tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post1652866808473259812..comments2023-06-18T10:13:56.103-04:00Comments on Life Hiker's Trail Diary: A Blackberry BoyLife Hikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183254858386081439noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post-25534251436658453162009-05-11T22:52:00.000-04:002009-05-11T22:52:00.000-04:00I should do it. I don't know why I resist. I guess...I should do it. I don't know why I resist. I guess I'm just slow.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post-57185568207865277662009-05-07T18:37:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:37:00.000-04:00LF, I was a few months ahead of you on the latest;...LF, I was a few months ahead of you on the latest; and, Thomas, I understand.<br /><br />What the Internet and smartphones and cable and Netflix and ... have done for me is good in a way and bad in other ways.<br /><br />Yesterday a storm hit nearby toppling a tree that broke a main electric line that I found stopped the electricity from entering my home.<br /><br />I resorted to reading a paper book, something I used to spend my life with and now only pick up if there is nothing being transmitted to me electronically.<br /><br />I think I'm somewhere between your new fascination LF and Thomas's horror, though I know I'll keep moving towards the facinating new stuff perhaps to my detriment.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post-22647821554811527492009-05-07T06:54:00.000-04:002009-05-07T06:54:00.000-04:00I don't even use the phone that's wired into the w...I don't even use the phone that's wired into the wall, unless it's an emergency. The idea of dragging around a phone with me at all times horrifies me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com