What Did We Do On The Bus B4 Mobile Phone's ?

Well, I was on the bus the other morning on me way to work and having a bit of a chat with a colleague as we went. Unusually, we where sat downstairs (as I like to park upstairs and enjoy the view) and I noticed that everyone who was sat in front of us where tinkering with their mobiles.

This got me thinking - which is dangerous I know, but here goes, what on earth did we do before mobile phones came about ? Did we talk to each other, did we read the paper, did we rock a geet big Sony Walkman, can anyone remember ?

It was equally interesting to see what people where doing on the phones - not that I'm that much of a nosey parker, but I could quite openly see. The lady sat in front of me was perusing her ebay account and hoying a couple of bids on (around the Harlow Green area) and she then did a bit of Facebooking. The lady in front of her was on a game and not sure which one as I don't do them (barring a brief dabble with them Angry Birds).

It's amazing really as just seem addicted to looking at our phones. I'm as guilty as the next person for sure as my usual routine on the journey to work is read the Metro up to the Green Room on the Lime down to Chester, then catch up with Rush Hour Crush on the Pronto followed by getting the phone out and checking both twitter and Facebook. That usually gets me to Low Fell then its back to the Metro and I'm usually neatly at the football, if there is any, by the time I get to Gateshead. Then its back on the blower or chatting to a colleague on the bit down to Bensham. It really is an addiction and probably not a healthy one or a cheap one either !

Where will it end - as a great former colleague often says - Who Knows ?

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