General Discussion

Lately i have flashbacks to my youth, when as a 10 year old i was free to roam my community on my bicycle, no phone and no way to contact parents. On Girl Scout camping trips, i had no contact with them for a full week. At college I MAYBE talked to mom once a week, for 5 or 10 minutes, because long distance was expensive.

I biked to the library to satisfy my curiosity. You paid cash for gas and everything else, so no one knew where you were as you went on road trips. In emergency, maybe you’d look for a pay phone.

I miss those days.