Nostalgic Builder Gifts

"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

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

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

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

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

'Bring out yer books!'

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

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

Those Were The Days

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

"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."

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

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

Fun (circa 1955)

'New Game'

The Paper Route

Why Do Old Hippies Smile?

Toys were me: lessons learned never growing up

Three kids in a trench coat, twenty years later.

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

"I'm thinking of getting the old band back together."

Before pagers,mobile phones and the internet.