Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-09-18 15:29 <=-

It would have been interesting had you said that
you definitively sent only one post, because I
certainly received two, with some parts the same
and some slightly different.

I can vouch for the fact that she answered that message twice... :) I remember seeing them show up... My guess was that she took a break, and
when she returned, didn't remember that she'd already answered (and/or thought of some different aspects to answer) so replied again...

It's not the greatest thing to think that
either of us made a goof, but it would be
worse if neither of us had.

I've been known to intentionally answer a message that comes around
again (for whatever reason), especially if additional response(s) come
to mind.... new directions can come from that... ;)

I currently have no cellphone and do not text -
I recall having sent one text message of mine ever
from a telephone. Might have done one or two more
at someone's request from their phone while they
were otherwise occupied, such as driving.

I can vouch for your lack of cellphone... and your use, when necessary,
of those belonging to others... ;) Dunno about the texting, but I'll
take your word for that... it's in character... (G)

My lack of phone is well known, as was my serious
reluctance to use it when I had one.
Part of it is in fact that I don't like the
things in general; part is the sacrifice of both
privacy and self-sufficiency. As we've found
with computers, relying on an overplus of
technology opens vast cans of worms.

I find phones in general, including cell phones, a mostly useful tool
that can be convenient and a passible substitute for actual presence...
Richard views phones as a necessary evil, and refuses to have a cell
phone of his own... he'll answer the landline if I'm not here... ;)

ttyl neb

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