Backtracking Enthusiast Gifts

"If we can't find the way forward, let's find the way back."

"No, it wasn't a sinkhole. Your old TV was so heavy the ground could no longer take the weight."

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

Excess Baggage: In the old days folks called 2 weeks with 4 kids in a non-air conditioned car a vacation.

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

"And this is one of our most poular models..."

Early on-line shopping

"It's a fantastic computer! It's so old that none of today's hackers know how to hack it!"

"Hank brings five years of top sales experience to our team so lets try to make him feel welcome as he makes you all look bad."

"It's very sweet of you to visit him. Mr. Mainframe doen't get out much since the desktops came in."

'Sorry, I can't help you, the computer's down again.'

'As you know, some of us can't keep up with the pace of new technology.'

"If I can't use a calculator, may I use my Dad's old slide-rule?"

"I know we said we would get you a laptop.. but this will have to do until business gets better."

"I know we said we'd get you a laptop,but this will have to do until business improves."

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

'We couldn't give away black-and-white TVs until we started advertising them as having 'non multi-color capability'.'

'You said I should check back with you if I didn't get any better. . .'

'When I was told our new computer was going to be state of the art, no one mentioned it was state of the art in 1954.'

'I call it 'Myspace'''

'We've got to upgrade our computer system. Downloading information on this one takes too long.'

"You're right. I have to come up with a brake of some kind."

'Gentlemen, invent your engines.'

Old and new technologies

"We were looking for a non-hackable, energy efficient data center. Thanks for the file cabinet."

"Hi..just ringing to see if you got my e-mail?"

He still refuses to upgrade.

'Look, several prisoners in my client's facility have reported finding God in their cells! Yet you claim you've never broken in one time?'

Acme Slide Rules: 'We'll be here and ready, when the current electronic gadgetry fad fades!'

'...please switch of all mobile phones, paging devices and alarm watches...'

"Rats! It doesn't work...but why?? Why??!!"

'In case of computer bug break glass.'

'Telling me He works in mysterious ways!'

It's a wireless.