Household communication

The farmhouse is not a typical place. It's BIG...built to accommodate the merging of four households about 25 years ago. The residents have changed over the years, but obviously, the size has not.

Like many 80's homes, it incorporated the latest gadgetry of the time...trash compactor, a jacuzzi tub...a household intercom. Truly state of the art.

Over time, we've come to the inevitable realization that the household intercom is annoying. Like all public announcement systems, you never really HEAR what has just been broadcast, just experience the burst of static that leaves you knowing that something was announced and standing at the bottom of the stairs hollering to each other to figure out exactly what it was.

Happily an ancient technology has solved our communication problem for us. It's called "the telephone". Yes, we are that lazy, that hollering has finally moved us to pick up our respective phones (there are four lines in the house) to reach out and touch each other.

It works and it's one of the few local calls we make! :)