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 about 2 years ago
What a sexist remark…..
gravygraves about 2 years ago
after the NYC black out , the birth rate skyrocketed
baddawg1989 about 2 years ago
Back in the days of two bedrooms and a path.
seanfear about 2 years ago
Did I just see that on youtube lately?
Zykoic about 2 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 about 2 years ago
We are all slowly turning into Borgs.
preacherman Premium Member about 2 years ago
We read books, magazines, and the paper. Crossword puzzles were big then.
preacherman Premium Member about 2 years ago
We read books, like the Bible, mags, news papers, and did crossword puzzles.
'IndyMan' about 2 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 about 2 years ago
before iphones were invented we watched tv…
e.groves about 2 years ago
There was “Thumb-twiddling and nose-picking.”
chris_o42 about 2 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 about 2 years ago
don’t ask your parents
prrdh about 2 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 about 2 years ago
’Nough said
littlejohn Premium Member about 2 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 about 2 years ago
Or the No-tell Motel
poppacapsmokeblower about 2 years ago
Back when there were twelve brothers and sisters you had playmates, and I don’t mean the Playboy kind.
LEOKEV about 2 years ago
And just like that, a Clarence Carter song is stuck in my head!
KEA about 2 years ago
We were working so hard we didn’t have time to be bored
schaefer jim about 2 years ago
Was the path to the outhouse?
mikeywilly about 2 years ago
Well, we know daddy didn’t fly no kites!!!
christelisbetty about 2 years ago
After he and his siblings left, his parents had empty nest syndrome
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 2 years ago
Well, as kids we created disorder and chaos, in the real world.
Ukko wilko about 2 years ago
Actually used their own minds for constructive thought… a totally lost art.
wiatr about 2 years ago
Oh, THAT.