Once upon a time when ... "I was offline"

Recently I had time out with my family at a beautiful hill stations. The place had nice nature around and was free from all sorts of pollution. But the key aspect I observed was that the hotel where we stayed had no network connectivity. Effectively "I was offline" temporarily as it was impossible to take calls, check mails or visit Facebook !! Initially I felt very itchy, due to habit of being 24X7 online and connected, but then started enjoying the solace of this offline life....
In fact, this stay reminded me the old days .... Once upon a time when I was offline
The Mobile was not present. Only one or two people had a landline phone at their home amongst all the people in entire small town. Phone had a simple bell ringtone and caller-tunes was a also the same bell sound ;).Computers were named with numbers like 386 /486 and were a wealthy possession of few renowned institutes , labs and offices. Concept of a super-rich person included possession of a personal computer. World was not horrified by possible Y2K problem and Sabir Bhatia was yet working on the concept of hot mail. There were laps but no laptops. There were tables but no tablets and there was no word like "Social media" invented by then. There were no phone calls, mails waiting to make anyone feel important. There were no likes and comments on Facebook to make anyone feel "connected" to their friends.
First I thought life was so boring, slow, empty and pleasure less but then felt one thing was for sure, everyone had time, peace of mind.
Office work could wait till next day even after being critical. Friends could meet each other rather than calling over mobile. People liked seeing printed copies of photos over a cup of tea rather than sharing the soft copies photos virtually. Everything had a personal touch. Everyone could share a real smile than just smiley over chat.
Being "online" today may be good or bad, but it surely is a necessity of life. So is the fun of old days lost for ever? Can we control our hunger of being 24X7 online , so that we can enjoy the midas touch of old life style, while using these gadgets and facilities for office work and for connecting with far away friends?
By the way it was just another random thought... :)