in my mobile in case i need to contact him. i don't know my own number by heart and never have my phone switched on anyway - i use the phone purely in an emergency if i wish to get hold of somebody when i am out somewhere. but most of my friends - and i - am with a phone company which is having problems at the moment because of the heavy snow north of here. the mast is out of action and none of us is getting a signal. suddenly we are all missing the fact that we haven't got instant contact with folk and it is causing 