The boomers grew up with three TV channels broadcasting about sixteen hours a day. (And when small they didn't get to stay up to see the test pattern come on.)

The boomers grew up with three TV channels broadcasting about sixteen hours a day. (And when small they didn't get to stay up to see the test pattern come on.) Their families rented phones from AT&T; they not only didn't have pictures on the phones, they often as not had party lines (which did offer entertainment in some cases). So, yes, we likely did read more for fun, though it wasn't always a particularly high-grade version.