Shutdown Day

I haven't noticed anyone else in our little corner of the blogosphere talking about this, so here goes...

shutdown day

Tomorrow is shutdown day!  Can you spend a full 24 hours without a computer?

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  1. Alan Coady24 March 2007 at 10:56

    I could give it a go but the supreme irony is that I only heard about this by having a computer.

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  2. Bill Stephen24 March 2007 at 19:03

    Don't think I will have a problem but does seem ironic that I found out from blogging!

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  3. Gordon McKinlay26 March 2007 at 08:44

    OK, so I missed the boat. My question is "why?"

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