Call someone "just for a chat"

ArtSmart

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

My great uncle is an old bachelor who lives in the arse end of nowhere. When we visited a few years back my granny let us into the house through the back door then drove round to the pub to tell him we're there and to come home for a bite to eat. He has no phone and didn't know we were coming!

Yes, that was the sort of rampant craziness that existed back then.

the only net they had was the hair net. and maybe a fishing net.

fasttalkerchat

ArtSmart wrote: »

Yes, that was the sort of rampant craziness that existed back then.

the only net they had was the hair net. and maybe a fishing net.

This was 2008. He was still waiting for the Celtic Tiger to trickle down!

nbar12

I personally don't do it, unfortunately I've developed myself into a texter and not a talker! As for my mum, I'm not messing, she's on the house phone for at least 6 hours a day ringing one of her 10 sisters. I find it hilarious that she would be on the phone for a solid two hours straight, talking to the same person and would then just ask them..."so have you any news?"

Micky Dolenz

Chatting is for the weak.

fasttalkerchat

I'm just thinking I actually do do this.
When I'm playing xbox online I'll ring one particular friend for tips and he'll be on the line for maybe an hour... 80% of that time will be silence.

krudler

i never ring anyone bar my parents as they live abroad, between facebook, twitter and texts theres loads of ways to keep in contact with people more regularly than ringing them the odd time to talk about nothing in particular awkwardly.

anniehoo

anniehoo wrote: »

Wow i thought the majority would've been "yes", but seeing as the majority of Boardsies are male then i suppose it makes sense. Girls chat way more than lads so if it was a male v female poll id say it'd be the other way around.

Yeah I'm a boy in AH

I have a list of people I try to call minimum once a month. I have the list on my computer and I mark them off when I call them and then reset the list again on the 1st of each month.

Most months I get them all done. Occasionally one or two get missed but it is rare.

Yeah I do it all the time. I'd be on the phone to home or different friends nearly everyday mostly just seeing what the craic is.

I looked at my usage there I've used nearly 500 minutes in the last 30 days, that's with no work related use.

FoxT

Shivers26 wrote: »

I'm a woman and I hate talking on the phone when there is no reason for the call.
I never initiate a call 'just for a chat' but I do have 2 sisters and a mother so they often ring to yap on for anything up to an hour. Torture.

Yesss. I have found The One!

Please Kill Me

Yeah I do! Only on Monday night, I rang a friend of mine and was 56 minutes on the phone. It's nice to catch up and it's a lot better than texting or emailing, a lot more personal too. Another mate of mine I call every second week, could be 5 minutes, could be half an hour. As for my parents, I have to call them once or twice a week or they'll think I'm dead. LOL

azezil

Other than my mother, I haven't called anyone 'just for a chat' since the 90s!
The the late 90s / early naughties brought to me mIRC and messenger programs.

Feelgood

R0ot wrote: »

In the 2000's I was using IRC.

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