And while I sat there responding to each of them , I wondered what they thought of Americans , our country , our nation , our economy , our democracy . I wondered if they were working , sleeping , studying . I wanted to write " good morning " as it was early for me ( east coast time ) - and then I realized , I had no idea what time zone they were in .

Question: What may have been the communication method I was using when preparing to respond ?
Answer: I was going to text each person since the time zones allowed me to find telephone numbers for each person .I was going to write a handwritten response because it is better when people live in different time zones .I was preparing to make telephone calls but was concerned about waking someone up in a different time zone .I was set to reply in a forum setting where I could see comments from people all over the world .