SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
I don't want to give the impression that I think that everything about the modern world is incorrect, or inferior, or less enjoyable than life used to be in a mythical golden age.
For example, I can hold in the palm of my hand a small mobile which I take with me on any trip away from home. Should we, say, be coming back from Truro in the dark after a concert and the car engine dies somewhere round the back of Probus, I have only to say 'AA' to my mobile and I am instantly connected to reliable breakdown services.
Marvellous! Perhaps only those who have undergone the experience of crawling about in similar circumstances in the days when one's only hope was a well-disposed passing motorist, or the chance of finding a cottage where they were still up and had a phone, can really appreciate what a comfort this is.

Incidentally, this little beauty is a Moto V220, a model that seems to have been getting a bad press lately. I find it excellent - really mobile; and no, I don't use it only rarely; the weather forecast, for example is very useful. 'The screen is small!' - well of course it is, it's a small phone. Only sad nerds who want to spend a lot of time watching videos on a mobile are likely to be put off by this. And all those extra features - are they what most people really need, or do they feel they have to have them simply because they are there? 'Watch soft porn while you're eating a Big Mac' - one of the last things I should ever want to do.