[www.nytimes.com] after my girlfriend and I decided to rent a New Hampshire summer house together in 2007, we made a vexing discovery: Internet access wasn’t going to be possible. We could get it, sure, but balked at the one-year contract required. We couldn’t justify the expense and decided we would do without: surely our three acres of apple trees and old stone walls and wooded walks would offer ample distraction.

And yet, when news of our decision reached friends and family, it....



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Funny, well-written story about internet withdrawal.

I have to go to Baja to unplug. Once took a ten day trip to see ancient cave paintings. Half way though the trip I was asked what day it was. It took maybe a full 15 seconds and counting on my fingers to arrive at the answer, "I think it's Saturday". Weird feeling.