tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post8989676314007671407..comments2024-01-21T03:30:35.366-05:00Comments on Standing Outside Looking In: The AddictionStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-40584098133851549902012-04-29T22:12:45.904-04:002012-04-29T22:12:45.904-04:00Same with my family, Brigid. Work, save, then spen...Same with my family, Brigid. Work, save, then spend. Sad indeed. Thanks, Pretty Lady.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-70118520906614951262012-04-29T08:24:23.483-04:002012-04-29T08:24:23.483-04:00We got toys and gadgets (including a car) when we ...We got toys and gadgets (including a car) when we got jobs and paid for them, including the expenses that went with (phone charges, auto insurance). <br /><br />I was at lunch at my favorite Thai restaurant and there were three people in their 20's eating lunch together. All of them had their little iphones out texting and twitting and not one of them spoke to another through the meal, hardly even noticing their food. It was sad, really.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-17865152801283591702012-04-28T15:21:40.779-04:002012-04-28T15:21:40.779-04:00Very well said, dear lady. Life is so very short. ...Very well said, dear lady. Life is so very short. Thank you for the nice and eloquent comment.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-84907150410904813152012-04-28T13:00:04.039-04:002012-04-28T13:00:04.039-04:00Back in the days before texting, but after the ech...Back in the days before texting, but after the echoes of the dinosaurs had faded, I used instant messengers a lot. At one point, I found it easier to talk to a friend on ICQ who was in the same computer lab... to the amusement of both of us. (To be fair, the conversation was heavily link-laden and code-laden, as we were tackling a project together.)<br /><br />One day, I realized I had just spent half an hour on a conversation that would have taken 5 minutes if I'd just called. Certainly, it was much less obtrusive and I could get more done - but when I'm just playing on the computer <i>because</i> I'm also talking to someone, it's a waste of time. <br /><br />Unlike money, or health, when time is gone, you can't get any more. So I closed down the instant messengers, and went outside to do things that needed doing. Since then, I call, I email, or I visit, and very rarely I send a short piece of information to a recipient in a noisy place via text - but conversations are pretty much right out. <br /><br />I'll never get those hours back - but I'll go on and make more of what time I have left. I don't know how to explain the shortness of life to kids who've never buried anyone and think a year is forever, but I know that taking the cell phone away until they can learn self-restraint is a good start to teaching wisdom and judgment.On a Wing and a Whimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-74065917808146427992012-04-27T20:00:12.162-04:002012-04-27T20:00:12.162-04:00Me too, thanks, Sweet Lady.Me too, thanks, Sweet Lady.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-43976812426030142582012-04-27T19:59:50.048-04:002012-04-27T19:59:50.048-04:00Very true, Becky. Thanks, and it's nice to see...Very true, Becky. Thanks, and it's nice to see you again...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-7554136155870435802012-04-27T09:04:30.310-04:002012-04-27T09:04:30.310-04:00The standard comment, she can have a cell phone wh...The standard comment, she can have a cell phone when she can pay for it. Same goes for a car when she's 16.<br /><br />Personally can't relate, because I hate telephones.Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05303378310653171627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-72831337846456525172012-04-26T21:14:15.768-04:002012-04-26T21:14:15.768-04:00Parents are lazy these days. They don't take p...Parents are lazy these days. They don't take parenting seriously. They take the easy way out far too often which is what is wrong with children today.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-29707391960939263112012-04-26T20:15:51.423-04:002012-04-26T20:15:51.423-04:00Good advice, my friend. Thank you.Good advice, my friend. Thank you.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-6390542380899130472012-04-26T20:15:15.845-04:002012-04-26T20:15:15.845-04:00Good for you, Sweet Lady. Thank you very much...Good for you, Sweet Lady. Thank you very much...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-51353032544846396032012-04-26T20:14:09.164-04:002012-04-26T20:14:09.164-04:00That get off their butts is the key, Sandy. When I...That get off their butts is the key, Sandy. When I get behind a vehicle on the road and it's traveling ten miles below the speed limit...it's a kid texting. Ticks me off. Thanks, Sweet Sandy.