Vacation from mylot

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@Kandae11 (54981)
September 10, 2018 9:05am CST
Have you ever taken or considered taking a vacation from Mylot since joining? I have been here for almost three years - and left twice. Once for a week in order to complete an order for my business - and the second time I was off for 20 days because of internet problems. On both occasions I was anxious to be back , so maybe mylot is my vacation spot. What do you think about taking a vacation from the internet on a whole - how long could you last? How would you fill your time?
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@JudyEv (338701)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 18
I am here on and off when we go away travelling but apart for those times I don't really have any wish to be away from myLot. It's become the place where many of my friends 'live'.
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@JudyEv (338701)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 18
@Kandae11 That's true. I've been lucky in that regard. I really miss the people here when we're travelling.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
Sometimes you manage to stay in touch even when away.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Sep 18
I will be gone this weekend.No computer.Not taking anything with me.My nephew do not have one or ever will.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
Okay. Where will you be heading? I would definitely catch up on my reading if I took time off.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Going to Sturbridge,MA .I want to see some of my family for the last time.Not trying to sound morbid. More realistic I guess
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
@amadeo Let us hope you will be seeing them many more times.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
11 Sep 18
I regularly go on an online detox and when I do I do not go online here in myLot. Other times, life happens and I have no choice but to put myLot in the back burner.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
12 Sep 18
@Kandae11 true. Sometimes though, I just want to myLot the whole day and not have a care about the real world.
@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
There are times when our offline duties will take precedence.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 Sep 18
Yes, myLot is my place to relax. If it gets too much then I decrease my discussions or deal with lighter subjects where I don't have to think too much.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 Sep 18
@Kandae11 That's a nice break! If I start watching movies then I forget about everything else.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
Sometimes I might watch a movie while mylotting. In fact I have at least half a dozen unfinished movies hanging around.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
@1hopefulman same here - I avoid such movies. When I am caught offguard I use my remote.
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@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
10 Sep 18
May be I will take a week off Internet soon, but no more.
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@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
10 Sep 18
@Kandae11 I had no Internet this morning, there were works in the area. I was lost.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
@LadyDuck Okay. I am hoping hurricane Issac stays away, otherwise we'll be without it for awhile.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
My twenty days felt very long.
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Sep 18
The only time I was away from myLot for a vacation was two years ago when I went on a holiday and didn't have any computer access. I didn't have a laptop at the time, and my phone didn't have Internet access, so I was completely technology free. It felt good, but only for a couple of days. They were full days. We went to Washington Island, my friend and me, and spent three days discovering everything about the island and had a terrific time. Here is a picture from my vacation to Washington Island. This picture was taken from the top of a tower overlooking the island.
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Yes, it is. I know I was happy to get back to my computer after three days.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
Those colors are awesome ! what a blend. We could live without the internet - we did before - but it would be exiremely difficult,because this is a different age, a different time. So much is bound up in the internet.
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11 Sep 18
do washington island have internet? I hope it not, but i think that is impossible. internet is like air now,lol.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
10 Sep 18
Frankly speaking I can't think of taking a vacation from this site though I can have some casusal leaves or sick leaves! I am an ardent fan of this site and You all know what all I did when I couldn't enter this site few months back!
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
10 Sep 18
@Kandae11 , Thanks dear friend!
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
11 Sep 18
@kepweng , Thanks, to make our presence feel to other members to gain confidence from them we need to be on site on regular basis!
@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
I do remember. No vacation for you I'm sure.
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@popciclecold (38549)
• United States
11 Sep 18
The way my internet acts most of the time I feel like a partial vacation.
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• United States
11 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Yes it's very frustrating.
@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
I know what you mean. It keeps me from posting as often as I would like.
@much2say (55350)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Sep 18
I have taken a lot of breaks from myLot - not intentionally though. Life just takes over sometimes, if not often, and I have to tend to it. I know that I can get a lot done by staying off the computer - but I know I'd have to sneak in to take a peek - I don't like to miss out .
