Nostalgic Gadgeteers Gifts

"Smartphone? What's that?"

"No Timmy, I don't think your pencil has system requirments or upgrades you can download from the internet."

'This is a letter opener, from the days before faxes and email. I just sold it online after I listed it as a vintage communication device.'

'We never had all these labour-saving devices in my young day!'

'Father, when are you going to get software for our home computer that will teach me French?'

The Uses of a Stethoscope

'I hope it's fixed soon. I miss the convenience and friendly beep.'

"However good father's 'beaver-o-matic' was..."

Millennials in the Year 2050...

'Apparently the poor love's walkman is broken.'

'Yes, I did put a bigger string on it. It's called upgrading.'

An elderly woman with a heart-shaped ear trumpet

TV Repair 101.

'The key to inner peace? A land line.'

"My computer tower is so big and old, I had to rent a forklift to remove it from my home."

'This is the only secure line in the building.'

'After you're done crank starting your computer, maybe we can talk about investing in better technology.'

'You've got E.I.E.I.O mail'

"Poor guy..he just got a 'Dear John' fax!"

"OMIGOD! I'm becoming my predecessor!"

'... So I'm standing near this old guy and he's using an old, giant cell phone-- I mean this thing is ridiculous! Hahahaha!'

"I don't need to know your age. I saw you suing a flip phone, so I'll just assume you're old."

'You help me with my homework and I'll help you with the timer on the video recorder!'

'Hey Dad - you're shaving with my transistor radio!'

Computer Based Training - the early years

Email in a bottle.

Wireless Access Here.

'We can't put it off any longer, we must book hearing tests.'

"First it was one kid, then another and another...mobile banking has put my kind out of work."

'I like getting my news online, but I miss annoying people with excessive, newspaper rustling noises.'

'It's the back up system for when the office intranet crashes!!'

'I think Miss Jones is winning her fight against computerisation, gentlemen!'

'I lost my mobile phone so I had to dig out my 1988 one with its attached digital camera.'

'Hello Cynthia, it's me...I thought I'd phone for a natter, Gerald's fallen asleep in front of the TV...trying to program the video.'

"Sundials! Hourglasses!"