So you're broke down on the side of the road, in a place most people would call the middle of nowhere without blushing. There's nobody around. There's nothing around.
The car's owner has called AAA for a tow, and you're sitting against a tree whittling and waiting for the tow truck.
Your companion is fiddling with his electronic belt gadget and complaining that the internet access here really sucks.
If this strikes you as an incongruous thing to say, you may be getting old.
Brr...
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I'm old enough to remember a time when a lot of people didn't have any kind of telephone and the internet wasn't even a gleam in someone's eye yet.
It's amazing there is any access at all in that situation.
There are places here in the middle of town where the cell phone reception drops off to zero often.
Of course it is a very small town... in Wyoming. Not enough people to support a lot of cell towers, for sure.
We like it that way. :)
The world of information at people's fingertips, and half of 'em use it for porn and text messages.
Yesterday I read up on the dish I'd ordered at the Indonesian restaurant while waiting for the food to come, read a little on the history of the Minangkabau people, and then looked up how to use a grout bag while still at the hardware store...
What a fascinating modern age we live in.
Hmm... I remember having to walk so many times when my car or truck broke down when I was younger. I'm not sure if that says anything about the reliability of my vehicles or my reluctance at asking for help. I do remember my dad looking at me with "that eye", knowing all of the abuse that I inflicted on said vehicles, and the likelihood that said abuse led to the early demise of same. He never did say "I told you so" and he did teach me to fix 'em. Sometimes lessons nowadays are too easy. I think they were better learned combined with a forced march.
But then, I wasn't in the middle of the desert, either.
I used to joke about putting a smart car in the back of my Suburban in case the PMD failed and then the spare blew chunks too. That way I could pull it out of the back, slip in on like a shoe and drive to the next town. A joke....see.... Weeeeeelllllllll.....
I just went to a dealer of Chinese motor scooters ib Chino out of curiosity the other day.
(dial up customers beware}
http://www.scooterdepot.us/ssr-110cc-pro-beginner-pit-bike-p-423.html
It fits in the back. It gets about 90 miles to the gallon.
It will actually do a 30mph cruise with my fat ass on it.
I figure a 30 mile ride in about an hour using my gps on my phone and the internet to find a parts store online is better than walking.
See I'm not only old enough to remember when there were no cell phones and internet but also when we all had rotary phones and only rich people had color TV. With that a 30 mile hike that could be a 30 mile ride is sooooo unattractive.
Plus my wife thinks it's cute.
Buck.
For now, there are still places left where you won't get that vaunted cell phone coverage. Those places are also delightfully void of people (most days)
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