tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331107066082935156.post6088367441553650412..comments2023-08-07T08:05:13.940-04:00Comments on Reports from the Farm: Too Late....Natalyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14679714656258328028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331107066082935156.post-76854802226057137922007-05-18T12:48:00.000-04:002007-05-18T12:48:00.000-04:00I can't believe you do all this on your own! It s...I can't believe you do all this on your own! It sounds so overwhelming to me. But I know you love it, and perhaps the insanity is just part of loving something, like in any relationship, really. I hope you get your cell working. There's nothing worse than an essential item like that on the fritz.Wandering Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478039463695542535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331107066082935156.post-88263617224210300212007-05-18T09:41:00.000-04:002007-05-18T09:41:00.000-04:00Speaking of becoming too dependent on technology.....Speaking of becoming too dependent on technology....<BR/><BR/>For the edification of other readers..."Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."<BR/><BR/>I presume you're referring to "punching retry a hundred times..." The thing is, reception at the farm is variable. Sometimes I can initiate a call from the computer desk, sometimes I have to walk into the kitchen (or maybe the southwest corner of the kitchen, and hold the phone just so) and initiate the call, then I can walk it back into the room I couldn't make it from. So when I got the same "call failed--retry" result yesterday that I ususally do, I tried various times and places all over the farm before deciding that either something was wrong with the phone or with all those little invisible wave things in the air that make it work.<BR/><BR/>I belive THIS is the definition of "crazy-making": Doing the same thing over and over, and GETTING different results--every time."<BR/><BR/>This morning it seems not to be working again. I did all the things the clerk did--no hay this time--still not working.<BR/><BR/>OK, HP, what's THIS about?Natalyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679714656258328028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331107066082935156.post-62109784837620426512007-05-18T08:39:00.000-04:002007-05-18T08:39:00.000-04:00You did lots.... Really. And I just had to laugh ...You did lots.... Really. And I just had to laugh at the cell phone story. All of it... You *do* recall the definition of insanity, right? :D<BR/><BR/>I didn't write a comment the other day, but I understood your frustration at trying to do everything alone. I hope you don't pack it in, though - we (the world) need people who won't let the "old arts" die off. Too many people are becoming too dependant on technology - one of these days, something will break down, and people will be lost and unable to cope. We need people like you (and me, a little -grin-) to be there to teach us how to survive again.<BR/><BR/>BC hugs....Catladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067024033252878138noreply@blogger.com