tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post1648349153581846223..comments2024-02-10T08:13:07.736+00:00Comments on Round-The-World Barstool Blues: They don't mean ME, I hope!Frooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-52357452453998883612011-01-18T00:35:46.650+00:002011-01-18T00:35:46.650+00:00I suppose I tend to overindulge a bit on SMS, El -...I suppose I tend to overindulge a bit on SMS, El - at least partly because it's often a convenient social shield, protecting me from unwanted cabbie conversations, or suffering the awareness of staff in Chinese restaurants sniggering at me because I'm dining alone, etc.<br /><br />I have a bit of a weakness for the 'i-Tunes DJ' thing as well, where you can choose the music on the <b>12Sq</b> playlist (when someone is unwise enough to lend me their i-Phone for 10 minutes, they usually find the next 2 or 3 hours of music programmed!).<br /><br />But <i>blogging</i> from a bar? NEVER!!Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-4745137857446560492011-01-17T16:54:47.221+00:002011-01-17T16:54:47.221+00:00As always, I dissent in favor of technology. :) I ...As always, I dissent in favor of technology. :) I have been an offender in 12SqM. Sometimes it was because I had actual work to do and I didn't want to be home and alone. Also, the laptop kept me company before I knew people to talk to there. And then there was the day that Nigel helped me book my trip to Cambodia, so I was looking up airline tickets. <br /><br />Actually, I think you're totally right about this but just wanted to be difficult. :) Books are quite nice, though, as they take up less room and sort of invite people to comment on what you're reading, which makes it feel less antisocial. Phones are a problem, and I'm guilty of that. I sat at a bar drinking whiskey by myself yesterday and wasn't quite confident enough to put the phone away and just obviously eavesdrop and hope someone would talk to me. Instead, I hid in my phone and the free WiFi. I find now that I no longer smoke (been years and years), I feel like I need an activity with me when alone at a bar.elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121762170635514226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-50354129639445927042011-01-13T00:37:09.999+00:002011-01-13T00:37:09.999+00:00I've heard that sentiment so often here, Gary....I've heard that sentiment so often here, Gary. I guess I just don't go into the Worm often enough for it to bother me. But it does rankle at places I go to a lot around Nanluoguxiang - <b>12 Sq M, Salud</b>.<br /><br />I wonder how much of a China-specific, or Beijing-specific phenomenon this is? I'm told that very few countries offer FREE Wi-fi like we do here.<br /><br />I confess I am <i>occasionally</i> grateful for it, when my Net connection at home is on the fritz...Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-72541425258841001852011-01-12T06:20:58.668+00:002011-01-12T06:20:58.668+00:00Amen. I work in IT and am expected to be contactab...Amen. I work in IT and am expected to be contactable online pretty well 24/7 but I will not take a laptop into a social venue. All those posers on the long table at the Bookworm used to make me wish I had a flamethrower. "Are you a journalist? Then you got no f*@#in' excuse!"Garynoreply@blogger.com