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I don’t know? I’ll ask around … or is that going to mess up my figures?Never having kept a daily count, I can say that as a retired senior well over 70, the number of people I now talk to daily has dropped to a not-worthy-of-boasting zero to three a day, unless you also count pets and house plants.I would estimate that the average person talks to around 30,000 people in a lifetime.I’m going to interpret this literally; as in speaking words face to face or on the phone.
But anyway, all in all my guess would be about 40,000.It’s not quantity, but quality that counts. That’s why I talk to myself.I haven’t the foggiest but I do hope whatever it is it’s an odd number, I hate even numbers. Bastards.Does it still count if the other person isn’t listening or is ignoring Mr/Mrs/etc Average?Very few, most people talk at others or are waiting to talk at others.I didn’t speak to anyone yesterday.
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