Reply #26: Proud Luddite here...sorta.

[badgerpup]

yeah, I'm leery of techonology. You know why? Because so much of it IS so damn easy to use and so handy...and so easy to become dependent upon without even realizing it.

I don't want to be utterly helpless if something should happen and none of the cool techno-toys are available.

Long story cut short...was forced to upgrade my cel phone. Lovely new model, clamshell (it flips open and closed so I don't have to carry it in a hard glasses case to keep it from getting accidently turned on and running down the battery) and has a CAMERA! :wow:
I'm sort of afraid of it...:eyes::silly:

Nice Man at Verizon who helped me with this sort of understood what I was on about...said he didn't even know his wife's phone number. He didn't have to- his cel phone memory remembered it for him...

I don't have a microwave or a TV (or attendent VCR, DVD, or whatever the latest watch-stuff-on-a-screen technogy is).
It bothers me how antsy and irritable I get when my computer goes down and I'm without Internet access for a few days...so I know I'm addicted to the Internet...plus I realized I've got waaay too much stuff (recipes, text, stories, records) on disc.
What happens if/when I can't access these discs?
Had a disc full of nifty recipes get corrupted the other day, so this is a real issue.
Fortunately... I'd already backed it all up with hard copy, but I haven't done that with all my stuff.
Maybe I should...just in case. :tinfoilhat::hide: