Not so unusual except that he used Skype. It was costing him (he called our land line rather than my computer) fractions of a cent/minute — cheaper than calling (regular) long distance in Canada. About the only problem was that the connection seemed to be half duplex; that is, if one of us tried to interrupt then the other person couldn’t talk for a brief period. I’ll have to dig out the headset and try giving him a call.