-=> Bill Swisher wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> I'm not a total Luddite - I just prioritise better than those who buy
 DD> into the "social media" craze. For instance I have a cell
phone. I use
 DD> it to take calls and make calls. And send/receive the occasional text
 DD> message. Period. Full stop.

 BS> Pretty much the same as me, and I am a Luddite.  I use it for one more
 BS> thing, I sometimes tether so I can stream KPIG on the Kindle via the
 BS> phone (bluetooth speaker for output).  My phone plan allows me 4GB of
 BS> data per month, and at a data rate of about 16K I can listen to a lot
 BS> of music.  I have a facebook account.  I dunno what it is, just know I
 BS> have one so I can leave comments on the on-line version of the local
 BS> paper.  Kind of like gmail accounts, I think I've got 4.  Digital
 BS> debris. ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]

I have a tablet - a Kindle Fire - which I got on a super-cheap "buy me
daddy" 
sale at Best Buy - $29. It has some books on it. The freebie 1-year 
subscription to the digital edition of the Washington Post expired - mostly 
unread - and was not renewed. AFAIAC it's a toy with a couple semi-neat 
features. I refuse to do any of the social media - on principle. Someone wants 
to socialise with me they can do it to my face (and not the smarta$$ phone 
app) or via e-mail/fido/mailing list. Or pick up the Alexander and give me a 
call.

At my motorcycle gang meeting Wednesday night our webmaster was extolling a 
new thing he was doing on farcebook. I commented that I wouldn't be able to 
access the "feature" since I didn't do social media. Which led to
a quick poll 
of the members in attendance .... we're, most of us, old folks. Old guys on 
old motorcycles is the Vintage Iron Riders. Anyway of the 53 members at the 
meeting 21 did not have a Facebook account - nor want one. I left the meeting 
feeling not quite so isolated from the rest of the world.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Antique Apples
 Categories: Fruits, Citrus, Booze, Desserts
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      4 c  Water
      2    Regular tea bags
      1 c  Sugar
        pn Cinnamon & ginger
      2    Strips lemon zest
      3 lb Golden delicious apples
           +=OR=+
      3 lb Gravenstien apples
    1/2 c  Orange marmalade
      2 tb Triple sec
      4    Lemon slices; garnish
 
  Bring 4 cups of water to boil. Remove from heat add
  tea bags, sugar, spices and lemon zest. Let stand
  about 5 minutes. Peel, core, and quarter apples.
  
  Remove tea bags and bring liquid to boil again. Cook
  apples in liquid about 5 minutes or just til cooked
  through. Remove with slotted spoon and place in
  serving dish to cool.
  
  In small pan, combine marmalade and liqueur, bring to
  simmer,stirring well. Pour over apples, garnish with
  the quartered lemon slices.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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