NO, I DON'T REALLY NEED IT. Just this morning, on the Today Show, some gentleman was telling Matt Lauer about the latest electronic gizmo's. ( Heh, Heh a little play on words ) I don't remember all the things he was talking about. Fancy phones that do a lot of things. Some of them even make phone calls. There were gadgets that you can play on the TV, and I don't know what all. My point here is, he said These are things YOU NEED. Wrong. I don't need them.Now, I have a cell phone. Sometimes I turn it on and make a call. I have several camera's, from a number of old 35 mm's to newer 35 mm's to a fancy digital camera. No added lenses, but still a nice camera. I want another camera, and I have one in mind I would like. I also want a Droid. I may get both of them next year, I may not. BUT I DON'T NEED THEM. I don't even need the ones I have. I lived very well with out ever having a cell phone. In fact, I live very well now without even turning on the one I have most of the time. I don't have a HD TV. I would like to have one, and probably will get one. But I Don't Need One. I don't even really need a TV. MLWFAE and I have friends that don't have TV's or if they have a tv to watch rented movies on, they don't have tv service. And they do just fine, thank you very much.
So, all these fancy things are very nice. And I use some of them, and will continue to take advantage of many of them. Like this computer that tells me when I misspell a word. Which is often. But, I don't need them. Oh! wait. maybe I need the computer. And how many of the other things I mentioned will eventually become needs. No! I resist. I will not succumb! I will not! I will not! I will not! I will not! I will not! And isn't that the way we are. We resist until we are wore down by the ads and the people telling us that we need these things. Well, I will succumb to some of the wants, but I still say, we do not need most of the things we are told we need. Food, shelter, clothing, those are needs. Transportation is necessary, but not as fancy as we are told we need. In this Thanksgiving time, there are so many in the world who have very little, or nothing, when most of us have so much, that I think we need, yes need, to contemplate on just what it is we actually need, and put it in perspective with the rest of the world. I wish for all, even all the world beyond those few who actually stoop to read this blog, a happy and satisfying Thanksgiving Day and a good Holiday season. And that's the Wish From The Ditch Bank
Grandpa wants a smart phone?!
ReplyDeleteThe world as I know it has just imploded . . .
Lacey, we are kind of gadget obsessed as a family. We get it from our parents!!!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to play with my new iTouch tomorrow!
Mmmmm....gadgets...
ReplyDeleteOk, I have a Mytouch phone and just don't get it. I don't like it and can hardly wait until I can exchange it for something else.
ReplyDeleteBut if I had a Kindle or other e-reader? I think I would be a happy woman indeed.
Mmmmm....gadgets... hey, wait a minute... hehehe I love my gadgets. I love my iPhone, too... it's fantastic!
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Sandra - the nook is so much better than the kindle...
ReplyDeleteI must be adopted or something, I have absolutely no interest in either a smart phone or an e-reader. :-)
ReplyDeleteTawnya- why? because I am talking to everyone I know that has an e-reader and getting opinions.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the phone? I miss having a real key board. I thought the touch screen would be easier with the arthritis, but I was wrong. And I like the phone a bit better since I had the guy at the store show me how to do a few more things.
Hum...if you don't like the touch screen, you probably wouldn't like the nook. It has a touch screen, which was on my list of pluses. Also, you can throw pdf's onto the nook easier, the color is better and you can share (loan) books to anyone else that has a nook. I also hear that, much like itunes, you can't do anything else with your books (save them anywhere else, etc) but B&N adopted a "you bought it, it's yours and do what you want with it" kind of thing instead. I like to encourage that, even if I won't ever put them anywhere else!
ReplyDeleteBottom line, though, is I played around with a nook in the store and my SIL's kindle and I just flat out preferred the nooks feel.
Now, there is may dilemma when it comes time for the Droid. touch Screen or keyboard. They have both.
ReplyDeleteWell, if my opinion counts, get the one with the keyboard. I think I would like mine if I had a keyboard.
ReplyDeleteAs for the touch screen, it probably won't be such a big deal on the Nook because it is bigger. I don't mind them when they are bigger, but my phone screen is so tiny that once I pull up the "keyboard" screen the letters are about the size of these in the comment box and it is really hard to text or look for anything that I have to type something in.
I vote for iPhone! I love mine... and as for the touch screen on it, very easy to use, very intuitive. Cindy had the same issue with the buttons as you, Sandra, until I told her to rotate the phone 90*. That re-orientates the screen, and makes the "keyboard" much larger...
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Ya, but it doesn't take the arthritis away and that is my main problem :(
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