Not necessarily, my daughter talks to her friends and they type back. -- On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:03:51 Kathleen O'Brien-Blair wrote: >This is also a great suggestion. Teh only catch is, in order fro one person >to be able to call another - they *both* have to have the proper set-up. But >other than that, it's pretty cool, really. > >Kathleen > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <MsNAVALCPO@aol.com> >To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 5:09 AM >Subject: [MO-CEM] Re: no long distance calls > > >> In a message dated 2/8/01 12:48:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, >> MO-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >> >> << *No-one should make any >> long-distance calls!!* Any long-distance contact should be via e-mail and >> snail. >> >> >> Many of you may not be aware that we can actually make FREE long distance >> calls from our computers. Ac ouple of sites that I know of are through >> Dialpad.com, Phonefree.com (I believe that's it) and there is something on >> Yahoo. Of course, you would need a microphone to begin with but they are >> reasonable to get. I prefer using a headset just so others around cannot >> hear what is being said by the other person speaking back to me. >> >> I'm sure there are other sites that may do the same things. One search >> engine that I have found to be of great help is (www.dogpile.com) <A >> HREF="http://www.dogpile.com/">Dogpile</A>. You just type in what you are >> looking for ( a specific town or cemetery, for instance) and click on the >> work "fetch". It'll give you MANY other sites to check out. It searches >> many search engines. >> >> One other thing, it would be of great help (to me, at least) if when you >all >> reply to a message, please cut out any of the repeat messages that usually >> trail underneaath. I'm doing an awful lot of scrolling when I generally >have >> only 10-15 minutes to get through my mail. I am in the middle of tax >season >> with H&R Block and my free time is very limited. I do understand that we >> need to have some of those on there so that we know what we are replying >> to--I'm all for that--but cutting out what we can is certainly >appreciated! >> >> That's it for now. >> >> Take care, >> Deb Elam >> Norfolk, VA >> More About Me: >> <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/msnavalcpo/myhomepage/writing.html">Just >Me >> and My Thoughts</A> >> http://hometown.aol.com/msnavalcpo/myhomepage/writing.html >> >> ~~Deborah Elam~~ >> Sharing the Dream Together >> <A >HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/homeandgarden4u/myhomepage/business.html"> >> Designing with Deb's Home and Garden Party</A> >> http://hometown.aol.com/homeandgarden4u/myhomepage/business.html >> >> >> >> ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >> Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; >> http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html >> To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >> Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >> learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >> http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >> > > >==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; >http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > >============================== >9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists >http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ > > Get your small business started at Lycos Small Business at http://www.lycos.com/business/mail.html