Personally I like to use the Internet but I don't want to be ruled by it. I like chit chatting on this forum for example when but I can spend the better part of the day happily without Internet access. I prefer shops to Internet shopping but I have the choice, not everyone does.
I do most of my banking online these days and nothing beats google if you need to know something
BUT it has to work round me. I don't own a personal PC or laptop. Anything I need online after the end of the working day or over the weekend has to be done on my phone.
When is it addiction and when is it a godsend though? I can't go shopping like I used to because of arthur so the internet helps tremendously. I can see clothes in the shop but the postie can bring them to my door. Similar with my grocery shopping. I can narrow down things I want to buy using the internet and then just visit the one shop. According to regulations my ankle does not entitle me to a disabled badge so I have to choose where I can park to be able to walk to a shop.
It's an addiction when the person goes into 'meltdown', like my friend's son (who spends hours a day playing computer games.) Agitated wasn't the word for it!
And I agree that it is a Godsend for things like online shopping, which I do regularly, because I prefer not to battle through busy shops if possible. Even when I do 'hit' the High Street, I know exactly what I'm going to buy and if I can't find it I don't bother traipsing round dozens of stores. With clothes I know immediately if it's 'me,' but the convenience of trying it on at home is preferable to faddling about in a small changing room. I don't order my week's shopping online (although we always did when I was married) as I'm quite happy to go to the supermarket - but it's usually a Sainsbury Express as I don't buy that much for just one person. It was a bit of a battle going shopping pre-op, and just afterwards, but it's no problem now - thank goodness. I wasn't even entitled to Blue Badge pre-op and I could hardly walk further than a few years before the pain kicked in. Flipping red tape!
The good outweighs the bad for sure, life is easier with it especially if you are dehabiliated for whatever reason. And for those annoying little things you know you will find in a shop - eventually!
I would shoot myself if I didn't have the internet! It is the only distraction I have apart from the TV. I don't have anyone to talk to most of the time - the boys aren't available and his nibs is either not up yet or working, and I don't have any friends! I can't just go wander round the shops or go to the bank so all that is done online. I can't write more than a few words (mind you I can't type much either!) so I don't write letters. I can't hold a book or a Kindle. I can manage to click links and mooch about the net though, at least for a few minutes at a time. Please don't take my internet away!
Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Nov 15, 2015 9:13:41 GMT
It's a shame EB that your accident has led to your isolation- since my arthur has worsened, which isn't anything like what you go through, I have an understanding of how tough it can be.
I saw this article in the telegraph. Can our jewellery experts say what they think about the products please.
When is it addiction and when is it a godsend though? I can't go shopping like I used to because of arthur so the internet helps tremendously. I can see clothes in the shop but the postie can bring them to my door. Similar with my grocery shopping. I can narrow down things I want to buy using the internet and then just visit the one shop. According to regulations my ankle does not entitle me to a disabled badge so I have to choose where I can park to be able to walk to a shop.
It's an addiction when the person goes into 'meltdown', like my friend's son (who spends hours a day playing computer games.) Agitated wasn't the word for it!
And I agree that it is a Godsend for things like online shopping, which I do regularly, because I prefer not to battle through busy shops if possible. Even when I do 'hit' the High Street, I know exactly what I'm going to buy and if I can't find it I don't bother traipsing round dozens of stores. With clothes I know immediately if it's 'me,' but the convenience of trying it on at home is preferable to faddling about in a small changing room. I don't order my week's shopping online (although we always did when I was married) as I'm quite happy to go to the supermarket - but it's usually a Sainsbury Express as I don't buy that much for just one person. It was a bit of a battle going shopping pre-op, and just afterwards, but it's no problem now - thank goodness. I wasn't even entitled to Blue Badge pre-op and I could hardly walk further than a few years before the pain kicked in. Flipping red tape!
Small changing rooms, what are they about. At swimming you are asked to change in something the size of a telephone kiosk!
Back on topic, Steve Allen this morning on the radio was talking about the 15yo in Blackburn, had his parents ever checked his history to see what he was accessing or doing?
I'm not sure but I think it is linked into the Talk Talk hack as the police previously arrested someone in Ireland? Anyway does Steve Allen realise that you can delete your history by hour, day etc or set it never to remember history? Does he.not realise that kids also know how to do this?