Best wishes for your cousin's recovery, gnu.
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Now, about cell phones:

Yesterday I left the public library and encountered a woman just outside. She had two small children, and the two small children were each carrying an ice-cream concoction with great mess potential.

They were all crossing a parking lot where cars were in motion.

Her cell phone rang. She said, "It's Daddy. I have to talk to him."

Just what she needs! Another thing to do while shepherding small children among moving vehicles. But she's a modern woman, so she's supposed to be all things to all people.

When people ask me for my cell phone number, I tell them I don't have one, that I'm still running around without a collar. That gets a laugh from women and a look of confusion from men.