I am also 1 of those old people.How did we survive?How did my kids make it,they played outside,made mud pies ate some of it.rode in car with no seat belt or safety seat,1 tv when we finally got it,then someone had to go outside and turn the antenna till someone inside said okay.Bought groceries once a week.Of course I remember as a child we lived in the country and my Mama bought them once a month.My GM drawed water from the well on the back porch.I don`t know how I got to be an older person since I was so deprived.