Thanks for your great input so far . Is very interesting to read your thoughts . I think for most people it's certainly not something destructive . It's a powerful medium and gives you an amazing opportunity to interact with people from all walks of life and places . I'm on a bit of mission of self improvement for the moment and for 2018 . The internet certainly is not up high on my list , but it's on the list of things to go without for at least a while .I stopped social media a few years back which I think for me was something positive . Anyway , once I tick my boxes down to the net I'm going to switch off and I have 400 books I'm planning on reading ...that should keep me going for a few years I reckon , then I'll see if I want to hit the power button again or not ....in the meantime , I'll continue to enjoy great interaction with some very interesting people .