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Randy D

Do you prefer/enjoy having little or no internet access when you travel? (Personally, I love it!)

 

  The vacation from which my wife and I just returned today was preplanned for more than eight months, yet I did not announce here beforehand that I would be out of contact.



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Posted - February 29, 2020
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  • 44608
    Yeah...it was refreshing.
      February 29, 2020 8:45 PM MST
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  • 53509
    Hey, wait a second!  Grrrrrr. 

      February 29, 2020 10:20 PM MST
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  • 44608
    ?
      March 1, 2020 9:26 AM MST
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  • 53509

      I was joking around as if to say that you found my absence from AM to be a refreshing break.
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      March 1, 2020 9:29 AM MST
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  • 13277
    It is refreshing!
      April 16, 2020 4:14 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    I hope yall had a great time.

    When I travel I take a laptop along.  In the evenings I like to get online, like I'm doing now.  The days would mostly be pretty busy between doing and driving.  We did stop during a long cross country drive a few years ago at a motel which had no internet and we drove until we found another place.  So, sometimes it's important more than others.  I don't use a smartphone so the laptop is my away from home source.  At home I usually use my desktop.  I like it better than any other way to access the web. 
      February 29, 2020 9:39 PM MST
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  • 53509

      Do you ever depart the United States, or are you only referring to domestic travel?
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      February 29, 2020 10:21 PM MST
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  • 17596
    I have departed the USA many times and have never taken a computer with me.  The people I visit have computers as long as I've had a desire to get online while traveling.  Most of my travel other than Islands and Europe was done when I was younger and no need to have a computer.  I prefer road trips in the lower 48 and always take a computer.  When I fly domestically I take a computer.
      March 1, 2020 3:31 PM MST
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  • 7408
    My next vacation coming up I will have no access to the internet at all while there. I’m looking forward to that. 
      March 1, 2020 6:47 AM MST
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  • 53509

      That’s good to know; very useful information for me. (Cough, cough.)



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      April 18, 2020 1:14 AM MDT
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  • 7408
    This is depressing, I would have been just getting home today from that “upcoming” vacation.lol 
      April 18, 2020 5:36 AM MDT
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  • 53509

      Come visit your ol’ pal Randy instead. I promise you won’t be bored!




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      April 19, 2020 11:59 AM MDT
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  • 7408
    Yeah, that’s just as good as having Drinks with little umbrellas in them while laying around iLon the beach -_- 
      April 19, 2020 12:12 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      I’m glad you agree. Listen, you’re not allergic to an iron shackle on your ankle, are you?
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      April 19, 2020 12:14 PM MDT
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  • 7408
    What colour is an iron shackle? I don’t want it to clash with my vacation wear. 
      April 19, 2020 12:15 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      What a silly thought; you won’t have access to any of your clothing. Believe me, it’s so dark down in the dungeon I’ve prepared for you that

      Er, um, I meant to say that I’ll make sure that the colours flatter your outfit. (Cough, cough.)

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      April 19, 2020 12:19 PM MDT
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  • 34272
    I would not like it. I use internet daily for both work and personal. 
      March 1, 2020 7:04 AM MST
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  • 10052
    I don't mind at all. I am a bit nervous about an upcoming trip to the mountains where the cell service is limited or non-existent because how am I supposed to know where I'm going without Google Maps??


      March 1, 2020 7:28 AM MST
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  • 3719
    No decent printed maps available for the area you wish to visit?
      April 16, 2020 4:07 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I'm not adept at map-reading, but did already have some downloaded on my phone. I also received some in the visitor info I got via mail. 

    I had to postpone my trip, but hope to make it there in October. 
      April 17, 2020 8:30 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    I prefer to have internet access while I am away. I have gone without a couple of times when the internet was so bad, it may as well not have been there.. But I prefer to have it. However, when I am away I DO take a complete break from social sites like this. That to me is a real break 
      March 1, 2020 7:46 AM MST
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  • 3719
    I've enjoyed many holidays with no Internet, radio, music device or newspapers (I have no TV anyway) for up to three weeks. And my telephone, which is not an Internet device as far as I know, was switched off almost all of the time. 
      April 16, 2020 4:06 PM MDT
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