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Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
 
Not just right now. Nah - how did you spend your free time before you had internet access? What would you do if you disconnected?

OK, I wasn't building a better mousetrap or anything. I was probably watching too much TV. Now that I don't have cable, I'd probably read if I disconnected.
 

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Posted by DrakeB3003 on :
 
Since I watch TV while I'm online, that wouldn't change (I'd just be lying down instead of sitting and typing). I'd probably be reading some comics that I still haven't gotten around to reading (there's always something), or whatever book I'm in the middle of, or I might be drawing.
 

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Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
 
I'm frequently (although not right now) online and watching TV - particulary easy (& comfortable) with a laptop (*sob*!). But even this desktop is set where I can see the TV.
 

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Posted by Stu on :
 
I think I slept more before I had internet access at home. I have a tendency to stay up later because I'm online. If I didn't have internet access, I'm not sure I would be staying up late to the same extent reading or doing something else; I'd probably just go to bed.

As for the non-late night internet time, I'd probably spend it reading more, both comics and otherwise.
 

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Posted by Fat Cramer on :
 
I don't have TV. I used to read, read, read, read, read.

Play the piano (poorly).

Weed the garden (that difference shows!).

Long walks in forest and on beaches.

Read, read, read, read.

I spend a lot more time on-line now with this board. Quite honestly, probably more than is good for my brain, if you believe in internet addiction. But it's okay, I can stop anytime. Really. I'll stop ...uh...tomorrow. No, next week. Probably after Labor Day, that would make sense. Uh....does anyone have the number of the Betty Ford Clinic?
 

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Posted by MLLASH on :
 
Lessee... before my 'net access I know I used to party a LOT more! *ugggh!*

The internet may have saved me from an early demise!
 

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Posted by Sonnie Boy on :
 
before I had the net at home my front room was my painting studio (I've moved all that to a proper studio now) so I'd be trying to be artist.... or watching television.... or buying shoes and CDs most probably.
 

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Posted by Danny Blaine on :
 
cruising...
 

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Posted by Sonnie Boy on :
 
you like the sea then? or are you like me and prefer Sea men?

*ahem*
 

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Posted by MLLASH on :
 
I know some sea shantys I can sing you to sleep with, Sonnie...
 

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Posted by Poverty Lad on :
 
"Yo, Ho, blow the men... down!"
 

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Posted by Lightning Lad on :
 
I'd probably be reading more tech manuals for work. I haven't done much leisure reading, beyond my comics, in over a year. Every spare moment is reading some new software or XML book or something.

I'd also get pack into painting ceramics and the lead-free lead figures you play DnD with. Maybe I'd catch up on my TV shows or DVD's too.

But I'd would most likely just end up spending the time with Caroline. We don't get much time alone now because of her parents and my responsibilites at work.
 

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Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
 
I'd be listening to CDs on my CD player instead of at the computer. I'd be catching up on my reading, too.
 

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Posted by Estimate Lad on :
 
Err...working.
 

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Posted by Poverty Lad on :
 
Paying for my porn...
 

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Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
 
As for TV, I just don't watch it much anymore. I watch it less now since my roommate bailed and took her VCRs with her, thus derailing the cable hookups.

I'm probably better off.
 

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Posted by Giant Robotic Lesbian on :
 
Subjugating the people of Earth in an effort to find nubile young women for my cyber-harem.
 

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Posted by Danny Blaine on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Giant Robotic Lesbian:
Subjugating the people of Earth in an effort to find nubile young women for my cyber-harem.

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Oh... Well then... I thought you were doing that anyway...
 

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Posted by Duplicate Man on :
 
Mostly, poking my nose into more books, though I'd probably watch more TV too.
 

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Posted by matlock on :
 
Since we can't connect at home I've been reading more and sometimes simply going to bed at a decent hour. Sometimes I put in a movie, since my wife and daughter go to bed earlier than I do.
 

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Posted by Danny Blaine on :
 
Id probably work more...
 

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Posted by icefire on :
 
Something Naughty but only if Danny Blaine would come over. Otherwise sleeping!!!!
 

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Posted by Danny Blaine on :
 
Tease...
 

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Posted by icefire on :
 
Its an offer!!!
 

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Posted by Danny Blaine on :
 
Well, I'll be right down....
 

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Posted by Duplicate Man on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Danny Blaine:
Id probably work more...

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