J: Dad, did you use to own (you/own) a smartphone when you were my age?
D: Did I what?
J: 1 Did you use (you/use) a smartphone or a laptop when you were a teenager?
D: What?! No I didn't. I was 14 in ... er ... wait a minute ... in 1981. We 2 didn't have (have) laptops back then.
J: So, how 3 do you check (check) your messages?
D: Jodie?! There were no messages or texts; no Facebook or anything. We 4 sent (send) letters or faxes.
J: I see. Wow ... Dad, what's a fax?
D: Er ... well ... it was a bit like a photocopier. You 5 would write (write) your message on a piece of paper, then put it in the fax machine ...
J: And then?
D: Well, then you 6 dialed (dial) the number and wait. The machine er ... well ... it read the piece of paper and sent it to your friend.
J: What, the piece of paper?
D: What? No! Not the same piece of paper, Jodie – just the message.
J: I see. Wow.