Sahar Mourad
Retirement Life

Reader’s Respond: What is something younger generations will never understand?

We asked you to take a trip down memory lane and share something younger generations will never understand and your responses did not disappoint. 

From black-and-white TVs to getting up to change the channel, having your milk delivered to your front door and even good old-fashioned typewriters, here are just some of the memories you shared.

Dawn Dominick - The sense of safety that we had growing up.

Jeanne-Marie Thomas - When you are 81...you live in a world soooo different from the world you grew up in! The list is immense.

Keith Wilson - Having to stand up to change the channel

Joan Gebetsberger - Milkman, Bread delivered not sliced, listening to the radio for the serials no TV. Playing in the street, hunting tadpoles enjoying the outdoors

Anne Mckeon - Being thankful for what we had.

Margaret Inglis - Typewriters. And carbon paper to place between 2 pieces of paper to make a copy. And put it in an envelope to forward it to someone.

Tolla Edda Anderson - Not being able to use the phone and computer at the same time.

Maureen Lyons Martinsky - Dialling a rotary phone.

Geoff Scrimes - No internet. Maybe black and white TV too. Of course no cell phones!!

Rosy Bloom - Stockings, suspenders, belts and corsets!

Marguerite Gainsford Stanford - actual money (cash) instead of paying everything on cards.

Steve Smith - milk bottles delivered to your front door.

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