Steam? Why back in my day, we didn't need steam, because we had our reliable one-horsepower horses, and that was good enough for us!
Back in my day, we didn't have hands. We had to do everything using our god-given flagellum.
Electronic? Back in my day, our shells were made of rock! Yea, good ol'... Good ol'...
Back in my day, we had superintelligent martians to do our calculations for us.