Yes, I know it has been a long, long time. Moving put me back 20 years in terms of technological advances. Suddenly I didn't have internet at home and then I didn't have a functioning computer.  I pondered life without ready access to the internet. Maybe it would be character building.  I did survive with minimal pain to not having a tv (again) so why not lose the computer/internet? Maybe (and this is a big maybe) it would entice me to make phone calls instead of sending emails to friends and family. But we'll never know because the new laptop arrives on Thursday.