Reply #11: If they were, how could they read your question? [View All]

[BiggJawn]

Haven't seen Lehmann's offering kerosene-powered laptops....:-)

How simple are you wanting to go? All the way to a "secular Amish" existence, or just getting away from 5 cel phones and 750 channels of dish TV?

I have no cable TV. My 'pooter is hooked up on a dial-up, and I drive a small pick-up truck. No playstation, no "X" box, a pre-paid cellie and 5 bicycles....(ok, so that's becoming an obsession with me)

There are SOME things I will not do without, though. I live 15 miles from work and 20 miles from groceries, so some kind of infernal-combustion vehicle is needed. I go to the barbershop regularly, and have no beard, so I use an electric shaver. My job requires some public contact, so my dress needs to be "professional". I like my computer (how could I visit with my big DU "family" w/o it?)so I need electricity and a phone line. I subscribe to only one magazine and no newspapers, getting most of my info on-line. Very little fast-food.

Could I go simpler? Probably. Would I? I don't think so. I do feel "deprived" sometimes, but not often.