Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for February 06, 2020

but what if you don’t want to be talked to (after that fiasco)?

Somebody wants their saggy old butt kicked!

You owe her $1,000 for a new phone.

It there was five panels, a punch would’ve been throw. Six panels, first responders sending them to separate hopsitals.

This would go right past talking to assault and arrest!

Who died and made you queen of the park benches? Don’t worry, you’ll have plenty of people to talk to when you’re sitting in the jail and no cell phones to bother you after you get arrested for assault!

I await the glorious EMP when all electronics cease to exist and we must rely upon human to human communication let us return to those days of yesterday when mail was delivered twice daily and handwritten notes of affection came with SWAK on the envelope flap.

Assault and battery is still a crime in this country. Particularly if you’re brown, Carmen.

Don’t try to pull that trick in real life, folks

Can I like this more than once? ;)

I have seen young people sitting in a park texting each other. I don’t understand. . . Yea, I know, “OK Boomer.” But at least I know better than to walk along an ocean cliff looking at my phone, then walk off said cliff into the ocean. The happened here in San Diego several years ago. BTW, that person got a Darwin Award.

That swat of the cellphone probably broke it. Shame, Tia!

Whoa even I wouldn’t think of doing that to someone else even if it is annoying. You can ask them to either stop or move or otherwise move yourself

That wasn’t talking, that was hitting. And what’s wrong with just sitting on a bench in the park?

What happened? Usually Tia Carmen is very reasonable.

Tia needs a portable, battery powered cell phone jammer.

No “Bars” within 20 feet of her.

Who would want to talk to such a domineering old crab?

Tia Carmen must have lost at Bingo again!

There are many useful reasons to text or email instead of telephoning – the person one is communicating with cannot deny what they said for one. My husband & I text when 1 of us is upstairs & other down (he would not hear me yelling for him to come to down for dinner nor would he hear me if I fell in the basement and yelled to him & he was 2 floors up). He cannot say that I did not tell him something or I told him something else if it is in print on my cell phone along with his response. Similarly we were at my family home while a fellow from a thrift shop went through & picked out what he wanted. He asked me if the stuff in bags in the kitchen was garbage or wanted stuff – sent a text to my sister (who had put the stuff in bags) to ask her. He found a lot of kitchen things worth taking in the bags. If she had meant that she was keeping it (that is sort of person) had the text to show that she told me it was garbage. Phone call would not leave the proof behind.

Also when one is in place where one does not want others to hear what is what is going on – text messages are more discrete than phone calls. Husband will text me while I am at a client if he has a problem. I hear the James Bond theme & I know it is him & check what he latest problem is. (My sisters, their families, mom, mom’s assisted living residence all ring Ode to Joy so I know I need to answer as mom is suddenly not doing well.)

Best of all – separated spouses outside the house. Husband and I in those long ago days before cell phones were on a trip in Washington DC. We were in the Air & Space museum and went into the gift shop. A tiny store with a ring around the center counter and some side aisles. We separated as we often do in stores and when I went to look for him could not find him. And he was looking for me & could not find me. I finally figured out that we were circling opposite to each other. Stood outside the store until saw him and then we met up. Now just text.