Your life without a computer: what does it look like?

This is what my life would look like without my computer.

Like when I was a teenager, I’d have to type everything on a good old-fashioned typewriter, get covered in ink every time I’d have to change the ribbon, have a good supply of Tippex, scrunch up badly written sheets and throw them into the bin.

I’d have to look up words in my thesaurus, asking myself, where is that thesaurus I once owned? I loved that book. It smelled beautiful and its hardback cover was dark blue with silver writing. The last time I saw it, it wasn’t in pristine condition, and that’s because it got a lot of use.

I’m sure it’s difficult for those who weren’t born before the age of computers to imagine what life would be like without them.

People my vintage and older remember having to handwrite or type everything.

I had a computer long before I had the internet. Before Cloud, I saved my work on floppy discs and CDS, and my kids played games on diskettes and CDs.

I played games such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong in the arcades. We had to put money into a slot to play, so there was little chance of becoming addicted. Plus, there was usually someone standing in line waiting their turn.

I’d be lost without my computer, to be honest!

Thank you for reading.

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