Could you live without a computer?

BC Flash said:
Re Avalon's post #15
I thought in Canada it was all hunting, fishing and the great outdoors. Fly-fishing for huge trout and fresh run Salmon. Now that is what I call living along with forum friends who live in the USA fly-fishing crystal clear waters for Bonefish. Now folk post that they could not live without spending hours on rubbish on a screen like they are missing something. The truth is that screen watchers are missing something if they are reasonably fit.

A bit about Canada:
There is a lot more to canada than fly fishing. We go out to the "tundra" to hunt for buffaloes. Then the buffaloes are skinned for clothes (buffalo hats, jackets and boots); the buffalo meat is dried on open fires (we don't have stoves in Canada) - the dried buffalo (pemican) is our main source of protein. Our main source of transportation are sleds pulled by buffaloes. In winter the lakes and river are frozen solid and it is impossible to fish during the winters. We have to ice skate between villages.

Ike's post 22: this is our toilets (we call it "out houses") It gets very cold in the winter.
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LOL. Thanks, Flash for setting @Avalon straight on how primitive Canada is and how we all live. LOL.
 

Great question. I don't live with my face in my computer or iPhone. But I do use my laptop to see how the stock market is doing, how my nest egg is doing, what the weather forecast is, what my credit card balance is, where my Amazon order is, etc. I also use it to pay my bills.

I only use my iPhone to listen to music, to call anyone I need to, order food, play word games and set my alarm to wake up. It is always on silent so if someone calls or I receive a text message I am not interrupted and have the chance to respond on my own time.

Also, if it weren't for computers I wouldn't be posting this. I love this site, the topics and the connections I've made.

So, no, I've come too far to give up technology. I'm just glad I was around before it was invented because it doesn't consume my life like it does that of so many young people.
 
BC Flash said:
Re Avalon's post #15
I thought in Canada it was all hunting, fishing and the great outdoors. Fly-fishing for huge trout and fresh run Salmon. Now that is what I call living along with forum friends who live in the USA fly-fishing crystal clear waters for Bonefish. Now folk post that they could not live without spending hours on rubbish on a screen like they are missing something. The truth is that screen watchers are missing something if they are reasonably fit.

A bit about Canada:
There is a lot more to canada than fly fishing. We go out to the "tundra" to hunt for buffaloes. Then the buffaloes are skinned for clothes (buffalo hats, jackets and boots); the buffalo meat is dried on open fires (we don't have stoves in Canada) - the dried buffalo (pemican) is our main source of protein. Our main source of transportation are sleds pulled by buffaloes. In winter the lakes and river are frozen solid and it is impossible to fish during the winters. We have to ice skate between villages.

Ike's post 22: this is our toilets (we call it "out houses") It gets very cold in the winter.
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You missed the part about living in igloos and using dog sleds for transportation
 

Sassycakes said:
I realized a long time ago that since I lost my brain I can't live without a computer! :LOL::LOL: Just this morning I couldn't remember the name of an Actor in a commercial. I looked up the commercial and the Actor is Dean Winters. So that made me feel better. I pay my bills on the computer, I grocery shop on the computer and of course, I love visiting this forum. Could you live without a computer?
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We lived perfectly well without them. In fact I think life was better. Certainly I remember having more time for everything. How come I feel far more rushed nowadays?
 
Sassycakes said:
I realized a long time ago that since I lost my brain I can't live without a computer! :LOL::LOL: Just this morning I couldn't remember the name of an Actor in a commercial. I looked up the commercial and the Actor is Dean Winters. So that made me feel better. I pay my bills on the computer, I grocery shop on the computer and of course, I love visiting this forum. Could you live without a computer?
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I couldn't or I would go hungry since I work in IT, :) but other than work and bill paying, email I don't spend a lot of time online. Reading and music are what I spend most of my free time doing.
 
