Text 12195, 110 rader
Skriven 2014-04-15 16:33:00 av Dave Drum (75442.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 12143 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: social  was: Lost Friends
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-=> Nancy Backus wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> It's kind of neat observing the bug-eye takes, etc. I get from people
 DD> when I inform them that I don't have a (insert social media here)
 DD> account and don't want one. Or, that I don't text so if they want to
 DD> give me a message call the number that they were going to send the text
 DD> to and speak actual words to me.

 NB> That last is hard to do with a land-line POTS...  no text capability at
 NB> all... Most people I'm around now already know my luddite tendencies,
 NB> so I get less of the bug-eye takes, though...  :)

Working the job that I do I work mostly with folk who are younger than I. And
they seem to use their mobile devices as some sort of security blanket. I had a
young guy out on a route for training the other day and his cell phone kept
burping with text messages every few minutes. And he kept reading them until I
told him, finally, "Lose the phone until we are stopped. Those messages will
wait." When he protested I reminded him that company policy was "NO CELL
PHONES" - period. Full Stop. Then I told him that if he wanted to read and
reply to texts on the go or to talk on the phone without a hands-free device to
do it on his own. And not whilst my butt was in the dummy seat. He sort of
pouted, but complied.
 
 DD> Every few days I get an e-mail from someone advising me that they have
 DD> dropped their phone service via their cable provider due to
 DD> connectivity or other problems. Or that they have dropped their land
 DD> line phones altogether. And I wonder whatever prompted them to quit Ma
 DD> Bell in favour of $cumCa$t or one of their cousins - who are, after
 DD> all, in the entertainment business not the phone business. And/or why
 DD> they think that the land line is not a valuable alternative means of
 DD> communication.

 NB> They fell prey to the insidious adverts... ;)  But didn't learn from
 NB> the experience to go back to Ma...

We live in a world of perceived realities.
 
 DD> I have a cell phone for my personal convenience. I also have kept my
 DD> Ma Bell landline telephone with basic service ... which costs me all of
 DD> U$20/month and is handy for making calls in a general power outage as
 DD> the TelCo phones are powered independently of the electrical grid -
 DD> unlike the cell towers.

 NB> We've kept our phone service with the phone company... and made sure to
 NB> have at least one working corded phone at all times... but it is more
 NB> than just basic service, since they are also our ISP, with their DSL...
 NB> And again, we also have an alternative dialup ISP (which is where I
 NB> keep my email account)...  In case of a power outage, of course the
 NB> computers wouldn't work anyway (except for Richard's laptop whose
 NB> battery works), but we could still call out and get calls in...  :)

I have my DSL with AT&T. I also have a dial-up account with them - which came
with the DSL. I've been with them long enough that my servers are listed as
Ameritech.Springfield.IL - before SBC took over and well before it all became
AT&T (again). I think if SBC takes even one more baby-step in acquisitions that
the anti-trust people will do to them what they did to the original AT&T. 
 
 DD> I am so anti "social media" and so-called "connectivity improvements"
 DD> that I am considering asking Swisher for an e-mail account with
 DD> luddites.org.

 NB> That does have a certain amount of appeal to it...  ;)

Except I already own my own domain - with a hundred or so available e-mail
accounts.  Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Lord Grey's Peach Preserves
 Categories: Five, Fruits, Condiments, Preserving, Citrus
      Yield: 2 servings
 
      5 lb Ripe peaches
      4 c  Sugar
      2 tb Fresh lemon juice
      5    Earl Grey tea bags; divided
 
  Cut a small, shallow X in the bottom of each peach.
  Working in batches, blanch in a large pot of boiling water
  until skin loosens, about 1 minute. Transfer to a large
  bowl of ice water; let cool. Peel, halve, and pit. Cut
  into 1/3" slices. Combine with sugar and juice in a large
  bowl. Let stand for 30 minutes.
  
  Place a small plate in freezer. Transfer fruit mixture and
  4 tea bags to a large heavy pot. Open the remaining tea
  bag; crumble leaves slightly; add to pot. Bring to a boil,
  stirring gently, and cook 15-20 minutes. Test doneness by
  scooping a small spoonful onto chilled plate and tilting
  plate. (Preserves are ready if they don't run.) Remove tea
  bags. Skim foam from the surface of jam. Ladle jam into 2
  clean, hot 1-pint jars. Wipe rims, seal, and process in a
  boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
  
  by Kevin West
  
  Bon Appétit | August 2011
  
  Yield: Makes 2 pints
  
  MM Format by Dave Drum - 20 September 2011
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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