At 50+ maybe I need to be put out to pasture, but each one of the newest “bleeding edge” toys that come out seem to me to be additional ways of robbing a person of opportunities for solitude.
I recall watching the local news coverage of some fools in Atlanta who camped out overnight to be the first to purchase Windows95 (!), and essentially you could have run that same story for the iPad roll out, with slight overdubbing.
No thanks. I like technology a lot, but I’ll pass on that.
Well, us seasoned buyers also know NEVER buy the first batch of ANYTHING new. Always bugs, always missing a few key ideas and features that are included in the next models. Usually for at or a little less than the originals.
I agree completely. My wife and I continue to survive just fine with just our $14 Tracfones and a 400 minute 1-year prepaid time cards. Nobody but my wife and kids have my number and the phone is never even on unless I'm making an emergency call or I specifically anticipate one of my family may need to reach me on it.
Anybody else can leave a message on my land line if I'm not home. I don't think anybody is going to curl up and die if they're unable to bug me immediately no matter where I am or what I'm doing.
Somehow, we still manage to always do what we need to do and be where we need to be for each other and our 2 teenage girls, even without the latest Crackberries and outrageous expensive monthly service charges.