I remember in an episode of Seifeld Jerry talking about how his parents, and retirees in general work their whole lives just to move to Florida and pretend it's not hot. Well I think the new enjoyment of our senior community is to pretend that their cell phones don't work.
I'm writing this entry to clear up the reason that children don't call their parents in this communication age that we are living in. It is simple really. The conversations are exactly the same each and every time. The first five minutes are spent repeating the word "Hello" over and over again even though the child on the other end is hearing every syllable clearly. The rest of the conversation is interrupted intermittently with either "Are you still there?", "I hate these things.", "You sound like you are in a tin can.", or just a plain old "I can't hear you."
I know it is new technology people. I'm a techno-phobe too. But just because it is a cordless phone mom and dad, that doesn't mean I am calling you Mars or that there is a terrorist holding the phone up to my ear because I am tied up with a ransom on my head. Relax. We have the technology. Even though "These things cause cancer you know." In fact. there you go. Take solace in that elder America. Your kid is willing to risk a brain tumor just so you can tell them how it is not hot.