I should have seen this one coming. There was a time when we had
"land-line" phones in our homes and used public pay phones when out.
(Go back a bit further and the police had to watch for blinking lights
at major intersections that told them to stop by a call booth to check
in for their n
David Campbell wrote on cell phones:
> ...But I wonder if there are measurable psychological benefits
> associated with cell phones. People have the comfort of being
> always potential in-touch,...
That sounds more like a downside than a benefit! Whatever happened to
self-reliance. My impression
