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Good morning,

I was invited here by a friend and former colleague. It looked like an interesting site and an opportunity to meet even more people who share a common interest and language.

However, when my girlfriend saw me typing here one night she simply exclaimed, "another one?!", referring to the fact that I was typing messages on yet another website to yet more virtual aquantancies.

Rather than becoming defensive, as one might have expected, I realised that yes, I do spend far too much time typing on the internet and nowhere near enough time improving my language skills, which afterall, was the main reason I came to Poland.

Therefore, I'm considering removing, or at least 'logging out with intent' from all of the social networking sites and forums in which I am a member. I am sure I will see a big change in my life.
Having looked at all the hours I've spent online over the last ten years, I think I've probably lost at least one third of my life, so that's about 3 years lost exploring cyberspace; surely enough time to have become fluent in another language?

Do you think you spend too much of your life on-line? What could you be doing instead? Is chatting on-line really a good way to relax or just another form of escapism? Have you already left and I'm typing this email to a cyber-blackhole? Whya re my posts always over verbose?

If like me, you decide you are wasting your life, what will you do about it?

Tony

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Tony, I have just crossed the cyberspace frontiers and you're writing these things ! ;)

I am like this total opposite of You - I never cared for making acquaintances this way, I only used the Internet for work or study.
But, here I am.

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I would otherwise be in a real pub, and that's no damned good for me. :)

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Yes, Tony, definitely too much.

But we all have a reason to spend too much time online.
Unplugging isn't easy if you haven't noticed yet:)

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Agnieszka Rapacz-Bubeła:
Tony, I have just crossed the cyberspace frontiers and you're writing these things ! ;)

I am like this total opposite of You - I never cared for making acquaintances this way, I only used the Internet for work or study.
But, here I am.

Welcome to the slope, be careful, it gets slippery! :)

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Lidia K.:
Yes, Tony, definitely too much.

But we all have a reason to spend too much time online.
Unplugging isn't easy if you haven't noticed yet:)

Unplugging is tremendously difficult. My girlfriend is always very pleased and strangely proud when I turn off the computer and resist the temptation to check my email every 10 seconds or search for jobs hoping that there's something new appeared at the wrong end of the academic year, in the 15 seconds since I last looked.

The truth is, I'm addicted, I've been working online since 1997 and I can't remember the disconnected life. Maybe my upcoming trip to Ukraine will remind me of what the real world is like. On the other hand, maybe that's why I hide in cyberspace.

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Well, Tony.. I happen to know that. I have one adolescent around whom I disconnected from the broadband half a year ago :)

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So we're having a pattern here.
A girlfriend.
A mother.

How about unplugging yourself? Is it possible?
Are we always kids who operate only if forced?

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Man. Look at your dimples.

(sue me).
Paweł Strzelczak

Paweł Strzelczak e-commerce
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i`m kind of a geek so...(-;

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Lidia K.:
So we're having a pattern here.
A girlfriend.
A mother.

How about unplugging yourself? Is it possible?
Are we always kids who operate only if forced?

I did unplug myself, she simply encouraged me and gave me a good reason to do so, i.e. spend time with her instead of my computers.

But, I am weak, I return easily, especially at work where I have little to do recently. I have this Polish Grammar book opened but my eyes have not yet been cast in its direction... I think if I remove the internet from the equation, my concentration levels will return :)
Tatiana Z.

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Hey, Tony! Why don't you get rid of your girlfriend and stay with us:)?:PTatiana Z. edytował(a) ten post dnia 17.03.09 o godzinie 10:45

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Another thing to try is to grow some balls and tell your girlfriend that you're just trying to get by the same as she is, and to quit looking over your shoulder. Live and let live in your relationship.
Paweł Strzelczak

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yeah
search for another girlfriend in some kind of dates web pages (-;

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Polish Grammar book vs. fun and friends online?

You will lose this battle;)
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It is always good to remember what's important for one's self.
If it is detrimental, you should avoid it in all sense.

There's been a time in which my online existence caused troubles, but not anymore. It needs a little bit of dedication and work to balance all this virtual/real life ratio.

There shure are better things to do outside of internet forums.
But I find it better than "online chat" loops. I avoid installing any Instant Messaging software to my computer. I'm free of ICQ, MSN and the likes since 2002.

What I'm doing here lately is even more conscious than a year ago.
But no, I don't think I'm loosing my precious time in here. I meet interesting people and usually have fun. You can't get this in this density in real life.
Tatiana Z.

Tatiana Z. CAO @ Kontomatik

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But remember...

http://www.goldenline.pl/forum/aardvark-english/408748

and don't say we didn't warn ya!:)

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Tatiana Z.:
Hey, Tony! Why don't you get rid of your girlfriend and stay with us:)?

That made me laugh a lot!

Tony - you're not going to get objective comment from us! We're in the same boat and all have our own reasons and self-justification for either "sharing time with our online friends" or "wasting time with people we don't really know" (depending on how you see it at any given time).
Ilter K.

Ilter K. Business Developer,
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What the heck is wrong with me today?
I reply instead of editing, I quote myself instead of editing.. pff...ilter K. edytował(a) ten post dnia 17.03.09 o godzinie 11:33
Ilter K.

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Correction to my typo: "shure" is an music/audio equipment brand.
Intended word was: "sure".

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