With reference to the article "A trip down memory lane" (July 31) by Tariq Al-Maeena, there were very few street names in Jeddah in the 1970s. I remember visiting a friend and the directions were "turn left at the purple house and then right at the oil can and then I'll have my son stand on the corner of our street!" Those were happy, simpler days. S.K. Nassif, Online response II. There is no doubt that technology is a welcome change of life. However, technology, like any other development, has its drawbacks. It is mostly the younger generation who are greatly affected by technology which has become their bread and butter, so to speak. The younger generation have not experienced the good old days when people had time for each other. It is the responsibility of families to educate their children about the good and bad use of technology, and they should not be left unattended in such use. T. Tawfiq, Online response
