Most of the time(if I remember correctly), people sat around and conversed —-may have been gossip but they were at least TALKING to one another rather than wearing out the muscles in their hands and fingers ! ! ! !!
In January, 1947 there was a massive snowstorm in Milwaukee. The city was essentially shut down for a couple of weeks. I was born in October…in a hospital so crowded with women giving birth that they had maternity beds in the hallways.
If I was bored. I’d go out to a nice place along a small stream. With a couple of cold bottles and a fishing rod, (with the fishing gear). Find a nice place with plenty of shade and relax and try and get some catfish for dinner. All the while listening to the music of nature in the breeze rustling through the leaves.
dadthedawg Premium Member almost 3 years ago
What a sexist remark…..
gravygraves almost 3 years ago
after the NYC black out , the birth rate skyrocketed
baddawg1989 almost 3 years ago
Back in the days of two bedrooms and a path.
seanfear almost 3 years ago
Did I just see that on youtube lately?
Zykoic almost 3 years ago
It was gasoline rationing during WW2 and my parents had used up their ration card so having no place to go and nothing to do…….here I am.
cubswin2016 almost 3 years ago
We are all slowly turning into Borgs.
preacherman Premium Member almost 3 years ago
We read books, magazines, and the paper. Crossword puzzles were big then.
preacherman Premium Member almost 3 years ago
We read books, like the Bible, mags, news papers, and did crossword puzzles.
'IndyMan' almost 3 years ago
Most of the time(if I remember correctly), people sat around and conversed —-may have been gossip but they were at least TALKING to one another rather than wearing out the muscles in their hands and fingers ! ! ! !!
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
before iphones were invented we watched tv…
e.groves almost 3 years ago
There was “Thumb-twiddling and nose-picking.”
chris_o42 almost 3 years ago
I don’t have an iPhone, don’t want one. I have a desk top PC, read the comics and e-mail then off about my day unencumbered by a phone.
oakie817 almost 3 years ago
don’t ask your parents
prrdh almost 3 years ago
In January, 1947 there was a massive snowstorm in Milwaukee. The city was essentially shut down for a couple of weeks. I was born in October…in a hospital so crowded with women giving birth that they had maternity beds in the hallways.
mistercatworks almost 3 years ago
’Nough said
littlejohn Premium Member almost 3 years ago
If I was bored. I’d go out to a nice place along a small stream. With a couple of cold bottles and a fishing rod, (with the fishing gear). Find a nice place with plenty of shade and relax and try and get some catfish for dinner. All the while listening to the music of nature in the breeze rustling through the leaves.
Rise22 almost 3 years ago
Or the No-tell Motel
poppacapsmokeblower almost 3 years ago
Back when there were twelve brothers and sisters you had playmates, and I don’t mean the Playboy kind.
LEOKEV almost 3 years ago
And just like that, a Clarence Carter song is stuck in my head!
KEA almost 3 years ago
We were working so hard we didn’t have time to be bored
schaefer jim almost 3 years ago
Was the path to the outhouse?
mikeywilly almost 3 years ago
Well, we know daddy didn’t fly no kites!!!
christelisbetty almost 3 years ago
After he and his siblings left, his parents had empty nest syndrome
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 3 years ago
Well, as kids we created disorder and chaos, in the real world.
Ukko wilko almost 3 years ago
Actually used their own minds for constructive thought… a totally lost art.
wiatr almost 3 years ago
Oh, THAT.