Internet Minimalists

Matt and I aren't huge on digital technology.  We're obviously no luddites, but we employ a selective approach to it.  There are practical applications and advantages to new tech and a tools (gadgets, apps, websites), but there are also serious drawbacks and negative impacts (both personally and societally, if you ask me).  We weigh the pros and cons pretty carefully before deciding how we want to engage with these emerging electronic tools.  We're slow adopters.  We don't rush out and get the newest model or the latest device.  We like to wait and watch a while first.  See how it goes.  

Ginger helping with a dress I'm sewing.

This is all a prelude so that I can share an amusing exchange I had with a city employee recently.  They're installing a sidewalk on our street.  A couple of city workers with shovels and a backhoe were in front of our house digging around in order to locate the cables/wires/lines connecting my house to various services.  As I was rolling my bicycle down the driveway one of them stopped me because he couldn't find all the cables he expected to find.

Friends help friends lick those hard to reach spots.

• Him, with confusion:  "Don't you have internet?"
• Me:  "Nope."
• Him, brows raised:  "You don't have the internet at all?!"
• Me, with a headshake:  "No.  Well, I have unlimited data on my phone, but no, we don't have any home internet."
• Him, now with an incredulous headshake:  "Really?!?  No internet!?"
• Me, with another shake of the head:  "Nope."
• Him, pantomiming writing with a pen and paper:  "What do you do?  Write a lot of letters?"  
• Me, laughing at this point:  "Actually, yeah, I do." 

I'm so glad they decided to be best pals in the end.

I thought it was pretty great.  It made us both laugh.  Well, all three of us, once I shared the story with Matt, too.  

I am Ginger.  Tail Swisher and (occasional) Puzzle Menace.

Shortly after we bought our house was a bad storm that knocked down some (above ground) wires.  We called the electric company to report the downed wires, but they ended up not being electrical.  I honestly cannot remember if they were related to cable tv or the internet service.  I'm guessing the latter now.  Since we didn't have cable or the internet they just clipped the cable and called it a day.  I had totally forgotten about it until this recent exchange happened.  I gather that internet cables are now run underground...and we don't have any, I guess.  :)

I am Johnny.  I'm a shoe.  Now rub my belly.

This reminds me:  I'm out of postage stamps.