tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post277838747157772924..comments2024-03-29T07:13:00.641+11:00Comments on Notes on a Serviette: 1166 - Idle Thoughts on A Hot SundayJ Cosmo Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-22597585593856725232018-01-30T07:45:22.323+11:002018-01-30T07:45:22.323+11:00Kids who listen? What wondrous miracle is this!Kids who listen? What wondrous miracle is this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-363925019872139802018-01-30T04:12:06.071+11:002018-01-30T04:12:06.071+11:00My sentiments too, another fine read.My sentiments too, another fine read.Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781106976505685053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-65228560955704661372018-01-30T00:41:48.946+11:002018-01-30T00:41:48.946+11:00Just like print killed the oral tradition, these g...Just like print killed the oral tradition, these gadgets are killing the print tradition. We are cycling back to wordlessness. Soon we will grunt again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357632947794824714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-37949704562698411472018-01-29T11:42:21.568+11:002018-01-29T11:42:21.568+11:00I think these thoughts are anything-but: idle.
Ab...I think these thoughts are anything-but: idle.<br /><br />About the phones, I totally agree. I still manage to make my way through life without one ... though it gets more challenging, all the time. Modernity seems to run on the assumption that everyone is available: always. That is strong punishment, it seems to me, for a bit of ease and dubious 'entertainment'.Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-84976193447847825802018-01-29T10:48:00.220+11:002018-01-29T10:48:00.220+11:00"Do they have an aim?
What tale will they tel..."Do they have an aim?<br />What tale will they tell their kids?<br />Will the kids listen?"<br /><br />Luv the last one best for its ring of constancy for every age<br /><br />much love...<br /><br />Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-70324001792431591962018-01-29T09:41:45.160+11:002018-01-29T09:41:45.160+11:00It clearly is becoming a different world...one we ...It clearly is becoming a different world...one we built and haven't learned how to use properly : )<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-79971197081855100942018-01-29T08:39:35.275+11:002018-01-29T08:39:35.275+11:00Somewhere I saw a video of people on their mobile ...Somewhere I saw a video of people on their mobile phones walking into light poles, fountains, manholes, etc. It occurred to me their world became so small they fell into it! I enjoyed your poem.indybevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-72882559304830085892018-01-29T06:46:33.293+11:002018-01-29T06:46:33.293+11:00I dislike mobile phones although I have one, a ver...I dislike mobile phones although I have one, a very basic one, that I use as a phone and don't text.<br />As Mary has commented: I do think they have killed some of the magic of living, as we all stare into our little boxes instead of contemplating who/what is around.<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-72552699032675974212018-01-29T05:04:02.767+11:002018-01-29T05:04:02.767+11:00Everything changes....what will they miss, not liv...Everything changes....what will they miss, not living in our time? What did we miss not living in our parents time? They will choose their way, and it seems the majority have chosen, the plane lands, the phones are pressed to their ears...I don't? I wonder who are they calling? Is it a complaint? Just a statement? Or making plans for later? We begin to wonder if we belong here?annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-89680554019701479832018-01-29T04:20:11.630+11:002018-01-29T04:20:11.630+11:00Truth, as I read this poem on a phone. I agree, bu...Truth, as I read this poem on a phone. I agree, but am also torn as technology has also spread some good words and beauty around.Rob Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-70405696191650310302018-01-29T03:04:04.072+11:002018-01-29T03:04:04.072+11:00Ha, the kids are all staring at screens too. I thi...Ha, the kids are all staring at screens too. I think they are all missing the magic, living inside those little boxes. We are a strange species.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-75889699092281603222018-01-29T02:36:21.892+11:002018-01-29T02:36:21.892+11:00I do believe that phones are killing the magic of ...I do believe that phones are killing the magic of life, staring at pictures on a phone instead of the landscape before their eyes. I think it needs to be in moderation, finding balance with the digital world and the real world.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-39218983679362910132018-01-29T02:34:04.997+11:002018-01-29T02:34:04.997+11:00I agree about the phones too! It's ridiculous ...I agree about the phones too! It's ridiculous how people pay more attention to them instead of listening to a conversation. Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-75307492741062237102018-01-29T00:56:15.453+11:002018-01-29T00:56:15.453+11:00I agree about phones. I do think they have killed...I agree about phones. I do think they have killed some of the magic of living, as we all stare into our little boxes instead of contemplating who/what is around.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-2269673652358832622018-01-28T23:39:55.410+11:002018-01-28T23:39:55.410+11:00Some days I wish someone would kidnap my phone, bu...Some days I wish someone would kidnap my phone, but I fear it'd be a Ransom of Red Chief situation.Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-14455864353369760722018-01-28T23:14:17.779+11:002018-01-28T23:14:17.779+11:00A very enjoyable read.A very enjoyable read.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-60717069675005976482018-01-28T21:42:32.635+11:002018-01-28T21:42:32.635+11:00Staring at their devices means they are missing ou...Staring at their devices means they are missing out on real life, becoming<br />zombies obeying the call of central controllers! Meanwhile us dissidents will slowly disappear without a tra....!Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-36159591905809460992018-01-28T21:14:06.335+11:002018-01-28T21:14:06.335+11:00I think that the screens are like drugs... and I w...I think that the screens are like drugs... and I wonder if we should all refrain to save the addicted.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-50578845021258011142018-01-28T20:22:19.439+11:002018-01-28T20:22:19.439+11:00Mobile phones are a scourge - we can only hope the...Mobile phones are a scourge - we can only hope the next generation look up from their screens occasionally Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.com