Are You Addicted To Teakdoor?

[chitown]

Do you find your self being out and about and think about what you will post on Teakdoor later that day?

How many times to you log in to Teakdoor a day?
Or are you always logged in?

[Dalton]

I'm in and out of the office all day, so normally I just stay online all the time. I must admit that it's addicting, you get to know many people, have some laugh and some fights but in the end the regular posters seems to get along fine. I really hate if I have to do some work and no access to a PC for two or three days, so much to catch up on. Speaking for myself, I truly enjoy TD...

[Smeg]

No. I log on about 3-4 times a week, for an hour or so when I've got nothing better to do, but sometimes don't use it for weeks at a time.

When not using the forum I couldn't give a shit about it or anyone or anything on it. To think about it at other times is a bit weird.

[chitown]

When not using the forum I couldn't give a shit about it or anyone......

What a great guy..........

[Tao]

Nope. Addicted to greens

[Thetyim]

I spend far too many hours on here everyday but when I go out I don't miss it.

Once off the computer the only time I will think about TD is when someone has a problem like when Nooners had the hump with his neighbour

[SEA Traveler]

I spend 10 to 12 hours a day in the office and as a stress reliever I check the TD stuff so it is just as easy to stay logged in most of the day. I do not usually think about what I'm going to be posting as my focus for the most part is related to construction issues that I might gain some insight to in assisting with the building of my house in Thailand or in different places I might want to visit or eat at in Thailand. I do enjoy reading the banter though and often have a good laugh.

[obsidian]

i snort teakdoor but never more than i can afford.

[sharon]

No, not really.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

I guess it can be addictive and I'm not to high and mighty to admit it or consider it beneath me. Since I have been online at home the internet in general has been a distraction and I don't consider people who spend a lot of time on here to be losers with no life, in fact far from it. This forum is a part of my social life and in the six years I've known Thailand, this and the other one have been keys to not only useful information and advice but also new friends, contacts and even employment.

I don't think any member who on a regular basis laughs or smiles as a result of browsing TD would disagree with me too much.

It's like Eastenders, you can leave it for a while and come back to find the same familiar shite but with a couple of new characters and a couple missing.

[Jet Gorgon]

I spend far too many hours on here everyday but when I go out I don't miss it.

Once off the computer the only time I will think about TD is when someone has a problem like when Nooners had the hump with his neighbour

I'm the same. I work on line, so I have to be in front of the screen most of the day. Between or after work, I'll log on for a gander. It's my link to Thailand and I enjoy reading most of the posters and like their cyber personalities.

I never think of it away from the screen, but like Thetim, I do worry if someone has a genuine problem. And hey, it's nice for those folks to know us lot is thinking about them, I think.

It's also good for realising how you come off in your writing -- it's easy to be taken the wrong way, so the feedback you get helps you to take more care with your words.

And, where else can you get toilet installation guides, pretty flower pics from boys, fab food recipes, travelogues, beat-me-up-marmers stuff and a place to spout about the US election? And, you can even use naughty words.

[AntRobertson]

Nope, not addicted at all. I can kick the crack whenever I want too.

[chitown]

^ no, you not addicted........


Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,650

[Texpat]

I signed on to TD in Jan 2006. In May of that year moved to Thailand and went on the Internet wagon for more than a year.

Checked e-mail once a week at a cafe. Read news headlines and went home.

Through June 2007 I had about 200 posts. I came back to the Internet when my house was done and log on almost every day now. I could easily go another year without regular Internet.

[English Noodles]

Do you find your self being out and about and think about what you will post on Teakdoor later that day?

No....

[friscofrankie]

While the coffee's brewing I bring up TD. I read a little, maybe post something. After coffee, breakfast, S,S & S I usually bring up my work. TD is still there, on the screen in the Background, when I get a bit burnt out or if a certain sequence of logic is giving me fits or I have to type a particularly long passage and don't wanna (like now), TD is there to take my mind off things for a minute or 20.

I sit in front of my comp from about noon till about 3:00 - 4:00 AM. There may be 5 - 10 days that this is my schedule.

I do think abut things I am going to post, you don;t get a pictorial travelogues with 1000 - 2000 word narratives without thinking a little bit about it as you are traveling, I don't take ever proof read my stuff or pre-plan the written portion (You guys never noticed that shit, right?) and Teakdoor is not my life. When I've been out on the prowl, late night drinking, mis-adventuring I like to come home and write a bit. Sometimes I even post some of it. THAT I don't think about. It just happens.

I've met some pretty decent folks through this forum and, like scamp, have even got a few gigs through TD. I like it. Addicted? Not really, but it sure makes a 16 hour day in front of the computer a helluva lot more bearable.

[zorin]

I give the site a cursory glance when i'm bored shitless.
Enjoy the 'building site. Blow smoke at the screen when i read some of the up your arse 'hey man i live in Thailand & would'nt dream of splurging on a meal on a trip into Bangkok...Yeah like we've all done the backpacker crap..

[Spin]

but sometimes don't use it for weeks at a time.

[dogblower]

Check 3 or 4 times a day, but I'm on a lot of forums. Could give it up easily but I don't see any reason to. Is there any kind of rehab program? Betty Ford type detail where I could maybe meet some stars?

[smeden]

Do you find your self being out and about and think about what you will post on Teakdoor later that day?

How many times to you log in to Teakdoor a day?
Or are you always logged in?

i am not adicted but use this forum as a place i can arsk qwesteions if i wonder abaut somethings (you never learn hvat thais realy think of farangs) but tri too give my mening of qvestions from other members if it is inside my skils (a smaal sub note for dalton yes wee danes cant spell in danish big apoloogi for my poor spelling i hope practice will impruve smeden)

[Sir Burr]

Only when I'm at work. At home, hardly ever log on.

[Mr Earl]

^ no, you not addicted........


Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,650

What's scary is most of those posts were made within the past 6 months.
OCD only begins to explain it.

[zipcode]

Yes, I am addicted ...

to the social circle I cannot have in real life...

to the opportunity for vicarious travel....

to the games in the Arcade...

to reading about lives of people in situations I haven't been, and trying to better understand their joys and despairs...

to the hope that I can somehow satisfy my mid-life craving to contribute something meaningful to the world, even if it is nothing more than a chuckle here or there for someone as isolated as I am...




The price I am paying for this addiction is ...

a more sedentary life...

less sleep at night...

chores not getting done on time...

fantasizing about Texpat's av.



If I were to disappear from TD, it shan't be anything tragic nor melodramatic; more'n likely just found something else to fixate on.

[November Rain]

It's my social life, particularly in the evenings. I suppose I could give it up & watch the telly instead, but who would give up the chance to go down the pub or for a coffee with their mates in favour of watching tv?

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

I guess it can be addictive and I'm not to high and mighty to admit it or consider it beneath me.

Be honest though, you did once slightly look down on people who had less posts than yourself, in the vein of..... 'who are you ? Why must I debate with you? You only have 200 posts"

And I know you'll say that you're only being sardonic and wry, but that post supremacism is lingering there somewhere deep within.

Blake 7 (whom you like to quote wherever possible) once said to me that he felt you looked down on him at first because of his low post volumes.