Someone's new to Skype

Multitasking is not easy. Especially if the two tasks are basically the same function that requires the same part of the brain to operate. E.g. to communicate through two channels simultaneously. That's why it seems difficult to talk over the phone and chat through instant messengers on the PC at the same time. Quite distracting. It takes habit to make it work. And so changes to the habit may shake things a bit. E.g. if one started using a new IM interface. Or one started using skype to make phone calls from the computer instead of using normal phone. Some old practices needs to be tweaked. For example, one must remember, remember, that if one is still talking on skype while the IM conversation with another person is over, one cannot, CANNOT, shut down the computer and continue talking on the "phone" as per pre-skype era :-/ Disclaimer: I wasn't the absent-minded one. I was the victim who suddenly found myself at the end of a disconnected line ...