Nostalgic Inventor Gifts

"Chips. Disks. Semiconductors. Whatever became of contraptions?"

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

"I just love the way you're so endlessly inventive in the bedroom."

"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.'

Ten Plagues for Today's Seder

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

Before the Internet

'Someday TVs will be in big boxes on the floor.'

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

'Bring out yer books!'

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

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

Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

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

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

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

Toy Shops and Educated Children

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

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

Letter Collecting Nerd

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

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

Fun (circa 1955)

'New Game'

The Paper Route

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."