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[prof-vencire.livejournal.com]

Man, that second one instantly depressed me.

[prof-vencire.livejournal.com]

Which is to say, great find. Interesting bit of insight.

[7ofclubs.livejournal.com]

I wonder how they propose to "make friends by telephone"? Do you call random numbers and say "Wanna come out and play?" until someone bites?

[prof-vencire.livejournal.com]

I bet it's for wives who are never allowed to leave the home unaccompanied.

Or uggos.

Or Hugos!

[amadoj0nes.livejournal.com]

Not an ad. :(

[a-cl0ckw0rk-red.livejournal.com]

Darn I was hoping nobody would notice! :P

But honestly, I know ... I just had to tag it on there as well because I thought it would still be of interest to some people.

[garden_hoe21]

I... I totally wanna try it.

[garden_hoe21]

I had a great conversation with a stranger once. We both thought we were talking to someone we knew for about the first five minutes, until he called me the wrong name. It was actually pretty hilarious.

[bolddeciever.livejournal.com]

Two words: Pay. Phone.

Surely making friends is worth a few dozen quarters!

[7ofclubs.livejournal.com]

Of the many things that "kids today" miss out on that we had in youth, the ability to make crank phone calls (pre-called ID) to random strangers ranks high up there, IMO.

[garden_hoe21]

Eureka!

It doesn't actually tell you how to make any friends, though. :(

Glub-glub-mo-blon is now my new catch phrase.

[bolddeciever.livejournal.com]

I love the pencil marks in that. Clearly a kid who got hoold of it after the adults were all done with it, since that sort of diagonal markup doesn't seem like it could have any notetaking significance...

Some of the advice is a little dated -- let it ring for a full minute? But a lot of it is still quite applicable, and not nearly universally heeded. The part about transferring calls, for example -- I can't tell you how many times in my work day I get calls sent down that the person who first answered could and should have handled, but instead decide to punt because the person mentioned the name of my department when the call was answered. A guide to email etiquitte this frank and clear would be even better.

Re: Glub-glub-mo-blon is now my new catch phrase.

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

Beat me to it damn it. Ah well, i think I'll just do the next best thing and make an icon out of it

[a-cl0ckw0rk-red.livejournal.com]

Fabulous!! I have always wanted to know what was inside there.