Nostalgic Builder Gifts

'and they wonder what the kids see in Bob the Builder!'

"You'll have to excuse the president. He misses his old days at the construction site."

"Lassie, go get help!" "Oh Timmy you idiot! Not again!"

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"I don't care about the rating on Goodreads. We're reading Cinderella!"

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

'It's one of Larry King's earliest shows.'

'I think I'll stay in and try to catch up on my reading.'

Before the Internet

'I don't care what the Hares have. Dial-Up is good enough for us!'

"Remember back in the day when I was a real heartbreaker?" "Riiight... now the only thing you break is wind."

'Bring out yer books!'

'Take my tip,sonny and say it with jelly babies.'

'I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still (would you believe?)')

"In my life, I've had seven cars, six jobs, five houses, four bypass operations, and three wives!"

"Yep, I've read this chapter before."

"Tell me again, Grandpa, about how you let your freak flag fly."

Those Were The Days

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

"More quarters! For God's sake, more quarters!!"

"When I was young my parents couldn't afford to give me too much, too soon."

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

"I can remember when having a '212' phone number still meant something in this world."

Fun (circa 1955)

'New Game'

"My inner child wants to have a playdate with your inner child."

The Paper Route

Library door sign says, 'We have encyclopedias ... the original Facebook!'

An Abacus in the form of 70s Pop group ABBA

'Thirty years from now, this will seem terribly quaint and awash in charming period detail.'

Three kids in a trench coat, twenty years later.

Why Do Old Hippies Smile?