In message , AndyW
writes


When I was a lad the prospect of talking transatlantic was the stuff of
sci fi.

Never mind 'transatlantic'. When I was a lad, even the prospect of
talking to someone in the next village was the stuff of sci-fi.

We didn't get electricity in the village until I was nearly 5 years old,
and 'simple' electricity was only pure magic.






--
Ian