Care For A Slice Of Cold Turkey?
By Brian
@wolfie34 (26770)
United Kingdom
September 4, 2007 5:10am CST
I'm starting to sweat, I'm starting to get 'bored' and I'm starting to go a little crazy! Why? Because not having the internet at home is like having a dose of cold turkey! I hate being cut off from my friends and from being to surf the net and promote my little businesses etc.. No internet, I can't earn extra money for my impending move!
Ok at the time it was only 60 days without the internet but it's like having to fill the void where the internet was. Watching tv is ok but not for hours on end. Most of my plans for my big move are in place and I can't do much more now till the end of the month when things really start moving, the letters to the landlord etc, etc....
So have you ever done 'cold turkey' i.e not having the internet, or abstaining from bedroom duties (before marriage for example)
Cold turkey is not nice! But now it's 33 days and I especially look forward to Tuesdays when I grab quality time to catch up with my sites and everyone!
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12 responses
@mummymo (23706)
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4 Sep 07
Oh sweety that must be so hard for you! I know it can't be easy but the big countdown is moving on really quickly! I think my biggest cold turkey has been not being able to go to work for months on end now - I do know I will eventually get back to work but it is really hard meanwhile! xxx
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@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
8 Sep 07
Thank you my dear friend, I am using a lot of time in the gym and grabbing an hour here and there at the local library so I'm not completely isolated. With 29 days to go things will start speeding up rapidly and with my friends to support me it'll be well worth it ;0)
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
4 Sep 07
Well Wolfie, in a way I do know what your going through. Although I do have the internet. Its dial up and after having cable for years DIAL UP SUCKS!!! lopl. I cant play my favorite game, I cant go to youtube or make videos..about the only thing I can do is check emails and use my msn im. Sometimes if I'm lucky "Like today" I can come to mylot and post. But 90 percent of the time the stupid dial either crashes on me or its so slow i wait for half hour fo one page to load. So Yes I do know how you feel. But soon both of us will be back here and we can catch up with all of our friends. Hugs to my favorite Wolfie.
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@weemam (13372)
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4 Sep 07
Hiya pal , we are missing you , I am glad though that you are still determined to do it , just keep popping in and letting us know where you are and what you are doing , I visited Mo yesterday and we had a good laugh , I was shopping today and when I got to the biscuits and saw hob nobs guess who I was thinking about , take care my special friend , I am saving hugs up for you xxxx
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@jeanena (2198)
• Bucklin, Kansas
5 Sep 07
WB Wolfie you have been missed badly. My mom has been saying she hoped you were okay.Nana is her name on Mylot.
Yeah i have had to do the Cold Turkey on the internet before .It was miserable around my house while the net was down.Anyway welcome back.
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@texasclassygal (5305)
• United States
4 Sep 07
OMG!!! It is so wonderful to see you AGAIN, First tell me how the holiday at the Resort was ... did you enjoy it? I am sure you did. You have been really missed.
Dear friend, I hope to never experience going without the internet, I don't think I would handle it welll, as is, I have problems handling not being online when the electricity goes out from the storms we have been having here in Texas. I would be so climbing the walls for those days to come again.
So are you staying with your parents? Does your roommate know that you are not coming back yet?
Do tell, we have missed you so much!
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@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
4 Sep 07
The retreat was wonderful! Back in November! I am still at home with housemate and it's 'uncomfortable' but I've put up with him for 4 years now so another 33 days is nothing is it. The big reward for 33 days is my Rhodes trip, so it's like I'm doing 'time' and getting my parole early October lol! Will be returning to my parents until I get myself sorted xxx
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@texasclassygal (5305)
• United States
4 Sep 07
So did roomie get the internet turned off so you could not enjoy your online time?? I am so excited for you to be so close to being in your own place!
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@Naomi17 (624)
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4 Sep 07
Well i went cold turkey as my computer just went and had a wait of 7 days to get back online i found it so depressing so i can understand your frustration i have a lovely new one now mind you when i go on holiday i never access the internet i have a 2 week break!
Really nice to see you on here HUGS xxx
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
5 Sep 07
Sweetie I know what you are saying as the time must be dragging for you
I really do not know what I would do if I did not have this Computer I don't know if I would have survived the last 3 years since I have not been able to work
We do miss you on here it is strange not seeing you every Day
Hugs to you xx
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
8 Sep 07
That stinks—no internet at home- It would be a killer- I’m not on a lot- but when I want to be on- it’s there- How are things going for you? All ready for the BIG adventure-
I miss your discussions and your wit- I wish you still had your internet—hopefully when you get resettled—you’ll be back online- When I quit something- I take up something else- watching tv is ok- but like you said- not for long periods of time- gets boring! Go outside and walk- exercise- read-
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
4 Sep 07
Last year, before I joined Mylot, I had to go look after my Dad because he broke his arm. Even though I wasn't in Mylot I did belong to another site that requires daily visits. It wasn't too bad I guess, because I was away from home, but it was difficult filling in my time.
Since joining Mylot, I've had a six day period away from the computer and when I returned there was a huge gap in my Mylot experience, I had missed so much of the day to day aspect of my friends lives but I was able to catch up.
I'm on my computer for a good part of the day, it's become a way of life for me and if I'm not on I feel as though I'm missing out on a lot of things.
Don't worry Wolfie, just count the days and then all the excitement and hullabaloo about the move will have settled and you will get back to normal reallly quickly.
Just hang in there mate. :)
@yanjiaren (9031)
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4 Sep 07
Oh I hat being without internet..well I have been like a nun for six months without my hubby lol..so I have a lot of catching up to do when I land there where bedroom duties are concerned haahha keep the hubby happy lol..I can't live without internet as it is my full time job now..One more person just signed up this morning in our tree..one did yesterday..and I know a couple more are on the way lol!!
So no it is awful being without internet..I can't wait to get to the States because then I can devote my eight hours a day in helping my team mates get financially independent!1
Massive hugz mad ellie
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
5 Sep 07
It's always hard to quit anything cold turkey, wolfie. I know what you must be going through. My bit of advice isto start doing research about anything you've ever wanted to know more about. It helps to pass the time and you get an added bonus by increasing your knowledge! I often do this when I become bored.
