(In)Accessibly Yours, ME: Rapt-or less-er...partial (as in Part 1)

Attention, that is. Now that I have yours, for at least partial, as you take what used to be referred to as a cursory look at this while also...while more recently been re-termed...as something that combines a brief and at the same time, super-ficial, less-than-full...engagement. There's so much out there trying to gain and sustain, yours...attention. And here I am, just another, blogger, droning on about..."doesn't he ever run out of material, does he really think he has something so...so...

"Interesting": A word that may convey either a super-ficial appreciation for what one just conveyed themselves, or one which actually signals you have the other's...attention. A word that, upon serious reflection and a byte of reverie, I realize now, it's what not only characterized the relative of ours you would have all wanted to know, who would have taken time out of her other-wise busy day, to get to know you ("Nana" 😊 -- see last few posts for a full-er introduction, who made you know she was always paying what used to be known as "rapt attention" to YOU). And upon further reflection, was the hallmark of early convos with a new neighbor of ours...well, didn't remain "new" for long, as she had a way to become "acquainted-in-full", primarily by letting you know you had her full attention..."Interesting!" And who, now that I take a sec to think about it, despite her facility with tech, was pretty much phone-less while YOU were in her presence. And her husband, who, upon a first "meet and greet" (at a function for an organization we had in common) came off as being "full of it" proved through the now 30 years of getting to know him, is anything but - a guy who would, literally, if it was what someone needed, give someone what used to be called "the shirt off his back". This, after coming off initially as just another "stuffed shirt" (when was the last time you heard, read this term-inology...showing my age, I guess). This half of the couple, whose friendliness was partly conveyed even prior to crossing his threshold by his signature 'courtesy beep' as he drove by (ever use your horn this way any-more?) or, when sitting in the driveway, which captured our curiosity, eventually a focus of light-hearted humor (what's that, you ask?) ...was caught...

Phoning it in, Out: "What's the matter, are you in trouble, in time out...?" We would joke, bait, try to coax one of his infamous one-liners -- the consummate wise-cracker, that he is. While most of the time we would not walk away disappointed, we also learned that there was actually a purpose here..."I just want to leave work behind so that when I go in the house, I am at least somewhat attentive..." Which in turn reminds me of a commercial featuring two Generians(?) greeting what appear to be pre-teens with what resembles a TSA monitoring system, to temporarily "re-lieve' them of their devices, in order to instead carry on, a convo...to be followed in kind by relieving the parents of theirs ("URK, right...Seriously?!"). Which, when those gathering, regardless of how many multiple generation gaps are present, usually experience as initially dissed-quieting gives way, once those present are able, for "the meantime" (another term that used to get used to convey "get used to it") to experience not only rapt, undivided attention, but eventually, animated conversation, even on occasion, about something of "great interest!"...

BTW, P.S. On the rare occasion that that one or the other of the odd couple (AKA "a rarity") felt absolutely compelled to take a call, they either excused themselves (who does this anymore?) with "I'll take this outside" or, more likely, staying present, truncated the call, "I'll call you, text U back as we have company right now." Attention, paid in full.

P. 2: Access, Denied N' Full.