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> "Kristin A. Ruhle" wrote:
> >
> > I bet you spend a lot of time driving on the Beltway using your cellphone
> > JOhn....but the world got along fine before the things were invented...
>
> If you were addressing this to Mr. Giorgis, I think he's left on his
> trip already, but as of last September, he did not, to my knowledge,
> have a cellphone (and I think that if he had had one then, he'd have
> given me the number to make it easier for us to coordinate getting
> together for lunch) and he's already said at least once on-list that
> when possible, he uses public transportation to get to and from work,
> anyway. I'm wondering why anyone would make the assumption that John
> would want to be using a cellphone driving on the Beltway anyway --
> driving on the Beltway is hell enough of the time that if you could
> avoid it, you probably would.
>
Well yes I was addressing it to John, but he makes it sound as if he
thinks he has a God given right to talk instead of drive.
Kristin