It's hard to imagine life without it now, information on every subject under the sun a mouse click away, it's become an invaluable tool for almost everyone. I've found out so many practical things that have enabled me to carry out DiY tasks around the home, to name just one recent task that would years ago have meant a trip to the library hoping I'd find a book with a guide to replacing a toilet flush. An online guide plus a few hints and tips on a plumbing forum it was job done in a morning rather than either taking a week while I found what it entailed or risking a visit from a tradesman.
How did we know which cars were dogs and which were not? Or find people who had owned the model we wanted to see what their experiences were? And when they went wrong, finding out things that the Haynes manual didn't tell us (ie most things of any use). Teletext never covered any of that. And so many other ways it's made life a lot easier in ways far too numerous to list.
Downside I suppose is that I've forgotten how to write, apart from scribbled notes everything is typed now and reaches the recipient seconds after I've finished it.
Can anyone imagine living without it now, or even remember how they got by before it came along?
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