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I know I am a modern day Victor Meldrew, but how many of you would admit giving up your mobile phone, or internet would cripple you?
It made me think today because my parents now both 90 don't even look to watch the tv, and they still don't have broadband in their house, and mobile phones are still alien to them, especially smart phone's.
Are we now a nation that relies too much on these creature comforts?
Baring in mind my parents still seem content with the way they are. I think the closest they come to technical things are switching a light on.
Thoughts??
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It would be a handicapped life without the net or smart phones. That is not to say we have to be wedded to them completely. Sure we could all manage without the net and mobile phones but it would be a crippled existence compared the others that do use those things. So many things have been impoved by the net and smart phones, we should not let the bad thngs take that away.
I'm a few years off 90 but, would be totally lost without my internet and mobile phone.
They are my window on the world. I'm pretty deaf even with hearing aids so seldom watch tv..the sound is jumbled and sick of ready sub titles.
I think there's still a few very old people that haven't succumbed to the IT world..
My phone and my tablet connect me with my daughter...250 miles away, and my brother...3,300 miles away. I can speak to them, or receive emails and texts instantly. That is invaluable to me.
I can also have access to information... great for those of us who are curious, who want to know more. I don't want to be one of those people who's afraid of the Internet.
I'm 77 by the way.
Hate to say it but I'd be lost without my mobile phone and internet. All my work is an online retailer for a start, plus my banking, messaging all 4 kids and various friends at all different times so that I don't always disturb them by ringing, doing all my prescriptions online to save waiting half hour on fone to doctors surgery...... the list is endless.
I read a strange article recently. It suggested that the modern youngsters hate using the telephone because A, they associate a telephone call with bad news and B, they prefer texting so they have time to think about what to say. The telephone scares them because they have to think of a reply quickly and don't like doing that. Has anybody noticed this remarkable accusation?
I would be very discontented without access to the internet. It's a quiet disconnected world without it, once you're used to the wonders and breadth of information and conversation available.
My mother is the same as your parents but she does feel left out a lot of the time. Thankfully she has a few friends who are equally non-tech but its frustrating for them to have to ask us whenever they need to apply for something or book online.
I don't think of my smartphone as a phone; it is a pocket computer. Using it for phone calls is a tiny part of what I use it for. I hate talking on the phone, always have. No chatting for hours for me.
Giving up my smartphone would be a hindrance but giving up the internet would make my life much more difficult