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Old 07-08-2003, 06:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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36 hours without Internet. What do you do?

Well, my cable modem was out for thirty-six hours for no apparent reason. I watched a baseball game for the first time in about two months, read part of my current book, listend to the radio, and drove around town.

If you didn't have Internet access, what would you do with that extra time in your day?
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Old 07-08-2003, 06:18 PM   #2 (permalink)
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bah, i dont know! i just dont know.


wait a sec, you said w/o internet access. you can still play 1 player games (which i have a SHITLOAD of).

i dont know what i would do w/o my regular dose of tfp though!


i'd resort to tv for some time, and maybe even GO OUT!!
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Old 07-08-2003, 06:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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ill be internet-less for all next week, im going to miss everything on TFP GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Old 07-08-2003, 06:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
Single player games, read, work, golf, see a movie, meet up with friends, etc. etc. etc.
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Old 07-08-2003, 06:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
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My dad was going nuts without having Internet. He kept badgering me to fix it because he felt so out of place without it. It's amazing how it has injected itself into our daily lives.

I was tempted to go play golf, but it is so frigging humid.
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Old 07-08-2003, 07:33 PM   #6 (permalink)
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video games, tv, sleep
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Old 07-08-2003, 07:38 PM   #7 (permalink)
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i have this happen for months at a time when i visit my grandparents.. I go outside, read a book, garden a bit.

when at my house, i generally go meet up with friends, read a book, go play a game of disc golf, watch a movie.. There are lots of things to do.. and if all else fails there is always sleep!
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Old 07-08-2003, 07:42 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I went a month without DSL (as you know justin), what did I do? I bitched at SBC to get our connection back, did my summer class/homework, did some coding and then suffered with dialup.
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Old 07-08-2003, 07:47 PM   #9 (permalink)
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suffered with dialup.
it's not worth it. Going back to dialup is so painful after being spoiled with broadband for three years.
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Old 07-08-2003, 07:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Old 07-08-2003, 07:51 PM   #11 (permalink)
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the few days my cable was out, so was my power!

so i ate what i could from the fridge and slept a lot.
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:21 PM   #13 (permalink)
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the few days my cable was out, so was my power!

so i ate what i could from the fridge and slept a lot.
don't open the fridge when the power is out. The milk will spoil
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:25 PM   #14 (permalink)
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What would I do.. go absolutley nutters!
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:31 PM   #15 (permalink)
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hmn. probably 1-player games. And see a movie.
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:38 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I had to suffer without my dsl for three weeks, truthfully, I dont remember them as I tend to black out bad things from my memory. If it happened today, I probably would catch up on alot of homework (Taking a summer session ). Every time I leave an airconditioned environment here in Tucson, I get a little less rare and a little more well done. I wasn't too sure that I really lived in hell until a temperature of 111 was forcasted and when you walk outside you see that the mountians are on fire. but thats beside the point. Another thing you can do is sleep. I would probably just sleep for 16-20 hours at a time if i could. it would make up for all of those lost nights spent playing mmpog's and drinking high amounts of caffeine.
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Old 07-08-2003, 09:18 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I read and watch tv
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Old 07-08-2003, 10:21 PM   #18 (permalink)
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I actually get out of the house and do stuff. I hang out with my friends alot, stuff like that.
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Old 07-08-2003, 11:41 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Read a book, do other stuff on the computer, or just go outside (depending on the weather)
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Old 07-08-2003, 11:49 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Old 07-09-2003, 05:10 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Take a nap in the hammock, go for a walk with my dog, read, go to the gym, write a letter to a friend.
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Old 07-09-2003, 05:45 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Pour myself a glass of lemonade, grab my book, open the front door, walk outside, park my butt on the lounge chair, listen, for a moment, to the singing birds and the kids playing next door, then imerse myself.

