tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post7707383442499182066..comments2023-10-16T12:34:28.444+01:00Comments on Chronicle of a Croydon Boy: A Question: Could You Live Without ...?PhilipHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-80795961207918427692009-11-08T21:00:20.242+00:002009-11-08T21:00:20.242+00:00I actually do not own a TV currently nor miss it a...I actually do not own a TV currently nor miss it as I rarely watched it. I jsut got a cell phone a few years back but would be glad to lose it. I also don't own a microwave--no prob there. Now, the aeroplane--most of the time i would not miss that either as I rarely get to fly and there would always be boats. BUT the internet--no way. I ahve to ahve that! :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712046924863763290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-86952699644356997732009-11-02T21:52:02.556+00:002009-11-02T21:52:02.556+00:00I hope your wife makes a swift recovery. God bless...I hope your wife makes a swift recovery. God blessCliff Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929876975838342227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-24956708832703814002009-11-02T20:55:06.226+00:002009-11-02T20:55:06.226+00:00Oh definitely the microwave oven. I never did get...Oh definitely the microwave oven. I never did get the hang of it, really! It takes up space in a handy little corner of my kitchen that I used to use for yesterday's newspapers. The appliance I would least like to get rid of is my washing machine. I'd rather have a radio than a T.V. and I couldn't live without books. Great post, thanks.<br />Blessings, StarStella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-49109349038970956972009-11-01T20:56:59.448+00:002009-11-01T20:56:59.448+00:00Many thanks to all. Sorry I have been absent for a...Many thanks to all. Sorry I have been absent for a while but my wife has been in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for a few days and I just have not had the time to spare on the web recently.<br /><br />Also, I am in the process of switching my ISP from Tiscali to Plusnet and this expected to happen on 3rd November. Fingers crossed that I can get back on wireless broadband without too much kerfuffle.<brPhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-46440892065876592242009-10-29T13:54:51.445+00:002009-10-29T13:54:51.445+00:00I would keep them all, but would like to see the w...I would keep them all, but would like to see the world in general use them better.<br /><br />1. The motor car is an older invention than the aeroplane but still uses internal combustion as a means of propulsion. I grew up in the Black Country and when they put the M6 through its heart, they said it would solve the West Midlands traffic problems until the 21st century, it was bumper to bumper in Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-74181572193799274842009-10-28T19:01:49.958+00:002009-10-28T19:01:49.958+00:00Oh Philip, we've discussed mobile phones in th...Oh Philip, we've discussed mobile phones in the past, and that's my answer. That's the convenience I'd miss the least. <br /><br />Having said that? I like my technology, every single last bit of it. I like to watch movies, I like to watch TV. Heck, I watch DVDs while working out. I love my microwave and...<br /><br />Really, when you get right down to it? The thing I'd Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-90059615700259642532009-10-28T09:44:09.941+00:002009-10-28T09:44:09.941+00:00Well, the microwave can go. It's used once in ...Well, the microwave can go. It's used once in a blue moon and takes up more space than it deserves. <br /><br />The mobile phone has changed my work life which is site-based engineering. The ability to make instant contact with Clients / contractors etc. has saved me countless hours of frustration and driving around looking for phoneboxes! <br /><br />The Web is a powerful tool and now here Cliff Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929876975838342227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-81511381343930622322009-10-26T23:06:34.534+00:002009-10-26T23:06:34.534+00:00Your fog warning gave me the absolute willies Mr. ...Your fog warning gave me the absolute willies Mr. Phil!<br /><br />Willow-the-WispTess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-11004928091144794192009-10-26T21:06:25.250+00:002009-10-26T21:06:25.250+00:00Number 3, the car. I have never owned a car, I ha...Number 3, the car. I have never owned a car, I have never even driven a car. There are all kinds of ways to design good environmentally public transit -- trains, electric trolley buses (like we have in Vancouver), ferries over small bodies of water, etc., etc.<br /><br />In the 1950s all the street cars were taken out in favor of cars and gasoline buses. The result is pollution.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-55419754762658994492009-10-26T04:14:23.634+00:002009-10-26T04:14:23.634+00:00TV would be the first to go. I watch far too much ...TV would be the first to go. I watch far too much of it. I should read more books. Cell phones are helpful in emergency situations, but I've learned to pretty well ignore mine when I'm relaxing. And without the internet I wouldn't have a job... so let's not get rid of that just yet. I definitely couldn't live without airplanes. Otherwise, it would take me entirely too long to scarlethuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04261263598183741538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-75801970801186978992009-10-25T20:47:18.916+00:002009-10-25T20:47:18.916+00:00I only use my cell phone to let Dr. M know I'm...I only use my cell phone to let Dr. M know I'm on my way home from work - so he can have dinner ready :)<br /><br />I would LOVE to do without at least one of our cars, but sadly we both have to travel opposite directions (35 miles for each of us!) to work each day.<br /><br />I can definitely leave the TV behind - I like to watch baseball, but I don't HAVE to.The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-48670177813820071972009-10-25T20:28:54.361+00:002009-10-25T20:28:54.361+00:00They are all generally great inventions, and I for...They are all generally great inventions, and I for one would not stifle progress. It really is our relationship to these inventions that can either make our life easier or be the bane of our existence. <br /><br />However, I could do without #4, and #5. I would add answering machines to this list, or that annoying beep, beep, when someone phones while I'm already having a conversation ToBlog todayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215485087602615189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-45725720309549742052009-10-25T19:51:31.121+00:002009-10-25T19:51:31.121+00:00Lynn, you are perfectly correct!