I could live without a computer. I'd spend more time in my woodshop building furniture and other things, but it would also be more lonely. My computer is often my only connection to the outside world, plus I do nearly all my shopping online. I'd have to go out to stores in person, and I might have to talk to people! Yikes! :ROFLMAO:
 
Well, I have 2 children. In 1989 I bought them their first PC and some games. Because of continuous fighting, I had to buy three months later a second PC to re-establish peace in the house. As a senior, I possibly could survive without a laptop but not my children. I guess much has to do what you are used to. I could see some alternatives to living without a PC no matter how useful they are, but not my children. They simply could not imagine a life without those modern gadgets. For them a life without a laptop is unimaginable.
 
SeniorBen said:
I could live without a computer. I'd spend more time in my woodshop building furniture and other things, but it would also be more lonely. My computer is often my only connection to the outside world, plus I do nearly all my shopping online. I'd have to go out to stores in person, and I might have to talk to people! Yikes! :ROFLMAO:
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Iā€™d love to see some of the furniture that you build. You should post some picturesšŸ˜
 
I would not want to live without a computer. I've been an avid computer user since 1983. Back around 2003 I was living with my parents while trying to start a new life in Florida. My parents would not allow me to have my computer sent to me, I lived in Hell for 6 months.

I got back with my wife in Maine for a time, and had my beloved computers again. I will never be without a computer again,
 
I think I could as an individual .. but it would need to be a global eradication of the internet and everything hanging off the side of it because the entire planet has become so dependent on the availability of on-line commerce that there's almost an assumption that every living soul is bouncing around on the internet. My heart goes out to those who are forced to try and exist in our society without some kind of access to the net via electronic media even if it's just a cellphone.
 
Sort of wrong thread title question. Might rather be,
How unpleasant would it be for you to cope in this modern era without a computer?

Even public pc computers like those at libraries. Note smartphones are a type of computer just like desktops, workstations, laptops, notebooks, tablets.

So lacking public phones in this era, one would need to at least buy a dumb phone like a flip phone. Because in this era businesses and services expect people to have access to computers, that would make many ordinary daily life processes awkward or impossible. Personally at this point as a senior using computers at advanced levels for decades, I'm too used to so using computers in many ways such that stopping now after knowing their value and utility in today's world would greatly crimp my remaining years. Online, I have a huge advantage over others now because of all my computer skills. But day to day as a photographer often on road trips out in remote places, I often exist just fine for days without computers.
 
I would love to live without computers, cell phones and such but sadly the world has changed to such a degree that it would be impractical and inconvenient.
 
Llynn said:
I would love to live without computers, cell phones and such but sadly the world has changed to such a degree that it would be impractical and inconvenient.
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I am just the opposite! I have always been fascinated by computers. I bought my first PC at Sears for $ 1500.00 CA back in 1991. It was ridiculously limited and you had to type in all the commands rather than click on icons. Corresponded with others via Bulletin Boards, then, along came the usenet where we had fun mingling in news groups. (alt. groups being the most popular).

Had to get another very expensive computer because Windows came along and my present one didn't have enough memory! This hobby kept me in the poorhouse! My poor long suffering wife! In essence: I love(d) everything that beeped and flashed!

PCs in the meantime have become immensely powerful and easy to use and I still spend a lot of time on mine. It has to be Windows, though. I bought a Chromebook recently and only used it a few times since because it wasn't familiar! Old age is making me a coward. My daughter bought me an iPhone recently and I hardly ever use it because the setup isn't familiar! Can't understand for the life of me how people could possibly enjoy texting!!! How the mighty have fallen! :)
 
I suppose I could live without a computer, but I don't know why I would want to. Is that a thing? And for what reason?

Computers give us access to so much that would be practicably impossible to get without them. Not to mention that I spent 20 years on computers at work, then another 20 in my own business building websites for people and companies. Which is to say I'm very comfortable with them.

Anyway ... LOL
 
Computers enhance our lives. It provides information that we use on a day to day basis to make our lives and our minds grow.
I'm up at 4:00am every weekday to assess the Australian stock market closing numbers and the opening of pre market trading in the US, which determines how I will allocate my investments for that day. Without a computer, I wouldn't know what is going on unless I wait for a broker to get in the office to answer my questions.
All the breakthroughs in science and medicine are found through the use of a computer.
Computers are the greatest invention since the telephone...its all in how you use them.
 

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