Back in my day we didn't talk just to hear our own voice, we spoke because we had something to say. For instanblah blah blah

Back in my day if we didn't have anything to say; we kept our mouths shut. Why, I remember once; I was in the first grade, in Miss Smith's class, she told us; that if we didn't have something illuminating, or inspiring to say, we ought to keep silent. Of course, she said it in Latin.