I hark back to w...Lynn, you are perfectly correct!<br /><br />I hark back to when I was 7 or 8 and living in Hathaway Road Croydon. <br /><br />We had none of these things other than cars and aeroplanes. There was only ever ONE car in our road; a black Vauxhall, about 8 horse power I think.<br /><br />The aeroplanes were Nazi bombers, British Spitfires (hooray, come on my brave lads!!) and Tiger Moths!<br /><br PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-2211375403834782412009-10-25T19:19:27.002+00:002009-10-25T19:19:27.002+00:00After working in my garden and beeyard all afterno...After working in my garden and beeyard all afternoon, I'd like to weigh in with one more comment. <br /><br />We could live without ALL of those things. It would certainly be a different way of life, but generations before us survived.<br /><br />What we can't live without are clean air to breathe, fresh, unpolluted water to drink, wholesome fruits and vegetables and honeybees!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09613776576584120065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-76001991943555555302009-10-25T18:20:13.098+00:002009-10-25T18:20:13.098+00:00Our widescreen TV we left in the UK, we keep forge...Our widescreen TV we left in the UK, we keep forgetting that we have such a thing as a cell phone so it is always without charge, and living in a caravan most certainly highlights what we can't do without. And that is our computers, Internet, and books. we have surprised ourselves at how much of what we thought we needed we actually don't.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-71519185190754118372009-10-25T17:01:23.739+00:002009-10-25T17:01:23.739+00:00We just recently got rid of our microwave. Our bro...We just recently got rid of our microwave. Our broke down and both Linda and I discovered we had no desire to replace it.<br /><br />Since then, it's never been missed.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-79430381915462378122009-10-25T16:03:38.561+00:002009-10-25T16:03:38.561+00:00What a jolly nice response from you all.
It seems...What a jolly nice response from you all.<br /><br />It seems that the TV is something that most of us could live without and that the internet is something we would prefer to keep.<br /><br />Well, that's encouraging. I like certain types of TV, mainly comedy shows and some documentaries but on the whole I could certainly live quite happily (and more quietly) without them.<br /><br />Thanks PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-50582431918031843262009-10-25T13:44:20.236+00:002009-10-25T13:44:20.236+00:00The one thing on your list that I could easily do ...The one thing on your list that I could easily do without is the microwave oven. I only use it to reheat my coffee and tea. Easy peasey to give it up.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-17529616515092342102009-10-25T12:42:34.659+00:002009-10-25T12:42:34.659+00:00I'd surely miss my computer. I didn't have...I'd surely miss my computer. I didn't have a TV for over 20 years and though there's one in my living room now it's for viewing DVDs and movie tapes. I can still walk or ride a bike when my car refuses to run, I only have a cell for emergencies at my son's insistence (and on his payment plan), don't use the microwave and can't afford to fly! I agree with the Walking Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-29248003014921434222009-10-25T10:35:14.088+00:002009-10-25T10:35:14.088+00:00For me, TV could certainly go as it just sucks up ...For me, TV could certainly go as it just sucks up all free time if you let it. I can't drive a car so I tihnk I could lose the infernal combustion engine. I like my mobile phone though now I have one. Aeroplanes I can take or leave as I don't use them very much. I have to keep the internet though - how else would I have been able to meet and interact with such a host of creative, Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-5429508741936643502009-10-25T10:27:51.825+00:002009-10-25T10:27:51.825+00:00definately the tv! it stifles, no kills, conversat...definately the tv! it stifles, no kills, conversation!Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-42481623611186765832009-10-25T10:02:25.101+00:002009-10-25T10:02:25.101+00:00If I could reach back and change the past it would...If I could reach back and change the past it would definitely be #1...the first electrically powered vehicle should have been encouraged and developed.<br /><br />The rest *shrug* progress isn't bad just the way we slavishly addict ourselves to its output.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-42767569883196929702009-10-25T01:53:43.830+01:002009-10-25T01:53:43.830+01:00Starting Monday, driving while yacking on a handhe...Starting Monday, driving while yacking on a handheld cell phone will be illegal in Ontario. Thank God. But those who are addicted will probably never stop. It's only the addiction, most commonly with texting, that I have a concern with. Many can take or leave a cell phone but when you MUST have something then I think it's time to stop and think about why.Bee Magic Chronicles for Kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818365668819339658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-37730314515044298162009-10-24T23:28:26.673+01:002009-10-24T23:28:26.673+01:00I think I could do without #3 and #6, since I'...I think I could do without #3 and #6, since I'm not much of a traveler. <br /><br />The internet I use regularly. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here reading your blog. And there are so many interesting blogs to visit. I esp. enjoy the ones that show photos of where they live. I kind of feel like I'm on a mini-vacation sitting here in my easy chair. <br /><br />I like my cell phone, but, I Gigi Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092019687497845746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-75821905752851716102009-10-24T22:53:29.357+01:002009-10-24T22:53:29.357+01:00I hate to think I would be stranded without my tru...I hate to think I would be stranded without my trusty Toyota even though I am a homebody. Without the internet, I wouldn't have made friends worldwide via my blog, but the others I could do without. I very seldom use my cell, sorry I don't know how to text, ditto the microwave and I love a local bumper sticker that says "Kill the Television".Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09613776576584120065noreply@blogger.com