Oh, yes!! I, too, am an "old bird" and remember those days well. We hired a teenage babysitter and left for the entire day and never knew what happened 'til we got home. Usually, nothing happened. Once there was a severe thunderstorm in our absence and when we got home the babysitter's parents (good friends of ours) were at our house, too, keeping her company. Another time, I remember the babysitter apologetically pointing out a bucket on the porch containing a very bad overflowed diaper and clothing mess which had overwhelmed her completely. That was just fine. Better than seeing a cell phone pic of it while we were at the state fair eating ice cream.