[JasonB]

I got my first mobile a year or so ago.

I'd avoided them for many years, mostly because I was spending most of my day working on a computer, and once I'd finished for the day I wanted to be free from calls and messages. But also, I was a little wary of the fact that I'd seen how my friends and family were almost addicted to them. At family meals there was always someone checking their phone, going out with friends it was much the same.

But I eventually had to get one because our local bank branch closed, and telephone banking involved a minimum of a half an hour wait. We had to go to online banking, and they insisted on a mobile to send the verification codes to.

But that's all it gets used for. I barely know how to use it. I've got a landline, and I've got a computer, so if I'm not contactable through either of those methods, then I'm probably out and about, possibly even enjoying myself, so I don't want to be interrupted.