I know what you mean, Wayne. I 'm one of those too. Still, talking about it makes you think of the old Monty Python sketch with John Cleese and Eric Idle comparing childhood hard-luck stories, doesn't it? "You think you had it tough growing up in a one-room flat? Listen, I grew up in a cardboard box!" "A cardboard box? You had a cardboard box? I'd have killed for a cardboard box. I grew up in a hole in the road!" On 6-Jan-10, at 12:18 PM, Wayne Dobson wrote: > I grew up with no TV, X-box, computer, > internet, cell phone, portable media players, etc. I was forced to > read books and listen to radio dramas . . . --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo