--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Do any of you have VOIP for phone service? I'm > > > > thinking of switching over because of the cost, but > > > > I'd like to hear what others' experiences are before > > > > doing so. Please respond even if you think you're not > > > > enlightened. > > > > > > I don't know anything at all about VOIP, but I've > > > been discovering the joys of Skype lately. I was > > > a holdout, wary of the spyware origins of its > > > creator, but our IT department at work passed it > > > with flying colors and I hear it was just purchased > > > by Ebay. Basically it's free telephony, over the > > > Internet. You can actually dial out to real phones > > > as well, and there is a charge for that, but I haven't > > > ever had to pay for it because all of the people I > > > talk to on the telephone are also computer nerds, so > > > we can just talk computer to computer. > > > > Do you tell them Woody Allen jokes? (Skype-enabled Cam sitting handy > > in the background.) > > I tell them all the jokes I hear. They do the > same for me. It's kind of a mutual keep-ourselves- > laughing society. > > Or sometimes we tell each other those hearwarming > stories you hear from time to time, to help share > the light. Like this one, about the bond between > a little girl and some construction workers, that > makes you believe that we can make a difference > when we give a child the gift of our time. > > A young family moved into a house next door to a > vacant lot. One day a construction crew turned up > to start building a house on the empty lot. > > The young family's 5-year old daughter naturally > took an interest in all the activity going on > next-door and spent much of each day observing the > workers. Eventually, the construction crew, all of > them gems-in-the-rough, more or less adopted her as > a kind of project mascot. > > They chatted with her, let her sit with them while > they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little > jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. > > At the end of the first week they even presented > her with a pay envelope containing a couple of > dollars. The little girl took this home to her mother > who said all the appropriate words of admiration and > suggested they take the two-dollar "pay" she had > received to the bank the next day to start a savings > account. > > When the girl got to the bank, the teller was > equally impressed and asked the little girl how she > had come by her very own paycheck at such a young age. > The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last > week with the crew building the house next door to us." > > "My goodness gracious," said the teller, "and will > you be working on the house again this week, too?" > > The little girl replied, "I will if those assholes > at Home Depot ever deliver the fucking sheet rock . ." > > Kind of brings a tear to the eye, doesn't it?
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