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-74286928863085040412012-04-26T20:12:47.827-04:002012-04-26T20:12:47.827-04:00Seems simple enough, doesn't it. Thanks, my ni...Seems simple enough, doesn't it. Thanks, my nice friend.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-75586583903891670822012-04-26T20:12:18.720-04:002012-04-26T20:12:18.720-04:00Seems as if no is a hard word for parents in this ...Seems as if no is a hard word for parents in this day and age. Thanks, my friend.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-25316544189032909552012-04-26T20:07:09.428-04:002012-04-26T20:07:09.428-04:00Shame the phone booths went the way of party lines...Shame the phone booths went the way of party lines...grid down indeed. Thanks, my good friend.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-14506148596207702722012-04-26T20:06:20.055-04:002012-04-26T20:06:20.055-04:00It's a shame about your nieces..makes one wond...It's a shame about your nieces..makes one wonder how they'd do if the towers went down. Thanks, my friend.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-24217369212380027702012-04-26T20:05:08.735-04:002012-04-26T20:05:08.735-04:00Thanks, Lovely Phelan, I very much agree.Thanks, Lovely Phelan, I very much agree.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-1096321127715209322012-04-26T20:04:21.055-04:002012-04-26T20:04:21.055-04:00Very sound advice, North. Thanks.Very sound advice, North. Thanks.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-30082469167245307422012-04-26T20:03:43.083-04:002012-04-26T20:03:43.083-04:00Like you, my friend, I've raised a nice son. H...Like you, my friend, I've raised a nice son. He's thirty-three now and I'm darn proud of him...he never owned a cell phone until he was in college. I never gave a flip what other parents thought, we did our way and it worked. Thanks.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-66906536090768863402012-04-26T20:01:47.637-04:002012-04-26T20:01:47.637-04:00Very true, Bubba. Thanks.Very true, Bubba. Thanks.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-24788990624419973782012-04-26T20:01:17.184-04:002012-04-26T20:01:17.184-04:00Thanks for the comment, Mamma Bear.Thanks for the comment, Mamma Bear.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-79332034586761423052012-04-26T20:00:38.705-04:002012-04-26T20:00:38.705-04:00True...thanks, mmasse.True...thanks, mmasse.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-74393524667820364712012-04-26T18:23:55.220-04:002012-04-26T18:23:55.220-04:00Yes, it can be taken away, but it's probably b...Yes, it can be taken away, but it's probably better to teach a lesson on restraint and make it a learning experience. I have two nieces, one is older and one is 11. With that much texting, some (if not a lot) is happening while the parents are there. When we are together at family functions and the girls' phones come out for a text, they get chastised greatly. They have learned there is an appropriate time for talking to friends and also a time to ignore the phone.45erhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397455410329074837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-17398832878685108032012-04-26T17:46:35.363-04:002012-04-26T17:46:35.363-04:00I tell my 13 year old she can have a phone with wh...I tell my 13 year old she can have a phone with whatever bells & whistles she wants...when she can afford it. I'm not buying her a phone. Period.A Kitchen Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499677202757746756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-59371887056521418622012-04-26T17:39:03.994-04:002012-04-26T17:39:03.994-04:00I just don't get what is so important that you...I just don't get what is so important that you have to text all the time. I do understand having a phone for emergencies or getting a hold of your parents when you have a problem. Every where I turn, when I go into town you see a person on a cell phone or texting. I say our kids need to get a life. Get off their butts and get outside and do something like we did in the old days. Now what would these kids do if cell phone towers no longer worked? They would be lost because they can't socialize in person. I say take the phone away. If the young lady wants a cell phone, she needs to pay for it, and work for it.Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507051756134115711.post-86694395992976848082012-04-26T17:21:59.677-04:002012-04-26T17:21:59.677-04:00I am a huge texter, but good grief, not that much....I am a huge texter, but good grief, not that much. I am not sure the dilemma though. She is a child, so just take the phone.agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.com