"Small portable phones you can take anywhere with you," Stacia said, holding up her hands to indicate the size of something maybe half-again the size of a deck of playing cards. "They've got cameras in them too. I think they're called 'mobiles' in England."

She drops her hands. "I was born in 2000, so I am entirely comfortable referring to the early eighties as olden days." Especially if it annoys people.