Nostalgic Gadgeteers Pillows

"Smartphone? What's that?"

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

Snoopy with Laptop

'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!'

The Uses of a Stethoscope

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

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

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

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

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

Millennials in the Year 2050...

TV Repair 101.

An elderly woman with a heart-shaped ear trumpet

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

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

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

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

'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!'

Email in a bottle.

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

Computer Based Training - the early years

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."

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

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

"Sundials! Hourglasses!"

'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.'