[bluedino]

> Just from my memories, we didn’t have as much stuff competing for our income. There were no cell phones or ISP bills, and we didn’t have cable TV either.

There were bills back then that people had, that you don't have today.

* Daily newspaper subscription

* Telephone line (plus long distance calls...expensive back then)

* Cigarettes - people used to smoke every day

Cable TV was not as popular but many people had it in the 80's. Premium channels as well. People still rented movies back then, bought VCR's, records, tapes, they bought more magazines and books.

[kube-system]

Yeah, we had two telephone bills into the mid 90s. One for the phone line, and one for long distance. And before my time, you used to have to rent the phone from the phone company as well.