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From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:17

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On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:28:47 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2018-02-23, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> We had to have business cards, too.  It was a sign of being a
>>> "grown-up".  I just put mine in my desk and forgot about them.
>> 
>> In two jobs in a row, six months after I was issued business cards I
>> was gone.  I haven't needed cards since, and I'm now stable.
>> 
>> 
> I never found much use for them, except to drop in the fishbowls for
> drawings at trade shows. Now I think most of it is electronic. With
> "near-field communication" (or whatever it's called) you just hold your
> phone next to the other guy's phone to exchange e business cards.

Or they scan your badge.



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