# Am I The ONLY One Who's "Off-Line" At Home? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844 "2000-07-17T14:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/1 "2000-07-17T14:33:48Z")
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. Anyone else, or am I the only Luddite here? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/2 "2000-07-17T14:36:54Z")
Luddite! 😃 Seriously, I’d love to have a job where they didn’t mind if I roamed the internet. As it is, I don’t work, so all my access is at home. ---
**Author:** ![wacky\_ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wacky\_ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wacky_ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/3 "2000-07-17T14:37:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/4 "2000-07-17T14:39:36Z")
I’m very anti-tech at home. Nothing more complicated than a VCR and an answering machine. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/5 "2000-07-17T14:56:54Z")
not the only one. not on line at home. Modem doesn’t work. live with electronic repair guy who fixes everybody else’s stuff… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/6 "2000-07-17T15:11:59Z")
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 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bucky)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/7 "2000-07-17T15:20:13Z")
Eve, I prefer the term “neo-Luddite” (implies that I use technology but still have some reservations). I am offline at home, which is why I have been something of a stranger here lately. P.S. I hope I never have a pager, and doubt I will ever have a cel phone. Bucky ---
**Author:** ![Spolvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spolvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spolvy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/8 "2000-07-17T15:25:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/9 "2000-07-17T15:37:02Z")
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…” ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/10 "2000-07-17T16:17:14Z")
Reporting in from another computerless home. I don’t own a computer, and don’t have any chance of affording one. (heck, I can’t even afford food most of the time) Don’t even miss it all that much 🙂 -Pandora ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/11 "2000-07-17T16:35:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pandora \* > \*\*(heck, I can’t even afford food most of the time) > > Don’t even miss it all that much 🙂 > > -Pandora \*\* Good Heavens, Pandora. I don’t think you’ll be able to go without for too long. I skipped breakfast and I miss it already. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/12 "2000-07-17T16:44:20Z")
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. MR ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/13 "2000-07-17T17:34:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by denbo \* > \*\* Good Heavens, Pandora. I don’t think you’ll be able to go without for too long. I skipped breakfast and I miss it already. 😉 \*\* [/QUOTE] my food budget is 45 dollars a month. I skip lots of meals. (on the plus side it has been an effective diet plan) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/14 "2000-07-17T17:39:22Z")
We talk about you _all_ weekend, Eve. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/15 "2000-07-17T17:46:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/16 "2000-07-17T17:49:00Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/17 "2000-07-17T17:52:42Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-whos-off-line-at-home/25844/18 "2000-07-17T18:33:10Z")
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.