I had to look to see if you were from my hometown when I read this. Imagine my surprise when I saw you're not even in the same country! It's good to know our Canadian friends were raised the same way as us redneck hillbillies--LOL.
I often wonder how my 17 year old daughter and 13 year old son would make it through the day without all their modern conveniences. Outside? Are you kidding? There are bugs out there and don't you know the sun causes cancer? What is a record? What is a card catalog?--that one was from one of the students manning the school library. Encyclopedia? Don't you mean Wikipedia? Even my husband who is 5 years older than me refuses to change the channel on the tv and the stereo receiver without a remote. It's more complicated than it was back then but it can be done. He won't watch it if the batteries go dead in the remote and will whine & gripe until I take the batteries out of something else if there aren't any new ones in the closet.