I can clearly remember the 90ies, when it wasnt usual to "be always online", mainly due to limited connections & providers and huge costs in our regions. I can also remember they years when I didnt had "a somewhat permanent" internet connection at home and when I had to pick up my computer, drive it to a friend and connect there to do some downloads :-D

I miss the old forums esp., nowadays everybody posts on LinkedIn and its the "main online place to be"