Do you remember?

I recently updated my cellphone contract. My provider has unlimited service but its $50 higher than anyone else. But I still signed with them because they have better coverage. Specifically because I can get coverage at each of my parent's homes (in their respective boonies). Today I made arrangements with my employer to forward my company blackberry to my personal blackberry when I visit the parents. Remember when leaving town meant you just checked the voicemail or answering machine?! Actually I'm old enough to remember not even having a machine. And rotary dial. Heck, I remember party lines and making long distance calls through the operator! (And charging it to made up phone numbers. I was a bad teenager.) My point is, when did it become necessary to be reachable any hour, any day, any place? What happened to thr true break? The real vacation? Why should my office or the wrong number be able to reach me while I'm visiting the boonies? What could be so important?

Ok. Rant over.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry