What was the World like before Bocce and Internet?

With Bocce being one of the oldest games and the Internet really just caught on to the masses about 10 - 15 years ago, I remember my start on WEBTV Nov. '97,

the World seemed a bit slower then. Information hungry topic oriented subjects, there was the Library, but my main source was VALLEDARES.

Now gone, one became hooked, dependend to the net and being without one for just a few days and having to restart most everything, things can become a bit frustrating.

Anyway, glad problems are resolved, (for NOW), but Mercury in retrograde until Oct.10, I hope the effects are fading.