Connecting

My bus driver has a radio she uses to talk to people all over the world. Her latest contact was in Laos. By talk I don't mean conversations. More like they find each other, get a little information, and then they are done. This struck me as an enjoyable hobby. But why? Why would I want to talk to someone I don't know and will never meet for no reason at all? I don't even call up my high school friends. Something about finding people halfway across the world doing the same thing you are, just to say hi, sounds like fun just the same. Not fun enough to actually bother doing though.