One should not expect them to be connected, high-tech, or savvy enough to text or to be blogging, which must seem like some sort of newfangled thing that "back in my day," they never had.
Nu te-ai aștepta să fie conectați, high-tech sau suficient de pricepuți  pentru SMS-uri ori bloguri, ce sigur le par a fi ultimul răcnet, ceva ce nu aveau „pe vremea mea”.