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Emily and David:

Love the show!  This isn't a comment on this topic, but I didn't see a way to suggest future topics, so here goes:

Channel 8 just did a short news bit on the real, astronomical, and hidden cost of text-messaging.  Check it out!  I'm sure many parents out there, who are paying their kids' phone bills, would like to talk about this!  I'm an empty-nester, but it would interest me to explore how/why texting became/is so popular, as compared to simply talking on the phone--which evidently is so much cheaper.  I just can't help thinking that one way out of this lousy recession is to learn--and to teach kids--to live more moderately.  This new way of spending money is another example of excess living.  Thanks for considering this idea.

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