Bad influence

China's cell phone culture involves much more texting than that of the US. People seldom make phone calls-- they're much more expensive. This means that I'm in charge of communication, because I can text (sort of) on the old fashioned phone we have loaned. It's tricky-- it doesn't have a qwerty keyboard like my new one.

Joe got defensive about his non-texting this morning. "Dennis doesn't text!" he said, referring to Dennis Cope, the friend who is posting this blog. Gads! this man influences people. No wonder he was chosen to be a prefect in his London secondary school.

I tried to find a picture of the Chinese cell phone online, but those sites are blocked today. The gremlins are active.

Photo: Dennis Cope center. Joe is in the foreground, and Marie Dennis'
wife is in the far left.