How to make friends by telephone.

Glub-glub-mo-blon 4 life!

Hah -- I like the part where it says, "Visualize the person you call." Oh yeah . . . I'm visualizing . . . .

How come no one remembers the part about speaking in a clear, natural voice -- not at the top of your lungs while standing next to other people . . . .?

Hah! I almost sent this to you.

I LOVE this. I love that is was current and helpful, and then it was obsolete, and now it is actually current and helpful again because so many people have never used a damn dial phone. This is as useful as ever to anyone who's never encountered one.

Bearwife, there is a panel about "speak as if the person is in the room with you," something I understand did not come naturally to people whose inclination was to shout to cover the vast physical distance.

Slightly related, the first time I talked to anyone on Skype, I had to be told to use a normal tone of voice.