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Technology Free Day
Thursday, 28 June 2012 05:02

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Jules needed a break from technology which Leigh was only too happy to assist with.

She is almost always on Facebook, Twitter, and texting all at the same time.

The challenge was set to spend the day without technology.

It started well, and then the need to Facebook in the real world came around…

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Then she thought Words With Friends would be a good idea…

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She wanted to replace her TV time…

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And finally she wanted to go to the gym…

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The next day the challenge was reversed and Jules asked Leigh if he could live without tech for a day…

The first thing he was missing out on was the chance to catch up on all the sport that happened overnight…

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He was keen to have some lunch and pizza seemed like a good option. Getting it hot was the difficulty though.

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And by later in the day he seemed to be suffering Twitter withdrawals. He had the need to substitute with real life hashtags.

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