text:  And then my mother was going to call while I was there. Now, again, we're all of the same age. These young people have no idea. But when you called internationally back then, you had to call the overseas operator. Remember that? Maybe you don't because if you never made an international call, it wasn't very common. It was expensive. But you called the international operator, and you'd say, I'd like to place this call to Sydney, Australia.