>>I certainly agree with that, but live contact with your working peers is important, IMO, as well. It is a welcome change, at least to me, to be able to actually talk with professional peers instead of "type with them." There is no way I could type all that I would say in an actual conversation.
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>Hmmmm.. what's dead contact like? :)

Former girlfriends? < g > The opposite of live, in this case, would be virtual.