Life without the internet....

[Rafa]

One of the things I'd like to do someday is live in a Buddhist monastery in Korea like the Bongwonsa, or in an Amish community, for a few years and just cut myself away from the intertubes and technology. Not only would it be a bizarre and interesting experience, but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.

I've finished reading a book lately called "The Secret of Shambhala" by james redfield and it kept me thinking about what you have mentioned, and it would be a hell of an life experience.

[mdobbins]

Physical reality, what a concept. Reach out and touch something.

[Marcus]

Physical reality, what a concept. Reach out and touch something.

That isn't a computer keyboard or mouse.

Personally, I get pretty sick of the computer after a 9 hour day of work (usually).

[ChradH]

Well, I may not be as grumpy and/or old as some, but I do remember life without the internet or even AOL, Compuserve, or private bulletin boards. I also remember television with no cable and only 3 channels to pick from, no cell phones, no personal computers, and no home gaming systems. I even had a paper route to deliver those dying things called "newspapers".

Me too... I also remember when a classmate showed off his new programmable TI pocket calculator with a memory of 32 program steps. That was the first programmable device I ever held in my hands.

I like the modern conveniences, but I could do without.

Of course. You're using "can" in the past tense there, right?

[Fedya]

Physical reality, what a concept. Reach out and touch something.

Here's a blast from the past for the American members.

[Joaz Banbeck]

One of the things I'd like to do someday is live in a Buddhist monastery in Korea like the Bongwonsa, or in an Amish community, for a few years and just cut myself away from the intertubes and technology. Not only would it be a bizarre and interesting experience, but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.

When you do that, please post a review in the travel thread.

[karaklis]

I like the modern conveniences, but I could do without.

Of course. You're using "can" in the past tense there, right?

I don't want to be nitpicking, but this looks rather like a "conditional". I remember my English class some 25-30 years ago when I had to learn the "if-clauses".... "I could do without, if I wanted to".

I hated English class

[POGO]

if my net were to go down for two years, my soul would die

[Harleqin]

One of the things I'd like to do someday is live in a Buddhist monastery in Korea like the Bongwonsa, or in an Amish community, for a few years and just cut myself away from the intertubes and technology. Not only would it be a bizarre and interesting experience, but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.

When you do that, please post a review in the travel thread.

sequitur...

[ChradH]

I like the modern conveniences, but I could do without.

Of course. You're using "can" in the past tense there, right?

I don't want to be nitpicking, but this looks rather like a "conditional". I remember my English class some 25-30 years ago when I had to learn the "if-clauses".... "I could do without, if I wanted to".

Um, while it could be a conditional, it could equally well be intentionally misinterpreted as past tense, like in
"I could do without the internet, because it had not been invented" then. OK, I think this has killed the intended joke for good.

I hated English class

Well, I didn't

[Stefany93]

So my internet was down for last two hours....

I felt like I was on the verge of hyperventilating....internet addiction?

Glee filled my heart when the internet began working again....

I shall put these thoughts behind me until the next time I may lose my virtual life line....

Awwww, without Internet the life in Earth will die.