I don’t have E-mail or Internet access at home, from choice. I have all that stuff here at work, but at home I like to be unplugged. I was sitting around reading yesterday and thought, “Boy, it’s a good thing I’m not online, or I’d probably have spent the whole damn day on the SDMB.”
I know sooner or later—when my computer dies and I have to upgrade—I will get all the bells and whistles. In 20 years, it will be like not having a phone. But right now I’m happy just having access at the office.
nope. My house bruned down last week, so the only time I am online is when I am at work. But I am sure I would be on SDMB at night if I had my competer back.
You’re not the only one…I only had a computer when I was in school, and now keep it simple at home (I recently got rid of TV and am discovering these things called “books”…) I have a pretty cool boss so I can surf some at work, and get personal e-mail here.
Although I’ve heard rumors of that surveillance software coming on board…my days here are numbered
I do have a computer at home but I rarely do much more online than check my email with it. I figure I spend so much time online here at work that I don’t need to do so at home. Besides, I’m spoiled here with a T1 line and the connection at home is so morbidly slow (compared to this) that I give up waiting anyway.
I also consider time online “work” and I would rather keep work and home/play separate.
Count me among the Luddites. I don’t have a home computer, so I can only post from work (which is probably a good thing, considering how addicitve this board can be). Getting a computer has been a “one of these days” thing for years now. There are times that it would be nice to have one at home, but I haven’t had a real reason to take the plunge yet. I sit in front of one all day at work and by the time 5:00 rolls around, I’ve had my fill. Besides, I wouldn’t be much fun at home if I had one:
Mrs denbo: “Aren’t you coming to bed?”
denbo: “Not yet. I’ve almost got this Excel visual basic procedure working for the customer database. Just another hour or so…”
I have no access at home, also by choice. I am blessed to work in a surveillance-free environment, and it is likely to stay that way. I find that nothing wastes my time as much as internet at home.
Count me amongst the “no-home-interneters.” I have a computer but it’s too old and slow for me to want to waste the money on internet access. Plus, judging from the amount of time I spend here when I’m supposed to be working it’s scary to think how little I would do at home if I was on line.
No access at home and it is not by choice.
I risk life and limb (O.K., I risk only my livelihood) every time I read, much less post, to the SDMB. Yet here I am, posting my little heart out.
I want access at home so that I can have a reason to ignore my husband and children. Now when I ignore them, it just seems mean.
I think I’ll start a fund-raising drive. The Help Pink Slinky Ignore Her Family Fund, or HP-SHFF.
Send in your donations now and I’ll e-mail you my unemployment slips!
I, too, have no computer at home, by choice. There have been times I’ve been tempted to get one, but I have a big enough ass as it is.
There are times I wish I could participate in chat at night, though, as some members have told some pretty hilarious stories. But as others have pointed out, it’s too addicting, and I probably wouldn’t have any other interests anymore.
Ive got an identical set-up at home as the one Im now using(at work, shhh!). (the company paid for it and the DSN line). I don’t use it though. I had an experience where I was on a board till two am and I get up at 5. So unless somebody calls me at home and tells me they’ve sent me something important, I don’t turn it on.
