I'm afraid facebook and twitter appeal not at all - they seem to promote what I avoid. Syria was very scary - you can feel the repression - it's as bad as the old Soviet Block. You can evade this in ex-pat haunts, but that wasn't why I went. It's good to get away from our shiny people. Always good to hear you and Bill Rigsby. I did have a laptop and a connection - somehow I wanted the quiet. I took to reading - mostly philosophy and old novels from Gutenberg.
Can't really answer the questions, other than to say the pup is good! On May 13, 2:35 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I am wary of this "new" Middle East. Visited the old one. > > Forums and blogs have to compete with phones, Skype and iPads these > days. I will have to either up-grade or win the current lottery at > Best Buy. And so many forums have been beaten to death by assassins. I > like the format so I hope it will survive and am not interested at all > in Facebook, Twitter, etc. > > What was the "nature" of this place, in your opinion? Why do you > consider the current culture has social skills? > > On May 12, 7:18 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm back after a long sojourn - some spent in the now dire Middle > > East. Me mates, Molly, Lee, Chris, Ian, Orn, Francis ... seem long > > gone. Chaz was thrown out, one reason for not bothering too much. > > I know some of you are still here, but the nature of the place has > > evaporated. Only commenting - yet it's worth mentioning this is a bit > > like the general uprooting that society seems to demand. I'm not > > moping here. My house is currently occupied by Bahrainis and very > > welcome they are. I have achieved nothing via the Internet. I'll be > > taking advice from Chris Jenkins next! Given I lack all social skills > > on purpose, you'd think I'd do this net stuff! At least then, I'd be > > Bahraini free!
