Unplugged

[Commercialfarmer]

So, I lost my phone the moments before we left for the place of no oxygen and extra Ultraviolet radiation known as the Rocky Mountains. I looked as long as I could and then made the call that it would just have to be lost until we returned.

I felt the shakes coming on about the 2nd hour. By the time we stopped to eat, I was sweating a little, unknowingly patting my pockets. As we stopped for the night, I got a small fix by using my wife's while she was sleeping. Day 2 was bad, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat. My wife's phone, even when I could steel it was out of network and the cabin we we're staying in didn't have wifi. Day 3 was just ugly, I won't go into detail here.

By day 4, I was starting to want to get out of bed. Even enjoyed a little fishing. By day 5, I was completely weaned. Didn't even want to look at the map on my wife's phone. I was proud that I kicked that nasty habit. Even learned that we have a 3rd kid.

While I'm thinking about it, why do they call it vacation? Vacation: an extended period of recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling.

When children are involved, they should either redefine the term or call it something different. Like maybe, Childcation: an extended period that feels like a much longer extended period, where children may actually off their parents through physical exertion, sleep deprivation or finding their whits end.

They did wear me out, but it was a ton of fun.

Anyway, upon returning home, I did find my phone under the couch. But I'm still phoneless as apparently it broke while finding it's way there.

It's so nice not knowing what's going on outside of 50 ft from me. I kinda like being unplugged most of the day and am not in a hurry to mess it up.

 

[Nesikep]

Good job! Those blasted things are addictive... I use mine far less than most people, and am nearly completely absent from facebook, the other time hog.

 

[branguscowgirl]

I can relate......My addiction is my laptop or ipad! I haven't had a smart phone for very long, but it is too hard to type on for me. (Or even see to read very much.
Glad that you had a nice "childcation"! Gotta have one of those every now and then! :banana:

 

[greybeard]

I have one, only out of fear of my wife, but she doesn't know I keep it turned off most of the time. It's just a phone phone--not one of those i things.

 

[dun]

For me, the best vacation is for the wife to go somewhere for a week or 2 and leave me alone at the farm. She left last week and will be home sunday. Talk to her twice a day, the rest of the time I do what I want when I want.

 

[highgrit]

I can't go without a smart phone, there I said it. But it sure is nice going offshore fishing without service for 4 to 5 days.

 

[skyhightree1]

I can't go without a smart phone, there I said it. But it sure is nice going offshore fishing without service for 4 to 5 days.

I hate to admit it but my life is on my smart phone thats why I have all info backed up on it. I text all day and surf the internet lol Email etc. POWER TO THE SMART PHONES... I broke mine one time and felt horrible for 2 days till my new phone arrived it sucked being out of the communication loop.

 

[pdfangus]

I have carried a flip phone since I hit a deer about 8 or 9 years ago and disabled my truck and not a soul would stop and I could not even get the truck out of the road....

don't use it much and have senior citizen plan from Verizon that is pretty cheap....avoids a few long distance charges that I would have if I did not have the phone....

work has recently gotten me a surface pro and I am learning to use it....pretty different from a regular computer....but I can sync it up with my desktop....

 

[Ryder]

I have one, only out of fear of my wife, but she doesn't know I keep it turned off most of the time. It's just a phone phone--not one of those i things.

Same here.
I don't really know how to use the one I've got. Got a couple of text messages on it once but don't know how to send a text and am in no hurry to find out.
I met a lady recently and she was telling me about her life: Didn't have a job, didn't have a husband, didn't have a boyfriend because she is way overweight, etc.,etc.,etc. She is no kid. Probably in her 40s.
But what she was really down about was that she couldn't afford an iphone, smart phone, or whatever it is but all of her friends have them.
I asked her what she needed one for that she couldn't do with her cell phone? She said, and this is not a joke, "Get music."
I just shook my head thinking, "She does have problems, worse than she realizes".

 

[sim.-ang.king]

For me, the best vacation is for the wife to go somewhere for a week or 2 and leave me alone at the farm. She left last week and will be home sunday. Talk to her twice a day, the rest of the time I do what I want when I want.

I love that time too, when you have the whole farm to yourself, to get what ever you want to get done, or not done.

 

[larryshoat]

For me, the best vacation is for the wife to go somewhere for a week or 2 and leave me alone at the farm. She left last week and will be home sunday. Talk to her twice a day, the rest of the time I do what I want when I want.

I love that time too, when you have the whole farm to yourself, to get what ever you want to get done, or not done.

Well, it should be like that when she is home too. You just need to lay down the law and tell her how it's gonna be. Let me know how that all turns out, if it works I might try it too :help: .

Larry

 

[pdfangus]

For me, the best vacation is for the wife to go somewhere for a week or 2 and leave me alone at the farm. She left last week and will be home sunday. Talk to her twice a day, the rest of the time I do what I want when I want.

I love that time too, when you have the whole farm to yourself, to get what ever you want to get done, or not done.

Well, it should be like that when she is home too. You just need to lay down the law and tell her how it's gonna be. Let me know how that all turns out, if it works I might try it too :help: .

Larry

I try to either get the horse in the trailer or get him saddled and ride off before she is awake....

 

[dun]

Well, it should be like that when she is home too. You just need to lay down the law and tell her how it's gonna be. Let me know how that all turns out, if it works I might try it too :help: .

Larry

After 40 plus years together all of the law laying down has been done. As I told my grandaughters last weekend, "It's the way it is because I'm a grouchy old man". They accepted that pretty quickly.

 

[Dave]

I don't have one of those electronic leashes. Never have had one. Don't see any need to get one now. My middle daughter claims I am one of the three people left in the world without a cell phone. I told here that the other two people would just be disappointed if I got one now. I see no need for one. There is a phone in my kitchen that has an answering machine. If I am not home leave a message. I'll call you back. I feel no need to be in constant contact with everyone in the world. I ran a trap line in Alaska where I was 50 miles from the nearest other person. I have hunted, fished, trapped, and worked all over the PNW miles from the nearest person where I was the only one who knew where I was and I wasn't even sure some of the time. In all those years I have only had two times that required a good long walk. Neither of those times hurt me any. I think people need to learn to be more self reliant.

 

[MistyMorning]

By day 4, I was starting to want to get out of bed. Even enjoyed a little fishing. By day 5, I was completely weaned. Didn't even want to look at the map on my wife's phone. I was proud that I kicked that nasty habit. Even learned that we have a 3rd kid.

Crack me up!

While I'm thinking about it, why do they call it vacation? Vacation: an extended period of recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling.

I refer to my "vacations" as "trips" I always return home more tired then when I left.

It's so nice not knowing what's going on outside of 50 ft from me. I kinda like being unplugged most of the day and am not in a hurry to mess it up.

I hate my cell phone and it is an I phone, pretty sure it's smarter than me! I don't like being available 24/7, I like my peace and quiet!

 

[Hook]

Fortunately and unfortunately I'm tied to my phone. All my customers, schedules, cattle details, invoicing, everything is on this dang thing. Backed up daily. But when it comes time to sell the business, it's a record of everything done and everyone's details. Making it worth more because of th established clientele.

 

[skyhightree1]

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I hate my cell phone and it is an I phone, pretty sure it's smarter than me! I don't like being available 24/7, I like my peace and quiet!

Unless you have some special I phone I have never saw it should have a power button on it to fix the problem of being available. :mrgreen:

 

[MistyMorning]

I hate my cell phone and it is an I phone, pretty sure it's smarter than me!,quote]

Unless you have some special I phone I have never saw it should have a power button on it to fix the problem of being available. :mrgreen:

See above ;-)