Could you live without your phone and the internet?

[Kadee]

I could live without anything electronic re: iPhone and internet, computer. Would be simpler. Would enjoy a private land line though.
I do need my car.
I still pay some bills by snail mail, write letters by snail mail (and people love getting them, believe me) to keep up on my handwriting practice, fine motor function.

Having lived without an indoor toilet, no washing machine or dryer, no internet or computer...I could live without them. I prefer simple life, doing things physical, outdoors not being connected to everyone and everything under the sun.

I enjoy having the internet to learn more things and be able to order things mailed to me or dropped off rather than have to go out and find things, drive in traffic or have to load them in my car these days. Trellises, mulch, dirt, bricks, block, plants, pots, bird feedings all get dropped off usually these days.

I often miss encyclopedias and dictionaries, newspapers, though. The physicality of it, the turning of paper pages, not having to electronically CHARGE yet another battery.

We never bought allot of newspapers , but we still buy NP like we did before the internet ~ if they went totally digital we’d miss the Saturday Advertiser ( Adelaide, South Aust ~ only 6 days a week newspaper ) we buy the Sunday mail.

We buy a local (country area ) paper that comes out once a week , and often pick up a free Seniors newspaper at the Dances we attend


We both still enjoy sitting down with a cuppa to read the local news ( that’s exactly what DH is doing right now )
It’s Morning tea time for us Aussies right now …
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[jujube]

Nope and noper. I'm hooked.

 

[LoveTulips]

Yes.

 

[mrstime]

our phone is a landline, and no we couldn't live without it, we need the the phone due to our ages. We like the internet but could live without it if necessary.

 

[Sunny]

Sure, I could, but why would I want to?

I'd hate to live without Senior Forums, or a few thousand other things that improve my life and make it more interesting. And without a phone, as well? Might as well go back to cave man days.

 

[Pappy]

Yes, but I wouldn't be a happy camper.

 

[moviequeen1]

3 yrs ago I was without my laptop for 10 days because it died on me
I went back to Best Buy bought an updated version but it wasn't in stock, waited 2 days before it was delivered
It was an adjustment at first, my daily routine was out of whack but I survived