Take a long walk off of a short pier

Cats love hole!

I heard this story, had to check it out. When I did so, I realized that she wasn't the only one! I was searching for this article, and my search engine (Ecosia) knows it's happening everywhere. It helped me figure out that people are falling off cliffs and piers, into holes and canals!

field mouse hole

Many are at the beck and call of their devices. Some, for an important immediate connection to work, others want to connect with family and friends.

Jesse and I at Shaw Festival

I am surprised, when visiting with family, how that ping tells them they have a Facebook message. It makes it easy to connect with family, despite my son living in Vancouver, I can get ahold of him when I need to or want to, even though he is three hours behind out time. Jesse Martyn is an actor, and always waiting for audition messages from his agent! Plus he and his fiancé are planning a wedding this spring!

Jesse visited us, here in Perth

It must change the way they live their lives, though. Does one turn off the phone at night? Many have eschewed land lines, relying only on a mobile phone. Here are the stories I have found.

The headlines are good for a chuckle!

• Tourist distracted by Facebook falls off pier - WAFB 9 News ... A tourist in Australia had to be rescued by police after plunging off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone, officials said Wednesday. 
• Text Messaging Woman Falls Into Freezing Canal [Video] A woman by the name of Laura Safe learned an important lesson recently — pay attention to where you are walking while text messaging. Laura was paying attention to her phone when she walked down a flight of stairs and right into an icy cold canal.
• Alaska woman falls off 60-foot cliff while texting | Fox News Pestrikoff is not the first -- nor will she be the last -- to text her way into trouble.
• And who could forget the lady last year who fell into a Pennsylvania mall fountain?
• Texting: Girl in China Falls Through Sidewalk Sinkhole | EURweb Texting: Girl in China Falls Through Sidewalk Sinkhole ... The texting issue is getting so big that we now see that it is affecting people all over the world



My goldfish pond in warmer temperatures.
This involved digging a very large hole!



• Texting Woman Falls Off Pier Into Lake ... A Michigan woman, Bonnie Miller, who was texting as she walked along a pier was so distracted that she tripped and fell backward into Lake Michigan. Miller’s husband and a bystander, Rebecca Van Zant, 19, jumped in after her. They helped her stay afloat until emergency responders arrived a few minutes later.

Texting teen falls into Man hole in NY A teen who was text messaging while walking down a New York street falls into a manhole. WABC's NJ Burkett reports. youtube.com/watch?v=nrqhjhW-PAI