I'll just talk among myself

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Have you heard the expression 'just talk among yourselves for a while'? We were sitting with two friends the other day and suddenly the three of them (Vince and the two friends) were all tapping away trying to be the first to find out something. I said loudly ‘It’s okay. I’ll just talk among myself’. Maybe it’s time I bought my own phone. I have long been very anti mobile phones. I hate how every second person walks around hanging on their phone as though it’s some kind of security blanket. However more and more I’m having to temper my remarks because they are amazingly handy from time to time. Back in 2015, we were looking at a dolmen (megalithic tomb) in Ireland and our son started tapping away at his phone. I was just building up a good head of steam to say something when he started telling us all out what we were seeing. So I had to simmer down again. I seem to do a lot of that sometimes. We’ve used it so much to gather information that I can longer say I wish we didn’t have one. When we were overseas it was particularly useful although buying a new SIM card in every country was a bit of a nightmare. The photo is of the hold of one of the ferries which go from Ireland to France. You drive your vehicle on amid much noise, shouting and whistle-blowing. This is from our last crossing in 2015. We’ve already booked a passage around 20 June on the last ‘less expensive’ trip (no such thing as cheap) from Rosslare to Cherbourg. And just two more sleeps till we head for Ireland.