Tuesday 4

 The Internet Age

 Welcome weather weary friends to another episode of Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we challenge you to answer 4 questions on different subjects each week.  A big THANK YOU to Annie who is our hostess with the mostess.

Maybe we could talk about the internet this week?  

1. When did the home internet age enter your life? How much impact has it had?

After I retired in 1996 I purchased my first home desktop computer.  When I left the bank I told myself I never wanted to see another computer.  Ha!  Didn't take long for me to change my mind.  Of course a computer for play is lots better than one for work.

2. How powerful an influence if your phone?  For instance, do you feel guilty not answering when you are busy? Do you text back immediately? Does the phone own you? Do you friends feel they should be able to monopolize your time by demanding to know where you were when you didn't answer?  Is it intrusive or welcome?  Sometimes I hate my phone.  There is so many things I dislike about these cell phones.  Land lines were so much better, jmho, for one thing you could hear the thing ring no matter where you were in the house and on the porch too.  You never lost your landline and it never disturbed you when you were out and about.  The battery never went dead and you never had to look for your charging cord.  The only thing about mobile phones that I like is the feeling of security when I'm out by myself.  I guess that's worth all the other hassles, I'm still debating it.  AND I have a bad habit of never remembering to take it with me when I go somewhere else in the house...didn't have to worry about it with a landline.  just sayin'

3. What places do you frequent on the net and by phone or PC etc.?  (pc.. personal computer , laptop, etc.)  I do very little on my phone.  I do not keep or store any personal info.  I use my laptop to communicate with friends (facebook messenger) and to blog. I'm on facebook a lot because it's a great way to keep in touch with extended family and old friends.  I do have an email that I use frequently.  BTW by email address is mjkh1945@yahoo.com.  

4.   Wikipedia is editable and biased  because anyone can edit the articles. Algorithms also determine what you can and cannot find on the interest.     So, how much stock do you place in it's information? 

I confess I do go to Wikipedia for some things, not anything too important.  Some subjects they handle okay but for the most part I use my yahoo search field or Google and then select a webpage I think is reliable.  I don't think there's many out there that is trustworthy, I just do the best I can.   But that's life today, I have my Bible, which is my roadmap and heartmap and if you study it you'll find explanations for our current world events.

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Thanks again Annie!

Until Next Time