The days before cell phones

[kevinpratt]

Those days were good indeed. Infact, they were much better.

[donk]

I used to read books with a flashlight in the days before. Strange the batteries never died and the book was always on the night stand in the morning

[Tiewaz]

Reading. There was always reading. Eventually, I started writing. By that time, my parents just left me to my own devices, since I still got my chores done, got my homework done, was getting good grades (graduated 10th in my class, ) got to school and back...and when I could drive, drove myself and my little brother to school and back without accidents or tickets or anything. Driving a pickup with a dump bed. Yes, I was that weird girl.

[oneproudchump]

I remember in 1984 I went to visit an aunt in Peru. She lived 80 miles east of Lima where the still didn’t have electricity in the outskirts of her small town. When the sun went down, she switched to candle light. I was very appreciative and humbled by the experience of night lit by candle light. To this day I carry those moment in my heart and give thanks to God for living in a country where electricity is just a part of life. Sometimes, I’ll still fire up a candle and just sit in the dark, close my eyes and just fall into a deep sleep. Don’t know if millennials or gen Z’s could handle life without electricity or an iPhone.

[Dragging]

As great as technology can be and benefit our society. I feel the cell phone has done irreparable damage to all of us, especially the younger generation.

[travisp]

I remember when the engine went out in my dads car as I was on the way to a lake party. There I was, stranded about 7 miles from home so to fixed the problem just like we all did back in the day before cell phones, I walked home.

[davedismantled]

My single father, old country Dad: "Stay out as late as you want, but you better be up in the morning for school."
Me: Returned home at random times, but never too late. I was ALWAYS up in the morning for school. If I woke up late and missed the bus, I biked or walked, depending on how much time I had to make up. It was never a consideration to play sick, because I never really got sick. Unless you consider measles, mumps and chickenpox sick.... then I stayed home.

[kenneth]

Never tell the folks that you're bored, they always could think of something to occupy your time....

[donixion]

Yep, At bedtime I was expected to sleep and do nothing else. That's ok though because I had to be up at 4:30AM to do various things and then get myself ready for school. If I missed the bus, I was in a heap of trouble because my school was 15 miles away and there was no one to take me to school in the morning.

I don't generally wish those times on the kids of today. Even without cell phones, I am not sure they could hack it. lol

[theknickerbocker]

I had a transistor radio. At night, I would spin the dial and see how many stations I could get and hopefully catch what city they were in. If I got caught with the radio it was books by flashlight, times were much better then.

[uoabigaillevey]

Those days were the closest to true freedom that most of the population that still lives can remember. Freedom to do as you will.. unsupervised.. and the freedom to suffer the consequences of your actions.

[johnjohn]

I love this guy! Tells it like it is an used a boomer story to boot. We walked 10 miles in the 2 ft of snow to go to school. My dad used that one too!

[terririmmer]

I remember my sister and I hated the season when we had to go to bed and it was still light outside. She used to say, "It's not even dark outside."

[tracys]

I remember those days...very good days indeed. I still don't need phone to fall asleep. Sometimes I would read b4 going to sleep, but most of the time...just go to sleep without needing the aid of smartphones...

[blacksmithcowboy]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Perhaps, it because so many of them are spot on with my own childhood.

[hellhound]

Turned on the radio to drown out the evil thoughts in my head

[Victoriom]

Shockingly close description of how my childhood unraveled., except I didn’t take bus, walked 5 miles to school. On my in, I discovered a secondary way to supplement my income- Pay phones- turns out people would leave change😊.

[martiantexan]

With a single mother working night shift, I was getting up in the morning, making breakfast, and catching the bus/ walking to school from 1st grade.

[brentj.peterson]

There should be one weekend a month where everyone puts their phones away (unless emergency) . Would include valuable time spent as a couple or a gathering of friends.. just enjoying each other's company. The art of conversation is disappearing rapidly. Would be a shame for the youth to lose this skill. Us Gen xers lived in this great device free world growing up.

[kerrytakashi]

I would either read by flashlight or put headphones and connect them to my little radio. I would fall asleep listening to the jazz station or a real oldies station that would play music from the 20s to the 40s. Those were the few stations that would play music all night. They used to have late night talk shows on the other stations. So annoying to my little 9 year old self.