Alexander Bell would have destroyed his invention if he had known that it would some day become an iPhone. And, to be clear, I am not picking on the iPhone. All the other similar devices are just as annoying to someone that just wants to make a simple phone call. The iPhone is just the one I have.
Get real, who really wants to watch YouTube or stream a movie on a screen you can’t see, even with trifocals. Since email annoys me on the computer, why should I want to send or receive one on a phone. And, I don’t text, sext, or tweet, or use Facebook. Let’s face it, I have been left behind. That’s okay. I was happy being left behind.
My daughter and granddaughters send text messages. I call them back and ask what is it you are trying to tell me.
I now realize that Mr. Bailey, my eighth grade geography teacher was the first to text. He would put messages on the blackboard. "AB CD QP OM S NO QP O S MS A QP." Mr. Bailey must have been a visionary and realized that one day, this would be how people communicated.
Mr. Bailey always wore a brown bow tie on the days we had a pop quiz - a surprise exam.
I hope God isn’t wearing a brown bow tie and holding an iPhone when I get to heaven.
PMO
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