Like Lisa a ride experience prompted me to finally get a cell phone.

I was riding out to meet my husband once, it was late afternoon/early evening and he was practicing for a team time trial with his teammates, who mostly lived in the next county up, so I had ridden about about 35-40 miles to get there. When I did arrive, I found that where I thought we were supposed to meet was not where I thought it was..... I tried asking around, I even borrowed a cell phone and tried to call my husband, but he wasn't picking up (turns out he left it in his car, because he was wearing his skinsuit - no pockets).
I ended up with a handful of change at a pay phone trying to talk my parents (they were visiting at the time) through how to start up the computer and get to the phone book.... finally I got them to get a phone number of one of his teammates for me. (He is a police officer - he convinced me I should have a cell phone if I was going to be out riding alone like that...) and he helped me track down the hubby.

As a funny end note that teammate was the first phone # I put into my phone when I got it, that made him #1 on the speed dial. So recently I dropped my phone and the person who found it decided rather than doing the right thing and returning it (my credit card, drivers license etc, were in the case with it ) they would keep it and use it... I was alerted to the fact it was missing because they kept hitting speed dial #1 and calling my cop friend.... no not so bright my criminal friends. They also ordered pizza to their apartment with my bank card... I (and the police) have their phone number and address and they kept using my phone. I thought I might not be able to get anything back because it is a pay as you go phone, so I didn't hurry up in replacing it. Well turns out I could transfer my minutes and number to a different phone, which I did. Now I am getting calls for my thief and I know her full name as well.... like I said, not so bright my criminal friends.