- You carried a dictionary and thesaurus in your schoolbag
- You had pen pals and bought fancy writing paper for your letters
- You used to hold the AA route planner print-out on your steering wheel as you tried to drive
- You actually had to leave the house to buy your Christmas presents
- And your groceries
- Encyclopedias were actually read
- You would keep the negatives of your holiday photos – just in case you lost the prints
- You had to look interested in your nails when your mate/date popped to the toilet
- You had to have awkward conversations on your parents’ landline with potential dates
- You would send out party invitations in the post
- You visited HMV every Saturday
- You found jobs in your local paper
- You’d spend half of your life listening to ‘on hold’ music on the phone as you tried to book trains, concerts, holidays…
- You owned a cheque book
- You took at least five paperbacks on holiday
- Hours would be spent getting to the next level on Tetris
Mum in Brum 
I can’t help thinking that life before Google was ignorance…which was bliss. We know too much! Although the convenience side is absolutely amazing no doubt! #TheList
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So true – there were actually people who ‘knew things’ too – the ones that would be your ‘phone a friend.’ Imagine x
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And now who even uses their phone to actually….phone!?! x
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Ha haa so accurate! Oh I remember those awkward phone calls 🙂 Mim x #thelist
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Glad you enjoyed it! x
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Ahhh so many blasts from the pasts! HMV and printed route planners, those were the days! Thanks for linking up with #TheList x
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Oh I just love this post its incredible how much we rely on it now isn’t it? And driving with the AA map I remember it well ha ha x
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