Re: [pct-l] Growth and Gunshots in the desert

[Richard Calliger <calliger@infolane.com>]

At 2:16 AM -0000 11.20.99, Slyinmd@aol.com wrote:

>
>But what really blew my mind was an obnoxiously loud cell phone call made
>right next to me.  "Hi, Nicole, you'll never guess where I am."  That sucked!
> I just got up and started down.  Next time I may not be so patient.  It was
>rude!
>
>No other complaints,  Sly  : )
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There is no difference between what you what hear if someone talking on
cell phone to friend or talking to friend sitting there.   Both are within
earshot of you.

You hear the same thing either way! (except you hear less actually, as the
other
end is heard only on the phone!)   I wonder what the real problem is with
objecting t to cell phones.  Why did it suck? Nicole was probaly very happy to
hear from her friend.  People and being friends are so very important. The cell
phone is part of the communication revolution we are all experiencing.
,
The internet over which you complain, is another.  What is more rude,
listening to
a complaint or someone cherfully calling a friend.   Many people have palm
tops and cell phones on the trail these days.

Rich


--RJ Calliger

Mi Wuk Village, California
"At Home in The Sierra Nevada Mountains on the PCT/JMT"

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