Too much Internet

I use twitter as a memo to self. I see an article on line or a recipe and tweet them so I can refer to them again. Facebook is beyond me apart from finding out if my late brother' s children are alive or dead as I would never know otherwise.i do use my iPad as a standby far too much but not after 6 pm as it's like coffee keeps me awake and I'm back to books at night. My kindle is not back lit.

I spent a week last May in a place that had no Internet, tv, radio or phone signal and it was just like a detox. We read, played games and talked to each other.
We could still play games on our tablets so were not completely cold turkey.
It was the fear that I'd missed something that was the worst.
We managed for years without it so how come we are on here discussing it at this time of the morning?

I wish I could have Eureka moment re twitter!
I still don't understand how it works, although I have an account!!! It's the hashtag s!!

Tegan - exactly! I'm really annoyed with myself for the same reason. I picked up 3 books from the library two weeks ago (I'd requested them) and I'm not even halfway through the first one. They're due back on Tuesday next. I really must get my act together. Like Alima, I sometimes close my laptop down, then I remember something I need to check, so I turn it back on again. I really must stop this! Of course....here I am, lying in bed - on my smartphone......don't even need my laptop for social media.....! I'm going to get up, run a bath and take my library book with me!

Tegan, that's my list too. Just add check the news, family history and photos/videos. So much easier since I had the tablet. The old laptop took ages to wind up. Do you find you turn it off, remember something else and switch it on again. I would be lost without it now. So easy to catch up on to progs etc. On holiday I watched 'Enders early in the morning looking over St Ives and the sea. Still read loads though not yet tried reading a book on it. No wonder youngsters are glued to their phones!

It is addictive.
I really like Twitter. I was on there for 4 years, with 10 followers, and couldn't see what it was all about and then I had a 'Eureka' moment when I suddenly 'got it' and it is great fun. ( but does waste time)

Oh Tegan you have hit the nail on the head with reading less. I always think, well when I have finished on the IPad I will pick up my book but it doesn't always happen

I doubt much will change if I am honest.

Same here; I got so much done when my computer was broke, albeit finding life very difficult without one. In fact, since I retired it's what gets me out of bed in the morning . What worries me is that I don't seem to read books any more and I think that's mainly down to spending so much time on the computer.

I feel as of I use it too much, really. I nip in and out of Facebook like a teenager, some days - and what for? Just to see that someone's asking me/anyone to 'like' their post if I love my grandchildren or miss someone who is spending Christmas in heaven.

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It felt as if I'd lost one of my senses, or an arm. I was actually quite appalled at the effect it had on me, but it didn't make me use the net any less

I could have written that list Nankate. When we changed from talk talk to sky about 3 years ago, we were without broadband for a whole week. I really thought I would go stir crazy. It felt as if id lost

We've just moved into the 'granny pad' and BT made a huge faff of connecting our landline and broadband to a building that has always had an active phone line. We have had no broadband for three days and I've been like a bear with a sore head because I rely on it for so much.

The important stuff is obviously banking and bill paying but the fun stuff is a great mood lifter.

However did we manage without the internet?