Wat Would You Do Without It?
By Braddah Lance
I can't help but tink wat da heck would we do without da internet.
It's a smorgasbord of information - and misinformation - if you know where to find it. Well, who doesn't use the Google, Yahoo or Bing search engines? There are even videos out there of complete strangers showing you - some too much, some too little - of anything and everything as well.
*FYI - check out snopes.com to see if a mo'olelo you heard through da grapevine is true or not. You can also check out scams and basically anything you hear that's too good to be true, you can see if it is at snopes.com.* And no, I am not compensated watsoevah if you click on da link, it's just a community service from WWD!. 
All I remembah back in da day was either going to da bookshelf thumbing through a five year old Britanica Encyclopedia set dat was somehow missing a letter or two....
Wassup Wit Dat!
I mean really, how da heck do you lose a whole thick book?
Or how we used to roll back in da day if/wen you nevah have one set at home was to walk, bike or skateboard your okole to da.... library. 
I know, I know, those buildings are almost extinct like da dinosaurs but they house a wealth of information especially for those without computah access.
Anyways, dis past Saturday as I was replacing da hinges on ALL of our doors in da hale - aftah we had painted da trim and stained da doors - I was drilling in da screws and some spun non-stop.
Crap. Da wood was stripped.
I'm not a woodworkah but pretty crafty building or working on anything I put my hands on but I was stuck hea. I was tinking no way was I going to rebuild da trim but da door wasn't closing properly cause da hinge couldn't sit flush.
Da internet to da rescue.
Just did a quick Google search, read one article wit pictures and voila! Fixed! The article showed three ways of repairing it and I was tinking of one of 'em (harder way) but read on and found an extremely simple solution for it.
Because it was a "soft" wood and not a stressed support point, all I needed was wooden matchsticks. You just jam 'em inside to fill da hole - mine took two but you use as much as needed - and lightly tap it in till flushed. Of course, you cut off da match part unless you like start one fire and then drill your screw in just like new.
It was so simple dat I would have nevah thought of it and if it wasn't for da internet I would still be contemplating wat fo' do or having to call a professional - or a friend - and paying for dat same service.
Seriously, who doesn't use da internet EVERYDAY? Not email, da internet? Has it helped you out of a jam? There's no match for professional service but have you tried to DIY first before calling in da big guns? Or you just chicken fo' try? Wat else do you use da internet for? I use it not only for fact finding information but online shopping and accessing personal finances as well. And I'll admit I do use it everyday fo'..... spelling. 
And mathematical conversions.
I couldn't imagine not having a library around but now I can't imagine not having da internet...... can you?
Wassup Wit Dat!
July 17th, 2012 at 7:22 am
1st in a long time!
July 17th, 2012 at 7:24 am
Wood or Elmer's Glue and a chopstick works just as well.
July 17th, 2012 at 7:27 am
When the library at school got rid of the card catalog I asked for one of the drawers WITH the cards still in it.
The kids are amazed how anyone could find information. Mostly they ask why we did not use Google or ask.com. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
July 17th, 2012 at 7:43 am
fort
July 17th, 2012 at 8:36 am
I learnt how to fix my Blackberry myself on You Tube and the best ways to give my cat a pill.
There are videos for everything. I use the Internet all day long for finding information at work.
July 17th, 2012 at 8:48 am
... hey Braddah Lance ... I can honestly say that I could live without the internet ... I grew up without it ... and I'm sure I have the skills and knowledge to go back to doing things the old way ... manually!!! ...
... sure we'd lose the convenience of finding stuff at a snap ... online banking, shopping, whatever ... and we'd lose the vast warehouse of information (mostly good) ... but that same information and those services can be found somewhere ... we just gotta get up off of our lazy butts and do it the old way ...
... and the internet is not all good anyway ... I'd say that for many people, including myself, it's a big time waster ... countless hours of web surfing nothing in particular, game playing, blogs, chats, videos, clips, music, etc. ... playing internet doctor with self diagnosis and getting freaked out at some ailment we think we might have ... and just too much overexposed people and just plain nasty stuff we really didn't need to see ...
