NOTES FROM THE NAUGHTY STEP

NOTES FROM THE NAUGHTY STEP

Phone Alone

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Julie Burchill
Jun 18, 2021
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Moving apartments two years back, I was doing all the usual stuff when the issue of getting a landline installed came up. As I’ve never owned a *portable telephone* you’d think that this would have been an especial priority for me. But the longer I left it, the more I thought it might be possible live happily without a telephone of any kind. And I have.

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