The days before they had "Talkies" on the Radio......you just looked at the radio while a guy in your living room played the piano
Yup, we were happy then, though we were poor...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.