Your mom sounds like Dejibo's neighbors.

I'm grateful landlines are still available! Us rural folk get lousy cell phone signals. Even though the company's name is Coon Creek TC, and everything more than 10 miles away is long distance, I'm glad they're here.

I'm grateful I have one good neighbor. He called yesterday to let me know a loose cow was coming down my road. I opened the gate and she went right in.