Divis, I've only once overheard an appropriate conversation on a mobile in public. A sharp, almost tropical rainstorm hit & a bloke on the bus called home to be collected. The bus shelter would not have been much shelter as it was full of folks trying to stay dry till their buses arrived! Fortunately the rain had stopped by the time I got off as I didn't have an umbrella.

I don't own a mobile & will never have one, as like you I see no reason to discuss my business with the world. Some years back when my sister went overseas she gave me a phone card. Several years later I gave it to a colleague as it was almost out of date & I'd only made one call (to my doctor to say I was running late).

Dunno whether they are legends, unselfconscious or exhibitionists!

sandra