OK, what with the extension having started and all, we have recently had to go without the internet for a few weeks. Finally got a connection back up last night, and let me tell you there was an audible sigh of relief from eldest kid and parents alike when the little router light came on.
Now, you could say that what with the internet becoming part of our everyday life more and more, it is inevitable that it plays a crucial part in keeping up with people and sorting out utility bills, food shopping, etc., but I'm not sure I buy this. We made do before the internet didn't we? Mobile phones were a bit more expensive then, but we coped? And, let's face it, we're only talking about using the internet for rather straightforward things here, nothing like MMPPORGs or Facebook nonsense. So do we just get addicted to things by force of human nature, whatever they are, if we use them for long enough? Smoking, drugs, bonking (saw David Duchovney's out of the clinic today for his 'addiction'), phoning, emailing, borrowing, spending, going on the net, are they all the same? On some level, I think they are, you just have to be alive to not starting doing bad stuff and hoping they don't outlaw the good stuff.
Anyway, as a result I do now have some sympathy for smokers who can't light up in pubs anymore...and I never thought I'd say that!
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