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Time Travelers Surround Us


I spend a lot of time in front of one of my computers. I feel the time is spent wisely and frugally. There are those in my life who have suggested that obsessive is a more apt description of the time I put in on the computer. I do have a life beyond my desk. I am a doting grandparent. Doting as to love to hang out with them as opposed to doting, I can barely walk. I on occasion frequent the links and pare my insufferable ego down to a bare minimum. My Ryobi 18Volt tool case is my friend and I have been known to use the tools in it with a minimum amount of personal injury. I even once parked my fanny in an inflatable boat in the pool and read for an hour.

Here is my supposition, for all of the time I spend in front of the computer I do have a life beyond it. Either there are many people who have absolutely no life beyond the computer what so ever or….they are time travelers. Think about how often you see some people post on whatever site you frequent. They post 10 times a day and you see them posting on other sites as well. How is that possible? Well, it’s easy if you come back to the present, spend 24 hours here posting drivel (well not always drivel, sometimes pabulum) then return to your present 5 minutes after you left. It is the only way it can be done. Even obsessives have to eat, sleep, take care of unsavory bodily functions and maybe even earn a living. How else can they spend so much time on the computer if they aren’t time travelers? Please note, if my posts cease abruptly they have seen this post and have come back to snatch me before I let the cat out of the….

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