So tonight my roommate and I were trying to figure out what exactly did people do prior to today’s technology? Of course she and I are getting, if not already there, stir crazy because we do not have internet access here in the house. We do not really know our way around the city and because it gets dark so quickly after we get off work we have not managed to venture out. Thus, we come home and pretty much do nothing all afternoon/evening until it’s time to go to sleep. So we were trying to figure out…before cell phones and text messages and emails and internet and computers as we know them…what did people do for fun? A few ideas we came up with were cards, reading, quilting, and having tea. We both agreed that back then society operated under a slower cadence of life and therefore taking one hour to drink a cup of coffee and two hours to get dressed was normal so there were not as many hours in the day to even worry about occupying yourself. Oh yes, we also were thinking about those who had servants or hired help because they certainly did not spend their time in the yard or cleaning the house so with what did they really occupy their time?
If you have ideas or comments, please feel free…
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