... don't get me wrong ... the internet is good ... probably one of man's greatest inventions ...
... but I'd still rather live in the real world ...
... Have a Good One Everyone!!! ...
July 17th, 2012 at 9:15 am
Howzit BL!
I don't know how we could live without da internet. I google everyting and anyting from, how to, reveiws, shopping, videos etc.
July 17th, 2012 at 10:36 am
Braddah Lance, just read bad write up on Snopes. the email wanted to verify something derogartory on Obama and found nothing to substantiate the data. The fellow researched where and how Snopes is subsidized and found the left-wing liberal G. Soras as a sponsor. So his conclusion not everything Snopes pumps out is reliable. Try AskFActCheck.org and you like it too. I still use Snopes on non-political matters. Love the internet and use my iPad with YouTube to find out about things. Good luck with your door, Super glue with matchsticks is a suggestion.
July 17th, 2012 at 10:47 am
Braddah Lance, I get e-mail from friends about dis and dat and I use Snopes to verify or not da info. I also use the internet to repair/fix all kine stuff around da house. I recently fix the leak in my washing machine (water pump) and the dryer not stopping/light not going on when I open the door (door switch). Also fix the toilet (flush valve and flapper), the shower (mixer valve) and the kitchen sink disposal. Save me a lot of money and don't have to wait days or weeks for the repair guy.
July 17th, 2012 at 11:00 am
yep no can live witout internet. i do waste alot of time on it but also it has a wealth of knowledge.
and if neva have internet...no can talk story wit all da good peoples hea.
July 17th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Eh BL, Like you I stay one real good brokkanic, so I'm always looking how to fix stuff when everything no go right on da job I stay working on. All my stuff would just stay broken if nevah had da internet. Either dat or I would be shelling out big bucks when no need.
July 17th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I have two different views on the matter. My first view would be I totally cannot live without the internet. I depend on it for lots of things and I would be lost without it. My other view is that I depend on it too much and in some ways its not a really good thing. For one thing I am on the computer way more than I should be and I find myself kind of isolating myself instead of having to get out into the world. For example to keep in touch with friends, we used to have to pick up the phone or go out and meet them, now we do email or chat. Another thing I dread is what if the internet somehow "disappears" one day, I read that other countries look at that and know the US would be lost without it so what better way to attack us? I think most of our generation would be able to cope with that but what about the next one that doesn't know anything else?
I look at kids these days, like was mentioned before, the Library is becoming obsolete, I think the internet makes it too easy for them. Back in the day we had to do research, make an outline, do several drafts than type our papers out on a typewriter. If we made a mistake sometimes we had to start over because some teachers did not like white out on their reports. Nowadays kids just go on the internet, cut and paste and print the paper out. I think doing things the old way taught gave us character and made us value hard work. Even looking for jobs, its so easy now to just send your resume over the internet. The old way we had to print it up, get dressed and hand deliver it to our prospective employers.
Anyway the internet a great thing, we just need to be careful and not be so dependent on it.
July 17th, 2012 at 6:51 pm
me... stuck to this imac... use it constantly, everyday, even read books here... found many solutions to problems on the net, lots of pictures on how to do it yourself... love it and hate it (stuck behind this imac) addicted...
July 17th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
One thing I thought of:
What if da powah go out? Like, fo' long time? Wat we going do then?
So, don't get rid of the libraries, hand tools (manual egg beaters, and stuffs li' dat) and other things that we used to have in the "good ole days"!
July 18th, 2012 at 5:45 am
I have used the internet for a lot of things, like finding instruction manuals for old equipment, watching you tube videos for how to clean out parts of the vacuum cleaner or washing machine, not to mention how to get from one place to another since I'm one of those chronically lost people. I look for party games, recipes, all kine stuff.
July 18th, 2012 at 6:00 am
Guud morning BL!
No internet and there wouldn't be any WWD blog.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:50 am
Son, like the Marines, we'd adapt, improvise and overcome. Internet or not.
July 19th, 2012 at 5:56 am
Howzit BL!