Sunday Dad called to ask my advice as an experienced user of mobile telephones. He and his wife are about to move to another city, and wondered whether they ought to bother getting landline service at all.
Monday I remembered something on which we had not touched, and called him back. He thanked me again for my advice and reported that they had decided on Handspring Treo – plus minimal landline service, just in case, and to avoid having to search the house for the mobiles!
Monday Dad was out sick, but said nothing specific about his symptoms. Tuesnight, just now, his wife let me know that his gall-bladder appears to be inflamed and tomorrow he’ll be deprived of it.
Wednesday update: The surgery went well; Dad may even be home tomorrow.