[pct-l] Technology on the Trail

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

Thanks, Chuck. I appreciate the applause, and return the 
gesture to you and many others on this list. Technology 
_can_ be a bridge between like minds.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuckie V" <rubberchuckie@yahoo.com>
To: "PCT-List" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:20 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Technology on the Trail


> Blisterfree; you have become my favorite poster/postie of 
> messages on this board! Certain messages are deleted 
> before glanced at, but yours are a treasure. (Seriously). 
> I'd written virtually the same posting and was just about 
> to send it when I read yours. I guess this makes me an 
> egotist, but it's nice to know that others feel the same 
> way about these sorts of things. Of course, detaching 
> yourself from your fellow humanoids is often the point in 
> wilderness excursions.
>
> I usually find that people who can't stand being alone are 
> generally the worst company.
>
> -Chuckie
>
>
> I maintain that the popularity and widespread public use 
> of cell phones has little to do with any practical need, 
> but has instead come in direct proportion to our 
> increasing alienation from, and lack of connection with, 
> our fellow humanoids. And with that, a disconnection from 
> ourselves. More and more, people fear being alone, and are 
> afraid to have a good-old-fashioned dialog with 
> themselves. Further, we've lost the ability to entertain 
> ourselves by daydreaming (probably because childhood is 
> such a rushed affair these days). So we fortress ourselves 
> with a small
> circle of likeminded refugees, keep each other on speed 
> dial, and slog through the day lost in the perceived 
> security of a virtual reality.
>
> Cell phones have become the glue that holds the great 
> American social life intact. If accidentally ingested, 
> seek medical help at once.
>
> - blisterfree
>
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