Anybody out there?

Hi, , 8th of April already!

Where does the time go? I've been away for a week. That is from this keyboard....
I went on a ramble today as the weather was gorgeous. It was sunny with just enough cool air to keep up from cooking.
Have you ever roamed around the Thames Valley region? I can tell you that it is as pretty as anywhere I have ever been. Spring is upon us.
Our walk today began just above Whitchurch Hill in Berkshire. It was only about 4 1/2 miles in total. We had a short break at about halfway.

This is the interesting thing. Most of us are computer literate and often discus computers and the things like that. It gives us common ground to chat about. Today to my surprise we got around to people and how they waste time blogging and surfing. I have my own ideas that I have mentioned in some of these blogs, but it was interesting to know that there are many more amongst us who think blogs and similar stuff is such a waste of time unless you really have nothing better to do. I accept that it is a Godsend for people who are unable to get about.

I admit that out walking or riding or driving around also takes up time, but I believe better used than sitting at a computer terminal or monitor reading this sort of stuff that somebody else has written. Probably somebody who you will never meet and probably have nothing in common with yourself.

Have I said it?

OK. to be honest my Grandchildren love to use Skype to communicate with each other. I understand that they also contribute to Facebook. I am registered, but don't contribute. I would use email to contact my family if I couldn't get hold of them by telephone.

Having been a communications specialist in my working life, I have to admit that I believe that the only secure means of communications is by telephone. By secure I mean messages being received. OK so there is always a chance of somebody else listening in. The same could be said of letter writing. It takes two seconds to open any envelope and look at the contents. You send an email and what proof have you that it has been delivered. I don't believe that there is one, even if you get an automatic answer-back.

Who ever reads your Faxes? Who reads your emails? Today, I often wonder is our letters even get read. It is so easy to ignore them.

If you meet a TV reporter in the street with his microphone talking to people about whatever, what determines which conversations get put on the air? Censorship all the time determines what gets a public airing. So I guess that is the reason for the success of Facebook, etc.

What do you people think?