Sunday - Delivering papers 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. Went to Church, dad went to pub, mum cooked dinner. After dinner played board games in crap weather or out in street or on bikes good weather.
Monday - Friday. School. After school played in Street or local area with friends and neighbours. Fish n chips for dinner on Fridays
Saturday - A.M. Worked on market stall. P.M. Went to football match

Never short of things to do and never bored. Bring it back!

 

I know that many members have alternatives for power cuts (including using old car batteries) but we use a low weight 220v 300W portable power station (was Shopee P3598 Oct 2023) with TV, router, laptops all plugged into one extension socket that can be moved from wall socket to Power Station socket in seconds. These are the only things we find essential to keep running but also have JISULiFE fans that last about 24 hours (Shopee P1699 Oct 2023) as well as other little fans with lights. Works well for short power cuts because of how quickly we can put the internet back on. Preferable to pocket wifi (and no promo to buy which often doesn't work anyway - but obviously a bigger item).

 

Read a book??

 

I always Marry a young wife, then and now.