[GeronL]

I had no air conditioning or cable TV until I was well into my teen years.

[discostu]

Doesn’t mean you didn’t have stuff you didn’t need. 90% of everything I’ve ever owned in my life, including growing up fairly poor, I didn’t NEED. Toys, books, gadgets, movies. Really if it doesn’t go in the dresser, fridge, or pantry we probably don’t need it, but there it is, we own it.

[Mears]

“I had no air conditioning or cable TV until I was well into my teen years.
“

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Lucky you-—I didn’t have them until I was in my mid-forties.

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[driftdiver]

And yet old timers still thought you were given too much

[Delta Dawn]

We had cable rocks when I was a teenager...

[Shimmer1]

I had no color TV (or cable) until I was in my 30s. I used to go into my friend’s homes and just stare at the AMAZING colors on their TVs.