Could you happily survive with a landline, and no cellphone or high-speed internet?

[Barbie]

If everyone survived before the late 90's-early 00's, I'm pretty sure its possible.

[weeooo]

I could but I'd rather not

[Robin]

What no cell phone? Then what will I do while I'm driving???? Lol.......

[ßloodlusT]

Yep.

[outhval]

I could "survive" (as I've done in the past) but it wouldn't be so interesting as going on the internet/computer to learn different things or play games etc. and even get some enjoyment on Y!A and other similar sites. I think the older generation pre www. appreciate it more than youngsters who have never ever been without it....!!

[bookworm530]

I could "survive"... and lived the first 25 years of my life without a cell-phone (I had one of the first in the late 1980s, and 30+ years of my life without high-speed internet.

However, since I've become accustomed to the ability to research, shop, and communicate over the internet in the last decade... it would NOT be a HAPPY life if I lost that connection.

That said... we still have a land-line here at the ranch - in our area we give our phone numbers by the last 4 digits since EVERYONE in the county is 209-754-XXXX. We have to have satellite internet and television because the phone company (and the cable company) are too CHEAP to string the fiber-optic cable out into our area. Hell, I had to build my own cell-tower for our ranch with a microwave antenna bounce to the phone company offices 70 miles away.

EDIT - Oh... in the winter of 2009 - our ranch lost power for 14 days - no internet, TV, or anything. THAT was rough

[Pearl L]

no, i need all of them, especially the internet