I was upstairs for some reason and decided to check online and see if Walmart had my preferred ammo back in stock. Out of curiosity I went into the settings and checked our network. There were 7 devices connected. I immediately went downstairs to check this out. Surely the devices are just connected; they certainly aren't all in use.
In the living room I found a scene that would cause Norman Rockwell to turn over in his grave. Mrs. Grumpy is on our iPad, both step-sons are on their iPads, one daughter-in-law is on her iPad (yes, she and her husband have his and her iPads), the other daughter-in-law is on her iPhone, our grandson is on his new laptop and our granddaughter is on her new mini iPad. The TV is on but nobody is paying it any attention. Not a word is being said. Seven family members, all in one room, and not a word passing between any of them.
I saw no reason to interrupt the quiet so I retreated upstairs to watch football by myself. Better my own company than a room of people with their noses in an electronic device.
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I find in my house it is normally 3 devices per person.
One computer, one cell phone and one xBox (or gaming computer).
I have a Nook, so that makes up for my gaming device since I do not game.
Then if I get company their smart phones connect even if they do not use them.
Yeah. It's a circus.
That's funny, Grumpy. That's totally funny because the same thing happened at my house. I went on line to check a product on Amazon only to be told other devices are using my system. When I checked it's all these little people(kids)carrying around expensive devices. I wouldn't be surprised if down the road in the near future we find this sort of thing has caused a mutation of some kind. Some of us won't be able to speak but can grunt or point.
Too funny....we may be headed in that direction. But isn't it better to have that activity in your house where you know they're safe rather than trying to get their fix elsewhere?
They do get their fix elsewhere, in fact, everywhere. Nobody goes anywhere without a device.
When my granddaughter pulled her iPhone out at the restaurant on their last night in town I drew the line.
But how many were on YouPorn?
Okay....I'm catching up on my reading because it's been a busy week. Let me clarify...we were talking off and on. We weren't ignoring each other. But we can't talk the whole damn time. And this coming from the man who was on another floor ignoring us all?
Nobody was talking to anybody! I saw no point in staying in a room where everyone was engaged in their electronic device.
We were, too, talking. Occasionally. We must have. We managed to irritate Marc and Pam into leaving talking about Pinterest.
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