Technology's a great thing. Imagine if no one had invented the wheel.... And, sometimes I find techno-things a real time suck, as in hopping on the 'puter at 6pm with a promise to the husband to be in to watch the next four installments of CSI:Las Vegas (cheers for Netflix) and looking at the clock by said 'puter and discovering it's now 7:54pm. He (the husband) is being very patient; have heard no comments from him, yet. (Course, he can troll the web from midnight to 2am, no problem.)
Anyway - yes, technology is a wonderful thing. I don't mind not doing dishes by hand, and I like safe food that keeps well in my freezers and fridge, the dishwasher's nice, and I couldn't do my job without a PC, fiber, internet, and such. However, there are times I'd rather the old, less techie way of doing things. So, I like fountain pens and good paper for writing, I like the "feel" of a book (as one Kindle owner I know put it), I like making my own yarn (!), and I have a feeling that, once we get there, I'll like hand-milking the goaties even though there are good small milking machines available.
Sometimes I think the Amish have it right: take what's useful of modern inventions but don't let the gadget take over your life (which is how an Amish family can have a phone outback in a shed - it's useful technology, but would be intrusive in the house...) Hm, how can I apply this to my cell phone... which, being human and easily conned into believeing I need something, I can't live without. (How did our mothers ever survive our childhoods with us not having cell phones to call and say, "I'm on my bike on the other side of town?")
In which it's cold outside and Turkey day is near!
16 years ago
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