of Eleanor in their grand and great-grand children. But no Sam'n'Ella on one child.<br /><br />Happy turkey weekend!!janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16924143111193387666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-64731436356664540622011-10-08T08:35:34.886-05:002011-10-08T08:35:34.886-05:00I've often gotten; "can I speak to your m...I've often gotten; "can I speak to your mother?" to which I always replay; "She doesn't live with us any more". or "I moved away from my mother quite a number of years ago, would you like her number?"<br /><br />and incidently: when I was pregnant with Sam, my name for a potential girl was Ella. My sister said-- "Oh! Sam'n'ella!"<br />nice.joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269164806627544548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-7048226521383198082011-10-07T16:14:58.492-05:002011-10-07T16:14:58.492-05:00Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!
My only brother used to get &#...Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!<br /><br />My only brother used to get 'Hello Eleanor?' when he answered the phone and was hugely relieved when he started getting 'Hello Sam?'. (My parents were Sam'n'Eleanor which we shortened to Sam'n'Ella in later years)<br /><br />My daughter can and HAS sent 8000 texts in a month, but is incapable of making a phone call to anyone except me.janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16924143111193387666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-6634709599490414322011-10-07T11:13:55.402-05:002011-10-07T11:13:55.402-05:00so so funny still gigglingso so funny still gigglingRosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-25805554880127870322011-10-07T07:13:25.416-05:002011-10-07T07:13:25.416-05:00"gone so far putting my feet in my mouth by s..."gone so far putting my feet in my mouth by saying "oh, did I just wake you?" or "you must be coming down with a cold" to which often I get a "no"."<br /><br />just have to say, em, that this makes me laugh out loud in a pathetic, sorry sort of way each time I read it. Even 7 am.<br /><br />No. I'm not coming down with a cold. I always sound like sh-joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269164806627544548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-67089846356938843292011-10-06T22:07:14.514-05:002011-10-06T22:07:14.514-05:00I hate phones.
I love your blog.
Heck, I love yo...I hate phones.<br /><br />I love your blog.<br /><br />Heck, I love you!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065893613028995685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-65074691759293962342011-10-06T21:32:13.568-05:002011-10-06T21:32:13.568-05:00bah, ha- excellent advice, VB.
And I'm so plea...bah, ha- excellent advice, VB.<br />And I'm so pleased and impressed that you haven't all totally thrown in the towel on this blog. I so miss it. I so wish I could do 12 more hours of stuff every day.<br /><br />in laws, eh? sexy.joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269164806627544548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-67676005743669818052011-10-06T18:30:26.393-05:002011-10-06T18:30:26.393-05:00Oh yeah, I have done that at work all the time (th...Oh yeah, I have done that at work all the time (the elderly can be quite ambiguous in tone I find). I have started to say "is this the Sneed household?" (for example). It buys me a little time to guess again and sometimes they say "yes, this is Mrs Sneed". Other times they just say "yes". Then I say who I am and why I am calling and then pause a millisecond to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-17685613376499122222011-10-06T16:30:44.514-05:002011-10-06T16:30:44.514-05:00I do that with my in-laws every time! Agh.I do that with my in-laws every time! Agh.Wendy Buhlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561396928460075684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-20060317480781666112011-10-06T15:43:32.015-05:002011-10-06T15:43:32.015-05:00You and me both, baby.You and me both, baby.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444254487814697197noreply@blogger.com