You Know you're Addicted to TT when...

“Do they drink a lot of water at this school?


The father of a friend always used to tell the story of being locked in the coat closet by a teacher once when he was acting up in class.....he said he didn't care because he ate her lunch and pee'd in her shoes while he was in there.”

“yo - Gemini - going to apply a little Wall-to-Wall Counseling huh?”

“HOI, there was a young PVT in my platoon who was caught by the MP's riding in a shoppoing cart while being drunk at age 19, he received some serious wall to wall counseling. All we could hear was the scuffle in out plt sgts office.”

“when hiking you frequently note things that are worth putting in your trail report.”

“i thought i'd resurrect this little gem cause i've been on here so much the last two days

we have a computer program at work that times you out after a period of inactivity...i've been timed out like 4 times today do to being on TT!!!”

“thrifty, time for you to be put in time out corner. If you don't behave you can't go bping next weekend.”

“Trying to convince other people at work to log-in, and then realizing that if they did log in they would know how often I am on TT.”

“If you don't behave you can't go bping next weekend

if i don't get to work i just may be working that weekend LOL”

“...story of my life. Sadly I am one of the forgotten family members. I think I got married once but it seems so very long ago.”

“...maybe you got married to someone on line and it's been so long you can't remember if it was real or not?”

“...I got married when "on-line" meant Gopher, ftp, and government web sites using Mosaic run on a Motif desktop. My bsd368 turned into FreeBSD and NetBSD and neither OS had shared libraries my 386 could use so my 40 GB hard disk was always filled near capacity. PPP was non-existant and SLIP was da bomb if you could find a dial-in to steal. I would have remembered if I got married like THAT. :)”

“what?”

“geek”

“pitts knows his OSs!”

“...right you are! It was a 40MB hard drive. What was I thinking! When I bought it I thought I had more storage than could use in a lifetime. It was a major investment along with my upgraded mother board (from the '286 and 6809E computers I used previously).”

“Do you remember the William and Lynn Jolitz, Sarge?”

“i had an atari”

“boo”

“boobs
beer”

“beer, boobs”

“BOOBS! BEER!”

“okay but boobs make great beer holders”

“and handrests”

“pillows”

“pitts - No. I was in early on home computer tech (Apple II days), then missed a bunch of years in my military experience, including the bsd386 days. When I got out, things had changed quite a bit. It was like travelling through time. The military exposes you to a lot, but also you can get shielded from a lot depending on what you do.”

“man I can agree with you for once, now go kill something, kidding”

“You know you are addicted to TT ...

when you read the TV show threads and you don't even own a TV.”

“You know you are addicted to TT...

Everyone who was on the board when you first posted is gone.”

“I have no idea what you people are talking about.”

“Damn, it took me 19 years to give up the smokes how can I get rid of this habbit ? LOL”

“I heard the only way you can break the curse of TT is to find a dead chicken by the sideof a road and eat it- raw! Then and only then wilkl your desire to post on TT (or even to lurk) will be deminished.
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“Maybe Mapes can help us out!”

“drink more beer, you guys...”

“No beer drinking for me :(”

“Spirit Cayote.....Now is the time too have plenty of SEX and more SEX......”

“NEW YORK (Reuters) -- For some, the Internet it has become an addiction, adversely affecting their lives and their family's lives.

While not yet defined as a true addiction, many people are suffering the consequences of obsession with the online world, warns Dr. Diane M. Wieland, who treats patients with computer addiction in her practice in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

For some people, the Internet may promote addictive behaviors and pseudo-intimate interpersonal relationships, reports Wieland in the journal, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. "Such cyberspace contacts may result in cyber disorders such as virtual relationships that evolve into online marital infidelity (cybersex) or online sexually compulsive behaviors," she writes.

"Obsession with and craving time on the computer results in neglect of real-life personal relationships to the point of divorce," Wieland says.

The prevalence of Internet addiction is hard to gauge at the moment, Wieland notes. Extrapolating from prevalence rates of other addictions, she thinks that 5 percent to 10 percent of Internet users will most likely experience addiction.

Signs and symptoms of Internet addiction include a general disregard for health and appearance; sleep deprivation due to spending so much time online; and decreased physical activity and social interaction with others. Dry eyes, carpal tunnel syndrome, and repetitive motion injuries of the hands and fingers are common.

Internet addicts may also get the "cyber shakes" when off line, exhibiting agitation and typing motions of the fingers when not at the computer.

Many Internet addicts have a history of depression, alcohol or drug abuse, and anxiety disorder, according to Wieland, who is an associate professor at the La Salle University School of Nursing.

"Denial is strong in Internet addicts who claim they cannot be addicted to a machine," Wieland notes. The "one more minute" response to being asked to go offline is common and is similar to an alcoholic who says they will quit drinking after "one more drink."

People who suspect they or a loved one might be an Internet addict, Wieland says, can find out by taking a screening test outlined in the book "Caught in the Net - How to Recognize the Signs of Internet Addiction and a Winning Strategy for Recovery," authored by Kimberly S. Young.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/05/19/internet.addiction.reut/index.html”