⌛ Just casual observations

When I first arrived here last January, I bought with me a few necessary items not realizing the impact of those items. They were everyday normal things to me.
I bought two laptops, two iPhones, a nice digital camera, a pocket size digital video camera, my electric toothbrush, my rechargeable electric razor, a rechargeable 6" flat panel TV.
The reasons for the laptops and iPhones was a simple "I'm not going to chat rooms".
After I got here and found out that I had to wait for water to get hot before I could have coffee, I went out and bought a "bottom of the line" microwave with a simple turn type knob and there was still a two week learning curve for everyone.
I had Globe internet installed, and that was a big deal, but then I bought a Wi-Fi router so I could use our iPhones, and the neighborhood was amazed.
But, in a world where those things are not normal everyday items, it creates quite a sensation.
It was hard to brush my teeth with my wife's family and the neighbor kids watching me.
10 months later, I still get stares as I sit on the porch and shave in the mornings.
I tried to explain to Mae-Mae a movie that I saw many years ago called "The Gods Must Be Crazy" and it just didn't make sense to her. Then, while in a video store in the mall, by accident, I found a copy of that movie.
After watching it, my wife laughed and said "now I understand".
What is "normal"?
Just my own observations.
As a post-script.....I never put a password on the Wi-Fi until one night my wife noticed it blinking and we weren't using it. It seems that a couple of our neighbors were using it also. It is now password and encrypted.

 

Oh! Oh!

Ron! are the neighbours still speaking to you?

Jack P.

 

Jack, the funny thing is that they never spoke to me before. The only reason I know the two that it was, is because one of them walked around outside trying to log on and the other one asked my brother-in-law if we had put a password on our Wi-Fi.
Lol

 

ha ha ha

:D Strange way to meet the neighbours, usually you just invite them for a coffee or a beer.
" HI Folks, Wanna use my WIFI connection" Nice style Ron, I like it.

Jack P.

 

You can also name it, so when people see the name the know which one to log onto. Where I now work in CA my laptop can pick up at least 30 Wifi signals with 2 being "public" and not needing a password. My favorite name for a WiFi is "INFECTED". No one wants to log onto that one! :D

 

KDF.....i'm going to insert the disk and rename mine infected. That is very very cool. Right now it is the only Wi-Fi around here and I just left the name "dlink" which is the default name.

 

I think im going to borrow the "INFECTED" name as well . thanks for the idea:D