Like others have said, there was alot less to do inside 'back in the good old days'. Kids had to make their own fun. I'm only 20 myself, back back when I was a youngin' (well moreso) I only had 3 channels, but I had a nintento aswell. During the holidays I would never be inside though, because in my area there were lots of other kids around, and everyone always wanted to do stuff. Plus it also helped that my parents would give us money to get us out of the house for the day