The World is Changing

[MoonShadows]

We got rid of cable TV. The cost was outrageous for the garbage they offered. We still have an internet connection for our business websites, and we bought a Roku box. We get a lot of free TV. It may not be all up to date, but we don't watch much TV. We splurged and got a subscription to Netflix. We find a lot of good movies and TV there, especially documentaries and history shows....and, we have not watched a commercial in over 2 years!

 

[buckabucka]

No TV here, either. We have radio though.

 

[Beekissed]

No TV here either...went most of my life without TV and didn't miss a thing. I'm very thankful to have a washer and dryer, though...those are quite the luxury, as is running water...especially hot running water. I thank God each and every time I step into that shower.

 

[buckabucka]

I totally agree on the water. I went 6 years without running water. We build our house without loans, -and we were young, without great jobs. Hot showers are great!
The only thing I miss about the outhouse is an awareness of the night sky. I usually get up at least once a night. Easy to catch a spectacular northern lights display, shooting stars, nice moon. I don't see those things as often now.

 

[Nyboy]

Living alone the first thing I do is turn on TV, not to watch but comfort by back ground noise.

 

[MoonShadows]

A lot of people do that. I used to do that when no one else was home. Now, I talk and sing to the dog!

 

[MoonShadows]

Somehow, from reading this thread, I get a sneaking suspicion that a lot of us would have liked to be born in the first half of the 20th century.

I remember when we used to visit our grandparents on the farm in Virginia every summer they had a phone that would ring, but a different ring for each of the 3 or 4 parties on that line. We kids would pick up the phone and try and listen to other people's conversations, but my grandmother would shoo us away telling us "Don't be minding other people's business."

 

[valley ranch]

Before I got the water heater and the furnace I heated the water on the wood stove and bathed on the porch, when it was snowing the steam would raise up until the spot on the deck froze.

 

[Nyboy]

Growing up we had a weekend house in country that had party line phone. My parents to stop us from listening in on neighbors phone calls told us we could be arrested if caught.

 

[Smart Red]

Except for current medical advantages,(I have an ICD implant) I would do just fine in an earlier age. Goes without saying (but I'm saying it), I could survive, but I would need to have my DH along to make it well. He is my rock, my hunter, my scout, my natural science expert, and my jack-of-all-trades.