Dial H For Hostage

I remember the first person I knew to have a cell phone, called a portable phone back then. It required that he carry a box around, like a small attache case. When he was at a restaurant he would ostententatiously set it on the table so everyone knew he had it, and when he spoke on it he'd talk a little louder than normal so that everyone in the place knew he had one. People still talk too loud on them, but now it's just bad manners, not showing off. Before hand-held cell phones, car phones were the rage. In Hollywood some genius made a bundle selling fake ones. My friend Bayard pointed out that if you were seen talking on your car phone you probably weren't all that important. Gotta love Hollywood.