One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for August 15, 2013

The Mrs. and I don T-shirts that say stuff like: “May your life be as impressive as you make it out to be on Facebook”…=I guess all those people are just being phone-y…

Also remember that commercial where the office worker thought someone was hitting on them and she responded back to them, only to find out he was talking to someone else on his “Bluetooth”…..

You nailed it!

Awesome!!

Priceless I agree.

I wish more people if talking on cell phone do not need to speak loud and go elsewhere.Great job grandpa. You caught everyone attention.

And though where I live has a prohibition on using the cell phone while driving, what do I see sometimes on turning lanes, parking lot exits, and intersection cornerings? Narrow misses… by whom?…. people yakking on cell phones not paying attention to whom or what they’ve just missed….=Cell phones are practical for emergencies as payphones are sometimes unsafe these days and also rare…. but as with anything, people abuse something for the sake of “status”….

This reminds of one time I was riding public transportation, and I was forced to listen to someone talk about a recent sexual encounter….one of the most awkward 15 minutes of my life!!!

Reminds me of the guy on the train this morning coming in to work. He was at the other end of the car, but I could HEAR EVERY WORD AS HE SHOUTED INTO THE PHONE.

And remember the military size “brick” phone that people used to have around that really should go in a person’s car, but people just lugged ‘em around in public?… Then there was the pager… then the cell phones got smaller… then there was the “crude” personalized digital ringtone… then it became more clear, and there were actual songs to hear… at the rate they are going, who knows what’s next… apart from having them surgically attatched to themselves…

@ SUSAN NEWMAN-No, I didn’t know why this is the reason you do not have a cell phone, but of course how could I when I’ve never met you and haven’t a clue as to who you are (nor do I care to know) but thanks for sharing!

I enjoy Susan’s comments. If you can’t share once in a while, what’s the use of having a blog? Let’s all try to get along and live in peace. It makes life so much more enjoyable.

I was waiting for a plane at BWI once and a nicely dressed guy was walking around talking on his bluetooth and using his hands to emphasize what he was saying. In other words, “talking with his hands.” It was “pretty comical,” as we used to say in Baltimore.

@SUSAN NEWMAN – Susie! That’s why you never call anymore! What a relief. I was taking it personally. Call me when you find a pay phone. You know the number.

Or Grandpa could say THIS to each one.

Heard yesterday that Apple and some other company are in a race to get a wristwatch phone ala Dick Tracy. Now people will look like idiots talking to their wrists instead of just talking into space on their bluetooths (blueteeth??)

Then the morons act offended that you “eavesdropped” on their conversation.

TOO True!