As some of you will remember, a few weeks ago I gave up my land line. I am happy to report that I haven't missed it at all. The only real reason that I had hesitated for so long to make the change was because I couldn't seem to find the right way to hold my cell phone. I don't mean I was holding it upside down. I do know better than that. But because of the shape of my phone (a flat rectangular slab) I found that if I held it so I could hear clearly often people on the other end would complain that they couldn't hear me. I have been getting better recently at holding my phone at just the right angle so the person I am talking to can hear me. However I do still sometimes hear that complaint. The other day though, a wonderful thing happened. You know those cartoons where the little character has a good idea and a light bulb shows up over his head? I was talking on the phone with a friend and she said "Just a minute, I'm going to put you on speaker phone." And just like that I felt the light bulb flash over my head. If I could figure out how to put my phone on speaker I wouldn't need to worry about how I hold it at all. I hoped it wouldn't be too complicated. As soon as we finished our conversation, I checked the screen and Eureka! there is a little symbol labeled 'speaker.' I have used this wonderful option for every phone conversation since and it works like a charm. Old dog, new trick. Woof!
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