Conference Calling

When Grandma and Granddaddy Roe call us to visit, they do a very smart and efficient thing: they share the call using two phone extensions. In this way you can speak to both of them at the same time and not have to repeat yourself. Not only does this shorten the call’s length, but both Grands get the scoop directly from the same source. During one of their recent calls, both boys wanted to speak to them and we happened to have an extra cordless phone in the room. Handing each to a boy, it was fun watching them trying to sort out who’s voices were coming from where. They could hear and see each other, and hear Grandma and Granddaddy’s voice, but they couldn’t see them. We have video conferencing capabilities, which will soon fill in that visual gap.