What next

      The wooden chair saga was scraping the barrel  wasn't it. But you must write as you find and I found that whole episode of trying to catch up with the hundred and one things we all have to do via the Internet, a pain in almost every sense of the word. It was certainly a pain in the bum. But it begs the question, how come we all seem to have so many jobs to do 'on line.' A week of having a bad connection, or no connection at all, puts one in a difficult position. I was behind with so much stuff. Hence the marathon session trying to catch up and the sore bum from sitting too long on a hard chair.

      So, when did this happen? When did the Internet become indispensable? How come there are so many housekeeping jobs to do. Is everyone in the same boat, has it got us all..... Or, are some of you out there still free....free of the slavery of the Internet. Well first of all, I guess if you are reading blogs then you are lost on the World Wide Web already. It brings to mind all the 'end of the World' sagas. In almost every one, the first thing to be lost is the power supply. With that goes telephones, Internet, iPad, laptops and all the rest of the on line crap we are tied about with. Can't to just picture the cartoon. iPads, key pads attached to our fingers, screens in front of the nose, connected to the national grid by wires and headphones. It's not that far from the truth.

      Do you remember the original dream? A paperless world. Freeing us all from the slavery of the written report, the printed record. Everything possible to be done on line. Saving trees, written records less, fill forms on line, etc etc. Make your life simple, that was the story wasn't it. Then you would not need a paper trail.... HA! Well, that's a load of crap isn't it. If you need to prove anything in this world today, then you need to have a Paper trail. You need a print out. You need your A4 piece of paper with all the relevant information on it. No one is happy with the stuff on line. You can order your

 piece of paper on line, yes. I know we have to have it all recorded inside the machine where ever it may be kept, that too is necessary. But we also need to keep all the same, if not more paper records stacked up, filed away. Mmmmm, yes, well that really did not work as promised did it.

       No, we have just as many files, just as many shelves stacked high with papers. Now with even more detailed information than we ever dreamed of before the Internet. The Internet makes it possible to find out such detailed information doesn't it. We are able to produce such complicated records of anything we set our minds to. No, really everything we did before the advent of the computor has tripled...easily tripled in volume, if not more.

        That's it really. We all fell for the hype. We believed the promise, of saving trees, good to the planet, simplifying life. I know it's not that simple, we love to play too. You can Facebook, twitter, blog, as well as email, Skype, Google, the list is endless. I suppose what it has done is streamline complicated procedures into simple tasks. Made communication of all sorts, both easy and fast.

       But simplify record keeping, it has not. Saved paper, it has not. Stopped the necessity for paper trails, no. Ha! That will teach us all for listening to the hype that comes with these new electronic devices. However, it is a lot of fun too. What ever did we do before the internet. All those people who never dreamt of learning to type. It was just a silly girl thing wasn't it. Suddenly,  everyone types. It makes me laugh to see the guys typing away..

       Having said all of that, had a good moan, I do hate when the Internet is off! What he hell do you do instead? How about you......what's your feeling? Has it somplyfied your life? I would love to know.