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Is Web-surfing Driving You to Distraction?
EDITTECH INTERNATIONAL ^ | 8/15/03

Posted on 08/18/2003 11:11:10 AM PDT by leadpencil1

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How long do you figure you "surf". I figure maybe 18 - 20 hrs per week in total for me.
1 posted on 08/18/2003 11:11:10 AM PDT by leadpencil1
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Hmmmm... Probably at least two hours a day. More or less depending on how boring/demanding work is.
2 posted on 08/18/2003 11:12:29 AM PDT by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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I surf until I feel like I'm flying down a long tunnel and see a bright light and hear long-departed relatives calling to me, then I log off. It's worked so far.
3 posted on 08/18/2003 11:13:36 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Official New Mexican Disruptor of the Lone Star Chat Thread)
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All Freep and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All Freep and no play mskes Jack a dull boye
All FrEep and np plll mzkes Jack a dull boy
Akk Freep snd np plly mlkes JJck q dyll boy
4 posted on 08/18/2003 11:17:32 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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Oh good-grief - another class of victims........I can see the sharks circling.

I spend a minimum of 8 hours a day online - surfing is necessary for research.
5 posted on 08/18/2003 11:18:14 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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You seem to be FReep-deprived.
6 posted on 08/18/2003 11:19:29 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Official New Mexican Disruptor of the Lone Star Chat Thread)
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A new reason for applying for disability payments and eventualy SSI.
LOL
7 posted on 08/18/2003 11:19:41 AM PDT by Crusader21stCentury
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Also helps me uderstand why I have "lost" 3 jobs in the last 5 years. Its the internet's fault!
8 posted on 08/18/2003 11:21:26 AM PDT by leadpencil1
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You seem to be FReep-deprived.

I just got back from a week at the beach yesterday. The computer stayed home.

9 posted on 08/18/2003 11:23:21 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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I surf a lot. I even put the program ENUFF on my work computer and set it up with a sign on that limited me to 30 minutes internet usage every 4 hours. However I'm still tempted to sign on as administrator instead of using the program.
10 posted on 08/18/2003 11:23:30 AM PDT by DannyTN (Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
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Look out, this might be a new legal defense condition beyond one's control. Laugh if you will, this is how they all start.

They'll soon say it's an illness or an addiction and the person is not to blame. After all, being bored to death and turning to outside stimuli gets a lot of people in trouble.
11 posted on 08/18/2003 11:24:01 AM PDT by Thisiswhoweare
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hmmm must be something wrong with my browser as it has FR permenently on my screen...cant surf
12 posted on 08/18/2003 11:24:17 AM PDT by boxerblues (God Bless the 101st, stay safe, stay alert and watch your backs)
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I just wanna be "in the know" and this is by far the best site for that. I do spend too much on-line though. My puter is one of my most valued things. So I guess I should take the blue pill now.
13 posted on 08/18/2003 11:26:13 AM PDT by meanie monster (hooked on phonics werked for me.)
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Too much FReeping can lead to blindness...until the liberal point of view disappears entirely.
14 posted on 08/18/2003 11:26:24 AM PDT by NetValue (They are not Americans, they're democrats.)
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All Freep and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All Freep and no play mskes Jack a dull boye
All FrEep and np plll mzkes Jack a dull boy
Akk Freep snd np plly mlkes JJck q dyll boy

Now I understand what drew me to this thread.

15 posted on 08/18/2003 11:26:30 AM PDT by Redcloak (All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
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"Too much FReeping can lead to blindness"

Ain't going there~!
16 posted on 08/18/2003 11:28:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Constitution Day
I figured it was either a vacation or that bench warrant. :)
17 posted on 08/18/2003 11:29:48 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Official New Mexican Disruptor of the Lone Star Chat Thread)
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To: leadpencil1
Guess that makes my tagline pretty contraversial, huh?
18 posted on 08/18/2003 11:31:22 AM PDT by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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I used to pick up Depression and Anxiety at the newsstand. You oughta see the centerfolds.
19 posted on 08/18/2003 11:32:54 AM PDT by Hank Rearden (Dick Gephardt. Before he dicks you.)
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Is Web-surfing Driving You to Distraction?

What?

20 posted on 08/18/2003 11:33:05 AM PDT by Fury
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