[Ben Dover]

Back in the day, those people at the playground would be reading a book, a newspaper, or a magazine.

[BiglyCommentary]

In the movie The Princess Bride, Peter Faulk’s character says to his grandson “In my day, television was called books”.

[miserare]

...or possibly interacting with their kids, having good oldfashioned fun?

[viewfromthefrontier]

Back in the day, those people at the playground would be reading a book, a newspaper, or a magazine.

Or chatting with each other, heaven forbid! Or maybe interacting with their children!