I saw this post before the nudge you just posted, but wasn't too sure what to say. I've never really had a similar experience. :)

But, after thinking... I realised that in a way it happens to me all the time. I live in a small country town where the infrastructure really isn't the most up-to-date. We're trained at a young age to be your basic "prepper". Have a little gas stove, matches, first-aid kit, torches, candles, spare blankets, certain types of spare food that can be stored for a rainy day. Literally. Storm season. Floods, cyclones, at least two lengthy power outages a year.

So. No electricity? No problem! But this is at home. Not out and about. I'm fine without my mobile phone, I only even have the thing because I need a number for people I don't want to contact me, to contact me. :P But at home... the internet!! My laptop!! Argh!! What am I supposed to do now?

But it's really just a minor annoyance. "Hey, I wanted to read that! I wanted to write that! My son was watching that!!".... after that goes away, I find it freeing. :)

So, while not directly related to the mobile phone, but in regards to power outages and the lack of computer... eek!

_{On a similar note, my secret goal in life is to magically come into a reasonable sum of money and go live off-grid for the rest of my days. I also plan for my off-grid home to be covered in solar panels and back-up batteries.}