> As most folks who were at RU3 remember, I volunteered the use of my mobile phone (Cell phone to Americans) to call the pizza place. I promised to let people know what the cost was once I had the bill.
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> My phone statement arrived today. I had a quick check against a website for currency conversion and converted it to dollars. I used today's exchange rate, but I doubt it's changed much.
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> Well, here it is:
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> £2.81 which amounts to $4.38 (Rounded to the nearest whole penny in each case)
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> Bea"Hmm, expensive for a call that only lasted 2 minutes & 26 seconds"sty

Yes, that does sound a little expensive, but remember, mobile phones, aka cell phones, were invented by the ancient Romans and what you got was a Roman charge. When you are further from home than your home is from Rome, the Roman charge can be rather high. Would I lie to you?
Howard