Re: Nomo-phobia

In article <memo.20080331162153.3724B@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Paul Dormer <prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The latest source of stress in the UK, according to today's paper, is
>being out of mobile phone contact:
>
>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/phonereliant-britons-in-t
>he-grip-of-nomophobia-802722.html
>
>As someone who has had a mobile only for about 18 months, and hasn't
>had a valid call since I got home after Christmas, I doubt it'll affect
>me.  However, having seen people on trains who can't go for a half-hour
>train ride without making at least three calls, I can see it might be a
>problem for many people.

I dare say.

However, "nomophobia" OUGHT to mean "fear of the law."

*sniff*

Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]