Can you imagine what life was like before the Telephone??

Question

Were things better or worse??

Answer 1

From what my Great Grandmother used to say. It didn't matter if it was better or worse.

It was just how it was. She didn't know any different. She thought the phone was a nice convenience and that's about it, just like the television.

They made do with what they had, and it was good. Life was simple.

How do we know if are lives are worse off without flying cars. If we get flying cars in our lifetime will that make things better? Who knows. Problems within society don't arise and are not solved with just new inventions. According to Mema we have the same problems we had back then, just on a different level and with new toys to play with.

Answer 2

i don,t have to use any imagination i lived back then myself.children were sent two miles carrying messages and without any fear of human predators. word was passed from neighbor to neighbor. everyone socialized at church and in town and epically on Saturdays. the kids who had fifteen cents saw a double feature movie (in black and white) and in the war years a telegram would come to the train depot and someone would either drive or walk to deliver it. obesity was not,t a health problem then. we carried watter from the spring in two gallon buckets uphill for over one hundred yards. my family had a telephone installed when i was eleven years old. a party line with about six or seven other people (no secrets back then either)indoor plumbing came the next year. we were in general healthy and happy and life was good. the only real improvements that are really for real is the advances that have ben made in medical science

Answer 3

Every long distance conversation was always well thought out - but there were fewer of them, I bet people did a lot more traveling visiting family and such - instead of just calling them on the phone. That would have been better, but I like modern day technology too much to say things would have been better than present day.

Answer 4

Can imagine having to send mail to someone about a death in the family by the time they got the letter that person would have already been buried by the time they got the letter. I can't imagine not being able to speak to someone right away.

Answer 5

WORSE! I love the telephone I am on it 24/7 but I dont have a cellular mobile device!:(( its sad!

Answer 6

Worse. I would be difficult to coordinate things. When i think about the phone calls i make to friends in order to make plans with them, I realize how difficult it must have been without phones. Letters are slow, and you'd never be able to hear loved ones who are far away.

Answer 7

I think it doesn't really matter, I never use telephones, and it doesn't affect my daily life.
But for some people, they sort of need telephones for happiness and jobs.
The answer is:different people-different answers, none of them can be totally correct.

Answer 8

I rememeber what it was like before the cell pjone , but I cant imagine what it would be like before the telephone

Answer 9

i can remember what life was like having a 3 line party line that we shared with 2 other neighbors. long and short rings to distinguish who's call it was. it was fun listening in! yeah i'd did!

in order to make a long distance phone call you had to give your home phone number to the operator. lots of times i gave phone numbers that weren't mine. oops .. yeah i did that too. naughty naughty huh !

Answer 10

or before the internet.
life was worse in both cases