“That’s better. Thanks.
Have a great day.”
You, too. Thanks. And please UNPLUG if you haven’t done so. For all our sakes, find another means of “escape.”
What do you mean by unplugged? Going off the grid? Getting rid of modern appliances and conveniences? Unplugged like having no A/C in the house so I can survive the miserable hot and humid summers in Florida? Or unplugging my cell phone so my wife and I find it more difficult to find each other during the day if we need help or have an accident?
Or is unplugging like getting rid of my internet connection so I can't check the local weather report for rain on an hourly basis like I need to sometimes or so I can't use to send emails to my doctor at the VA or order things online instead of having to drive 40 miles to the big city to waste time "shopping all day or be able to catch up on the news on Free Republic or watch streaming entertainments programs? I don't do any social media at all except Free Republic. No Facebook, no Twitter, no whatever the others are called.
So exactly what kind of "unplugged" are you talking about?
Escape? Sir or madam (I don't know which and one never knows nowadays anyway, so don't take offense), at 70 years old, after walking briskly with my dog for exercise every morning for 45 minutes, after doing some yoga and Bowflex strength training 5 days a week afterwards, after working physically demanding work outside on my cattle farm for 8-10 hours a day every day, one does not "escape" by watching a little TV.
One "collapses" instead. So tired, sore and stiff, that any other activity that requires "moving" is painful to even think about. I watch some TV if I can find anything interesting, read the news on the Drudge Report and read as many threads as I can on Free Republic. By then if I don't get moving again to go to bed, I might never make it.
So then it's to bed and read a book to put me to sleep. I read about three books a month just at bedtime.
Then it's up and at 'em again the next day, doing the same thing as the day before, one day seemingly running into the next, all being the same. No weekdays or weekends, except maybe for Sunday morning church. Otherwise retirement is not all it's cut out to be. All days are the same and you never get a day off. :-)
So again not sure what kind of other "escape" you speak of but watching a little TV in the evening is not much of an "escape" given everything else I have going on during my days on the cattle farm. Like I said, it's more of a mini-rehab until I can get my body moving again to make it to the bedroom.
Thanks for saving the world as we know it from ourselves. I don't have the energy left to join your crusade to "unplug" and "escape" to some other pastime.
Good luck with your efforts though.