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Wow.... how Charlie Chaplin of him.

As he related to me when I asked as a young man - "It was a very romantic relationship, I was a bartender, your mom was a waitress, and if it wasn't for a bottle of Jamesons you wouldn't be here. In fact, your first name was almost "Youre what?!"
 

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As he related to me when I asked as a young man - "It was a very romantic relationship, I was a bartender, your mom was a waitress, and if it wasn't for a bottle of Jamesons you wouldn't be here. In fact, your first name was almost "Youre what?!"
Ahhh.... romance in the air!
 

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Well its Monday...and you know what...I did not miss technology at all....and if it was not for my job (IT) I think I'd swear the stuff off for good...well...not the smart phone, that is how the kids and the wife get a hold of me when they need me..... but the rest...would be in the trash bin next week
 

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Well its Monday...and you know what...I did not miss technology at all....and if it was not for my job (IT) I think I'd swear the stuff off for good...well...not the smart phone, that is how the kids and the wife get a hold of me when they need me..... but the rest...would be in the trash bin next week
Honestly, if I didn't have access to the virtual space, I don't know how I would interact with people. Peopling in person is terrifying.
 

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Honestly, if I didn't have access to the virtual space, I don't know how I would interact with people. Peopling in person is terrifying.

Sadly, I am of the opinion, that peopling in person is becoming a lost art due to technology.....

A few years back I use to love working on the tree farm, because technology did not work there, no cell phones, no wireless, no cable, nothing.
 

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I've never liked peopling with multiple people in person, and that goes back to pretechnological times...

I'm usually quite happy to people with a person because a person is almost invariably reasonable - but change it to people and it gets ridiculous.
 

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Honestly, if I didn't have access to the virtual space, I don't know how I would interact with people. Peopling in person is terrifying.
Do you think that is a generational thing? Social skills were something we were formally taught at home and at school. Too many people worry about stepping on little Johnny's toes now a days. The result is little Johnny does not learn how to handle adversity, gets upset and angry at the slightest thing, and mom or dad or some shrink ends up putting them on medication. A sad and vicious circle.

***Edit: WARNING!!! Grumpy old man coming out again.
 

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Sadly, I am of the opinion, that peopling in person is becoming a lost art due to technology.....

A few years back I use to love working on the tree farm, because technology did not work there, no cell phones, no wireless, no cable, nothing.
Very cool. What kind of trees are in a tree farm?
 

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Well its Monday...and you know what...I did not miss technology at all....and if it was not for my job (IT) I think I'd swear the stuff off for good...well...not the smart phone, that is how the kids and the wife get a hold of me when they need me..... but the rest...would be in the trash bin next week
Ha! Xue, your funnier than I thought... however nobody could really forgo technology. Where would we be without television?, How would you spend your freetime without a DVD player/blu ray player?, how would you listen to music without an Ipod?, and don't even get me started on the internet... :beaver:
 

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Ha! Xue, your funnier than I thought... however nobody could really forgo technology. Where would we be without television?, How would you spend your freetime without a DVD player/blu ray player?, how would you listen to music without an Ipod?, and don't even get me started on the internet... :beaver:
Ah, Whippersnapper....we old people had entertainment long before the invention of the 'iPod' or the 'Internet'
It was called books, vinyl records, even reel to reel, or actual movies....

or 'hobbies', like making stuff.
 

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Ah, Whippersnapper....we old people had entertainment long before the invention of the 'iPod' or the 'Internet'
It was called books, vinyl records, even reel to reel, or actual movies....

or 'hobbies', like making stuff.
Of course! Absolutely! You make a great point, and ofcourse people still enjoy the old entertainment. Sometimes me and my friends like to visit Stonehenge to show our appreciation to the 70's and 80's. :beaver:
 

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Ha! Xue, your funnier than I thought... however nobody could really forgo technology. Where would we be without television?, How would you spend your freetime without a DVD player/blu ray player?, how would you listen to music without an Ipod?, and don't even get me started on the internet... :beaver:

Yard work, taijiquan, exercise and reading books....and if I want music, have a stereo that plays actual records, or I listen to the youngest play piano of viola...and if I get desperate I cold always play the didgeridoo or ukulele....kids today....take their technology away and they become catatonic.....you may not know this, but there was life before the internet
 

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Yard work, taijiquan, exercise and reading books....and if I want music, have a stereo that plays actual records, or I listen to the youngest play piano of viola...and if I get desperate I cold always play the didgeridoo or ukulele....kids today....take their technology away and they become catatonic.....you may not know this, but there was life before the internet
You must be referring to the cretaceous period...
 

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Ah, Whippersnapper....we old people had entertainment long before the invention of the 'iPod' or the 'Internet'
It was called books, vinyl records, even reel to reel, or actual movies....

or 'hobbies', like making stuff.
Entertaining & socializing is too quickly becoming lost arts.
Yes, we had a TV but only had 4 channels so it was mostly functional, for watching the news. Not much in the way of entertainment value, except during baseball season and that was mostly for our father.
 
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