You were rich compared to us. I never had a phone till I got married. 1970 was the first time I had a phone. We didn't have television until 1958.
Wow----I think we got the TV about the same time as you did.I always felt as if we were the last ones in the world to get a phone(I lived in the city)but I guess I was wrong.
The "poor" today wouldn't be able to survive the way that we did.