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The Smartphone's Ping

The hardest thing was to let that telephone ring Then came along the smartphone's 'ping'... ...to leave us vexed... What came next? Trying to ignore that text And you're surely old, if not bitter or a technology-quitter -- To never have tweeted or twittered February 12, 2012 with no contest in mind...

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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 2/15/2019 8:00:00 PM

Hehee I love it Wolf Man. xomo

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/16/2019 11:13:00 PM

Tee-hee. That make me happy! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/15/2019 3:32:00 AM

I get so annoyed by people who have their phones perpetually attached to their ear or their hand and respond to every ding no matter where they are or with whom. This poem was a quick reminder of that to me.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/15/2019 2:00:00 PM

I find the pings annoying, the people disappointing. :) gw

Line Gauthier

Date: 2/15/2019 2:26:00 AM

Fun poem, Gershon. Love it. Technology!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/15/2019 1:59:00 PM

Thanks for the encouragement, Line! :) gw

Tom Cunningham

Date: 2/15/2019 2:15:00 AM

I see sometimes peoples phone pings and even if youre talking they look at their phone, it control's them, so annoying. Maybe its an age thing lol

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 2/14/2019 11:01:00 PM

I remember when you had to stay home to get a phone call and you didn't know who called until you said hello! (soupmail)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/15/2019 1:57:00 PM

Perhaps if the old answering machine had been the end-all of technology, freeing us up from having to stay at home to wait for a call, that would have been a good stopping point---in retrospect, anyway. :) gw