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   RM>> Social interaction is definitely a huge issue these days. I see my niece's   
     >> kids up at the cottage here beside me with beaches and water toys and   
     >> boats and nature hikes etc.. and, if they aren't thrown out of the   
   cottage,   
     >> they would spend almost all their time laying on a couch with their   
     >> faces in a Tablet, and this has been going on since they were as young   
     >> as 3 or 4 years old. They are now about 6 and 9..   
      
   MP>It is good that your niece gets them motivated to be outdoors and not   
     >constantly online.  A lot of kids seem to lack that motivation and it shows.   
      
   My Niece is a teacher for young grades (K to 3) which may have her more   
   up to date on things like that.. however like most adults with kids and   
   a full time job, her time is well spoken for so she probably lets the   
   Tablets 'babysit' for her some of the time as well.   
      
   RM>> As for school stuff, I think you retain more when you read it in a book   
     >> rather than from a screen, but I may be prejudiced since I normally read   
     >> about 200 paper books a year..   B)   
      
   MP>I used to read a lot more than I do now, but I don't think I ever got up to   
     >reading that many in a year.  ;)   
      
   Just goes to show how little goes on in my single life..   B)   
      
   But I only watch TV in the evenings, other than catching the news   
   while having lunch, and other than all the unusual work I have to   
   do to survive here, I don't have too many hobbies other than   
   computers to take up my time.   
      
   Speaking of.. Just went through a very nasty day.. Freezing rain   
   knocked out the power for about 27 hours and it was a bit of a   
   battle to keep myself from freezing and the freezer from thawing.   
   I think I managed okay. I won't know for sure about the fridge until   
   I get into some things.   
      
   I hear there are still about 350,000 homes without power so this   
   was a pretty big event.   
      
   I keep wondering if I should buy a generator but losing the power   
   for more than a couple of hours is very rare, maybe only happens   
   once every 5 or 6 years, so I usually talk myself out of it..   
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