It was our neighbor Tom calling on the cellphone. "Can you hear me," he asked?
"Yeah, sorta," Stan responded as the digital sound came in and out.
Recently Tom installed a booster antenna on his computer to try to get a better cell phone signal. In desperation, sometimes Stan will go sit on his front porch to hitchike on it to improve his crappy Verizon reception.
Tom laughed on the other end of the line. "Did you read the paper yet? Did you see the comics? Read Zits. I thought of you when I saw it."
Thanks for the heads up, Tom.