# Lets get out more... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460 "2004-03-10T08:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dio\_e\_morto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@dio\_e\_morto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dio_e_morto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/1 "2004-03-10T08:27:57Z")
How many hours/day do you spend in front of your PC? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/2 "2004-03-10T11:32:21Z")
Too many. I don’t want to work out how many because then I’ll actually _know_ I’m computer-obsessed. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/3 "2004-03-10T11:49:08Z")
8-9, due to my job working on it. at home, very little, due to the fact i’ve just spent 8-9 hours at work on a Mac, the last thing I want to do is sit at home looking at a Mac. No interweb at home either, which helps. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/4 "2004-03-10T14:59:38Z")
at the very least 7 hrs a day. (again due to work) chances are i’ll be in front of a pc or console for another 2 or 3 in the evening too. Unless i go to the pub obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/5 "2004-03-10T15:19:39Z")
09:00 - 18:00 with an hour off for lunch. It’s the job. My home PC died and I decided not to fix it (it was two years old and therefore obsolete anyway). So no home PC, I was spending way too much time playing Quake/UT. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/6 "2004-03-10T15:54:14Z")
Way too much - Depending on what I’m working on, I spend about 9-14 hours in front of my home PC (I work out of my home as a freelance writer). When possible, I edit my projects in a coffee shop or at the park - anything to get out of my office for a couple of hours! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/7 "2004-03-10T16:02:05Z")
M-F: 7-8/day at work 1-3/day at home Weekends: 2-3/day at home (if there’s not a particular game I’m addicted to at the moment) 14-18/day at home (if there _is_ a particular game I’m addicted to at the moment, or if my wife is away on business) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-out-more/233460/8 "2004-03-10T16:10:26Z")
At work: 7 to 8 hours a day. At home: 4 to 6 hours a night. Weekends, about 8 to 10 hours. Having a full-time DSL connection tends to do this. I’m usually in front of the computer when I do other things like watching TV or eating dinner, even if I am not actually doing anything on the computer at that time. I have no social life whatsoever.