Retired journalist and motorcycle enthusiast Bruce Hoskin isn't totally new to Skype.

For more than a year, he has used Skype in connection with his podcast interviews. He also used Skype to make local and domestic and international long distance calls.

But he describes in his blog the Tampa Bay Boomer Biker Examiner, how we he was thrown for a loop when he got his first incoming Skype call.

He said: " I didn't recognize the ringtones or understand what was actually happening. But fortunately, the creators of Skype have also programmed an on-screen alert into the software that alerts we subscribers of incoming calls.

"I began excitedly scrambling to answer my first-ever incoming call. And when I did, I heard 'Hello Bruce, Deepak here!'

It wasn't Deepak as in Chopra,

He said it was his buddy Dr. Joseph Deepak Vidmar calling from Bali, Indonesia. They share an interest in motocycles and astrology.

Vidmar, he said, told him he is now offering astrology sessions long distance over Skype.

Hoskin noted: "Now it's easier than ever to develop life-enriching long-distance friendships anywhere on earth - all thanks to the FREE VoIP program - SKYPE!"

I'll have to consult my charts, Maybe a converstaion is in the stars for me with Vidmar.