Thursday, 9 January 2014

The dire and desperate debacle of the disappearing data ...

We are currently in the midst of the summer school holidays.

In my house … with my boys … this can only mean one thing … excessive Internet usage.


My Internet provider kindly sent me a courtesy email yesterday to let me know that we … and by we I mean them ... have used three quarters of our monthly data allowance.

Three quarters … and it's only the 9th of January.

We have a very generous monthly data allowance …  and they have used three quarters of it … and it's only the 9th of January.

So I've banned them.

No Internet.

No Youtube.

No online gaming.

No thing.

So far today they have ridden their bikes … watched a movie together … reconnected with the kids that live down the road.  They've been to the park … played cricket with other kids from the neighbourhood and ridden to the local oval to meet friends and play soccer.

I should have thought of this years ago!
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10 comments:

  1. Unknown9 January 2014 at 19:21

    thats fabulous!

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  2. Peaches McGinty9 January 2014 at 21:24

    they do like their internet don't they? good call on the ban though, I fear one of mine is allergic to sunlight or fresh air or general movement, it all seems to make them react badly haha! x x x

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    1. Angels have Red Hair10 January 2014 at 12:16

      Imagine if they had been unlucky enough to be born back in OUR day when …shock … horror … there was no such thing as internet ;0)
      xx

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  3. Bron9 January 2014 at 22:31

    Lucky we are busy with a holiday programme and then away on holidays for the next two weeks , otherwise that would be our dilemma too...we can have 4 gadgets going at once...so not just the kids in our house...shame. xxx

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    1. Angels have Red Hair10 January 2014 at 12:33

      Alas it's not just the kids here either … in fact some evenings I look around and every single person is on one gadget or another. But I figure since Hubby and I pay for it we get to sparingly use the last quarter :0)
      xx

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  4. Curtise10 January 2014 at 00:46

    I know, I know, I KNOW! Mine all live online too. Mind you, I'm not entirely innocent, come to that... Well done for laying down the law, Jo, and well done the boys, for rediscovering activities that don't involve the internet! xxx

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    1. Angels have Red Hair10 January 2014 at 12:33

      There's a whole "real" world out there for them to discover :0)
      xx

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  5. Unknown11 January 2014 at 04:33

    Gosh, I'm lucky, I can use my internet all the time, there is no restriction. Glad you put your foot down and made your kids go outside. Good for you. Happy New Year ;)

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    1. Angels have Red Hair11 January 2014 at 18:53

      Thanks Catherine … never-ending internet would be a dream come true for my boys ;0)
      xx

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