Community Chat

[house_cat]

On a scale of 1-10... how uncomfortable would you be  leaving your cell phone and computer at home to spend a week at a beach house, cabin or resort?

For me, it would be a 9, maybe a 10.  I would not find it relaxing to be so out of touch.

[Sookie Says]

I agree with you. Put me down as a 10 pls, I just don't want to be out of touch. For those of you that don't want to bring these along, I admire you greatly.

[Mom2Dogs]

10 at our house...although I do wish cable was less expensive and we didn't pay for all the sport and cartoon channels we never watch.

[QVCkitty1]

I would be a little twitchy, but I could do it.

[spud188]

Really easy.  

[dex]

I could easily leave it all at home.I just got a cell phone last summer and I am still not in love.I usually have it but it is either not charged or turned off.I feel strange talking in public on the darn thing so I have to stop what I am doing and go outside to talk.i also don’t enjoy a long conversation on it for some reason I still prefer to talk on my land line.

[KingstonsMom]

It would be a 1 for me.

My cell phone is never on unless I leave my home (in case of emergencies) and my laptop always stays home.

No tablets, etc. for me.

[Carmie]

I do it all of the time. I have a  a Tracfone.  I only use it to make outgoing calls when I have an emergency.  I use less than one hour a year in time on it.  It is usually turned off. I only turn it on to make a call or when I am out and DH asks me to keep it on so he can call me. I don’t even have  the phone number memorized.

i hate to be on the phone. I used to be a CS phone rep for years.  

All Summer long, we are at our Lake place 4 1/2 Days a week and sometimes every day for a couple of weeks.  It is in a very rural area where there is no internet connection available unless you have a satellite dish.  Even phones do not pick up a connection there all of the time.  No TV cable either. We get three channels with an antenna.

i always have my phone and iPad with me, but there is no WiFi connection available.  I don’t like it, but I am used to it.

If I really have withdraw, I drive into a town few miles away and park in the McD parking lot and use their WiFi. It is unsecured, so I am careful. I can’t do banking, etc.

Could I unplug for one week? Yes.

The first few days are the most difficult, then it gets easier. If you are busy and having fun, you won’t even miss it, but if you are bored.....read a book.

[Venezia]

I could easily leave my computer at home and have many times.  I would never go anywhere without my cell phone for the simple reason of needing it in an emergency.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

My cell phone would have to go with me for any emergencies, but I defintely don't need a computer....I am not one who is always on my phone, so it is not a problem!!