Can You Remember ?.

One main reason why so many people spend their free time texting /playing games and talking on their phones is because they are spending a fortune on contracts to get their free quota of minutes so they feel obliged to use the phones so much to get their monies worth.We have pay as you go which I normally have £10 topped up on mine so there is no way I can play games even if I wanted to.I keep getting friends and family requests to play Candy Crush Saga etc,but to tell the truth I haven't got the time as I am either out in the garden,over at the Lottie,or out walking with Mr Kandy and just enjoying life in General.Life's too short to be stuck on gadgets and that includes computers

 

Personally, I find that as rude to be honest ... and to say the least impersonal!

 

To be totally honest, I would not go out with my t'other half (whom I have been married to for 46 years and we go out at least three times a week to eat let alone our other 'ventures' to stores/garden centers/etc) if he sent me messages by text whilst we were out ... but then again, it would be difficult because I refuse to carry a mobile phone with me unless I am alone ...

 

Progress eh?

 

It's not all doom and gloom, there is nothing better than my parents reminiscing about old films or historical events and the kids bring up you tube clips or google search results on their phones to help bring the memory to life - a joy to watch memories shared!

 

Lots of parents aren't setting very good examples as I regularly see young children who appear desperate for attention being completely ignored by their mothers who are constantly tapping away on their phones.

 

Yep I think here lies the crux you have to socialise kids and let them explore their environment before introducing the tech "toys".

 

Remember it like it was yesterday! Actually, it was

Youngest son had his last evening with us yesterday before going back to Wales today and we had a lovely evening around the table, eating together. Even managed a cuppa round the table this morning before he left with his Dad at stupid o'clock

I have always had a house rule that there would be no mobile phones at the dining table - in the same way that I object to a TV in the dining room. That is where the family gather to eat, talk, discuss and (hopefully) laugh.

My children didn't have a TV in their rooms either (I'm just such a meanie! ) We would have to compromise on what we watched and which programme may be recorded for later. (Lesson in compromise and co-operation there).

To my mind, it is all about manners anyway. Now, say "manners" to some teens/young adults and they think that is old fashioned: so, say "respect" and they view it differently - yet, essentially they are the same thing.

Now, if I'm going back to my own childhood, we were not permitted to knock on a neighbours door at the weekend before 10am.

No one would telephone another after 8pm (or it signified an emergency/doom and gloom) nor would you telephone someone early in the day. Mind you, I think much of that had to do with "after 6pm cheap rate"

Yes, children played in the street (and had a good time!) but, they were not out until all hours and, if your parents were not keeping an eye on you, you could bet your life on it one of the other neighbours was minding your business and it would get back to your parents anyway

If a visitor arrived, the radio (or TV) was always turned off. That rarely seems to happen now either.

When new technology comes into daily life, it may come with a manual, but never with an "etiquette" attached - it should be common sense, but that's actually not so common

 

...... And you actually knocked on a door ........ We didn't txt or phone we was waiting outside!

 

Blimey!
Txt or phoning to say you are outside ... COSTS!!! A knock on the door is: free! No economic sense these youngsters

(Nor sense of devilment ... knock out Ginger is dead and buried )