With email, IM, downloads, bebo, my space and evrything else you can do on here - it makes you wonder what we did before!
2007-03-28 09:30:01 · 31 answers · asked by dollymixture 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
We got out more... we interacted... communicated... walked... wrote letters... postcards... went to telephone boxes... used public transport, on which we met (and made) new friends... we used our hands, legs, feet, minds, and bodies constantly and in conjunction with each other... we were fitter... stronger... laughed more... spoke with neighbours... knew all our neighbours... smiled at each other... left doors unlocked... keys under plant pots... hanging inside letterboxes on pieces of string so the postman/delivery man/butcher.baker/candlestick maker could leave deliveries inside... and we trusted one another... we did all these things before mobiles... before cars... before laptops and before Internet... I know, I was there!
Trust me... it was a nicer world... and I'm a positive person who loves technology, yet feels it is also our downfall, simply because we have become its slaves, rather than using it to its best advantage!
Gran:-)
Who's been online nine years, aged 62 on Monday and missing the old days more every time I listen/read, the news!
2007-03-28 09:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
As a member of the pre-internet/email/IM generation let me tell you there were never boring days! My days were filled with bike rides with friends, playing baseball or soccer in the park in the summer, sledding or skiing or skating in the winter, board games or card games in the evening with family.
Aaaaahhhhh the good old days!
Don't get me wrong, internet/email/Ims are great, but I still get a thrill when I see a hand written letter on pretty stationary from a friend in the mail box.
2007-03-28 09:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by sugar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So many things have changed. We actually went outside!!! Had face to face conversations with our friends. Used the telephone ( that was before caller ID and call waiting too ). We were in better shape, we didn't watch allot of TV because we only had three channels to choose from. No cell phones either. :) We just interacted more with people in person. We developed better interpersonal relationships.
2007-03-28 10:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by John Y 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I would connect to bulletin board systems on my Commodore64 system. The public high school in my area hosted one and I could connect through my 300 baud modem.
I also played a lot of organized sports and pickup games with the other kids in the neighborhood.
2007-03-28 09:40:29 · answer #4 · answered by Jim Maryland 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We listened to the radio, and instead of downloading we recorded songs off the radio onto a cassette. We called ppl when we got home from school or work...needless to say the phones were always busy. The best part was when we all went out together to the park or out on someone's porch just to hang out.
2007-03-28 09:35:15 · answer #5 · answered by Geetu 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Watch T.V. And Play Nintendo
2007-03-28 09:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ Mae ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not be without the internet, but we managed to cope. Just like people coped before TV and even electricity.
2007-03-28 09:57:47 · answer #7 · answered by TB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm part of the generation who grew up with internet.
I just couldn't imagine life without it but I will still have a life of course.
2007-03-28 09:32:22 · answer #8 · answered by g03ff2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we just did it ,without Internet by other ways which ,we think primitive.even this Internet age may change to something new and you would start wondering how much it was dreadful for you while doing things you want with Internet.
2007-03-28 09:40:46 · answer #9 · answered by dpkdrj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We watched hours more telly, read more books and took the dog out for longer walkies!
2007-03-28 09:33:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