Bard at Large
I need a please (don’t) call me app
People reserve the right to not respond to telephonic contact if they don’t feel like it
09 February 2025 - 00:00
There was a time the word “phone” referred to a box in the middle of a room with a speaking and listening handle. Back then most people relied heavily on the handwritten letter and the telegram to communicate with loved ones in distant lands such as the Johannesburg mines. Especially if you lived in the butt crack of the world like Pongola...
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