Or...I guess I <i>could</i> mow the damned grass....nah.
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Old 07-09-2003, 05:51 AM   #23 (permalink)
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When ever I don't have the internet for an extended period of time I become productive. I do things I've put off fors days or weeks. I'll clean, do stuff around the house, read, and eat healthier too (with extra time to fix food). Of course, when I get the internet back, that all goes out the window...
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Old 07-09-2003, 10:16 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Music music music! I would spend countless hours listening to music. Ahhh...........
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Old 07-09-2003, 10:27 AM   #25 (permalink)
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have sex with my wife...


for at least 20 of those hours...

then i'd need to sleep for the last 16...
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Old 07-09-2003, 12:05 PM   #26 (permalink)
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read, watch a movie, excercise, etc.

My life is not defined by the web,
despite whatever time I invest into it.
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Old 07-09-2003, 12:10 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Location: San Diego. Ca.
It's kind of scary that I can go 19 years without a computer or internet, then after I've only had it for about 3 years, and it goes out for 24 hours I go completely nuts, and go through internet withdrawls. Its almost as bad as drugs... I shouldn't be admitting that but I know I'm safe on TFP, I know I'm not the only one.
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Old 07-09-2003, 02:34 PM   #28 (permalink)
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go outside amidst the beautiful people. internet keeps me cooped up too much. need interaction with humanity.
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Old 07-09-2003, 02:46 PM   #29 (permalink)
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For a week once I was without my net service. The first two days I sat around moping and wishing it was still working, after I realized how stupid I was being and started being productive. I overhauled my place and did some indepth spring cleaning.

Getting outside and spending time outdoors is essential now. I took for granted all the times I could have been outside enjoying the sunshine but instead sat on my duff and played computer games, chatting and wasting precious time to have real fun as well as net fun. Now I spend equal time being on the computer and off.
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Old 07-09-2003, 11:16 PM   #30 (permalink)
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I couldn't survive. I went to blockbuster and grabbed an AOL disc...that was 2 weeks ago and I am still finding little traces of that shitty program.
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Old 07-10-2003, 12:21 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Listen to some music maybe read a book. Try to get out and walk around for a few hours and maybe tinker around in Photoshop. There was a time where I went nuts when my cable modem fritzed Id like to think I could live a couple days without it now.
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Old 07-10-2003, 05:14 AM   #32 (permalink)
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I was without a computer for the last couple of days. It sucked, but I found a few other things to do during that time.
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Old 07-10-2003, 06:17 AM   #33 (permalink)
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I've finally pulled myself away from the net enough that I can live without it. A few months ago, I would have died. I'd probably go to some mall or something that had computer internet service so that i can get my fix. But now, I get out and enjoy life. Now, I'd spend even more time with my fiancee, go out swimming or play on my fiancee's jet ski.
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Old 07-10-2003, 07:54 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Go outside.
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Old 07-10-2003, 09:15 AM   #35 (permalink)
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I'd want to go out and ride my bicycle over to some foresty area and set myself down with my discman, a book and a big bottle of lemonade.
But in reality i'd need a screen in front of my face so i'd just watch tv or go to a friend's house- and watch tv
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Old 07-13-2003, 10:41 PM   #36 (permalink)
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I guess being old enough to remember a world with no home computers, let alone the internet, if I find myself without access, the 'jump' to good ol' analog past-times is not really a problem :-)
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Old 07-13-2003, 11:04 PM   #37 (permalink)
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i read or run whenever i'm unable to get online
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Old 07-14-2003, 08:48 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Well for one thing I have to use my imagination instead of porn. I do homework or exercise in the meantime.
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Old 07-14-2003, 08:09 PM   #39 (permalink)
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I would just hang out with friends and such. Been trying to do more of that anyway
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Old 07-14-2003, 08:20 PM   #40 (permalink)
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- Load up the some classic Lucas Arts games
- Finish reading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
- Grab the digicam and go on a walkabout
- Order some Chinese food and sit around watching DVDs and eating Beef Lo Mein
- Finish that half-finished case-modding project
- Work out them neglected muscles
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