The arrival of the mobile phone has meant great changes for Saarburg. For that reason, the town council has installed a new mobile phone mast on the Rausch hill opposite the castle. This will now make it possible for local mobile phone user Hartmut Landei to send SMS text messages from outside the Sparkasse bank, although he may have to wave his 1996-model Alcatel in the air to get a strong enough signal.
"This news will send shock waves through the community," said Landei, "and maybe more people will be encouraged to buy a mobile phone. Imagine, you can take it out of your house when you go somewhere. I use mine so I can call a taxi to take me home from the supermarket car park bench after I've had a few drinks with the boys. I put in the number while I'm still sober and all I need to do is press the green button when I want them to pick me up. I have heard there are now phones without buttons. What use is that to me when I'm drunk?"
During the interview, Landei was unable to check when his bus was due because the timetable panel had been vandalised. A boy of 12 told him there was one in five minutes. Landei had no idea how he knew, although he suspected it was something to do with witchcraft.
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