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
Same here? I like to be in the thick of things.
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@much2say (55350)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Sep 18
@Kandae11 So we really can't stay out on a break too long .
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@Kandae11 (54981)
12 Sep 18
@much2say No, we can't.
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• Eugene, Oregon
10 Sep 18
I have been absent when we are away and have not been around much for the past few weeks, so I guess that is a vacation of sorts. I would be at a loss in a way without internet.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
There are times when our offline duties will demand our undivided attention.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
11 Sep 18
. I never took a vacation from myLot. Just an absence not due to wanting to be away. Life calls.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
11 Sep 18
@Kandae11 No way!
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@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
Yes, offline duties cannot be ignored.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
21 Sep 18
@Kandae11 I would say I joined My Lot over two years ago now and when I first joined I left and cannot remember why. When I came back I am here except when days or periods of time I cannot be. I enjoy being here and interacting and getting to know people here. I have met some very good people that I call friends here.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
21 Sep 18
@Kandae11 So so true.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
21 Sep 18
There are times when our offline duties must take precedence.
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@YrNemo (20255)
10 Sep 18
I did that often- just that I had no time (absolutely no time) for anything else but work, commitments, eating & sleeping during those periods of my life.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
10 Sep 18
Your offline life is a very busy one.
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@YrNemo (20255)
11 Sep 18
@Baloo4 (8)
11 Sep 18
I went somewhere Around Durban umkhomazi and there was no signal.... I waz about to spend 1 week with my family nd friends, but I didn't make it, it waz like on leaving in the 80's, no wifi ?????????? just moved back to my city withn 2 days
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@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
You couldn't live without the internet for longer.
11 Sep 18
@Kandae11 I can't eat cold food, because no electricity, no signal, shops are to far it 3 hours walk distance.... It boring it life of 1950's????????????
11 Sep 18
@Baloo4 now I can see if internet shutdown, most of us we will die tooo, we can't live without social media
@maclanis (2406)
• Belgium
11 Sep 18
I've taken a break from Mylot a lot of times. I usually leave for a couple of months and then come back. I'm not the most active user on here, but it's always fun to return to mylot. It's been a long time since I've taken a break from the internet. I don't think I've even taken a break since I was able to get internet on my phone.
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@maclanis (2406)
• Belgium
14 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Agreed!
@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
When we leave mylot periodically - for whatever reason - coming back is always nice.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
11 Sep 18
Usually, on weekends I am not here, because I go to our hometown to at least have my share of taking care of our recovering from stroke mother. Though sometimes, I would come here when my mother is asleep for a long time.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
So it is possible that your mother will make a full recovery?
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
12 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Oh yes, we are very hopeful of that. Her right paralyzed body can now feel pain. She is arthritic that is why. She just cannot speak yet, although she can now laugh our loud with a sound unlike on the first 3 months after she had her stroke.
@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
11 Sep 18
Hahaha that was amazing. Umm taking an off or vacation from internet would be something very challenging for me I think.
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@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
11 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Absolutely.
@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
Yes, it would be challenging for many who use the internet daily.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
11 Sep 18
I think I cannot do that. I can only be away with myLot if I stayed long enough in the hospital or being confined. And I cannot live a day without internet since everything happens online.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
12 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Exactly.
@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
It is indeed the internet age.
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@arunima25 (87737)
• Bangalore, India
11 Sep 18
I don't intend to take any planned vacation. But sometimes I am off the site when I am busy with something else.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
Yes, we cannot neglect our offline duties.
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@arunima25 (87737)
• Bangalore, India
11 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Still I get itch to come here after a long tiring day of offline duties. It is so tough to stay away from it.
@theend (2777)
• Gifu, Japan
11 Sep 18
I do not easily change a job on the internet unless the job changes.
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@Kandae11 (54981)
11 Sep 18
You are constant.
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@theend (2777)
• Gifu, Japan
11 Sep 18