Kenfessions: the trials & tribulations of technology... thank god the alcohol was working.

[Ken Gargett]

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By Ken Gargett

 

I really am living in the wrong era. If the equivalent to Mr Jordan for arrivals, not departures, could check his records and shift me to the appropriate century, I'd be grateful. Or even decade.

Technology. Isn't it supposed to make one’s life easier? I think it is simply compelling evidence the divinities have a sense of humour.

I decide to head down to the family beach shack in northern NSW. Need to get my nephew to do the permit as otherwise, the pumpkin that runs our State will not let me back across the border – 30,000 jammed together to protest is fine but a bloke, solo, in his car going from one place to the other without bothering anyone or even talking to anyone, and I need paperwork. George Orwell, come on down.

Anyway, plan on being here for a week. Supposed to do a zoom review with…continue to full article. 

[GVan]

Ken,  Good article!  I agree with you about technology - and frankly, it's what I love about cuban cigars.  Grown in the field, harvested the old fashion way, someone has to decide when the time is right (not a machine) and when we finally get to smoke them you don't need a fancy cutter or a high-tech lighter and all we have to do is breath in and out and enjoy.  Simple!  Of course I've intentionally left out all the high tech that gets those cigars to us - the vehicles, planes, sometime boats, the logistics manager, the marketing and don't forget the internet and website we buy them from -- but, since I can't see all that stuff when I'm smoking a cigar it's easy to forget about it all and enjoy the simple pleasures without any tech.