Nostalgic Notes Gifts

"I must be getting old. They're playing my favorite son on the muzak!"

Another Programme Reminding You How Much Better Music Used To Be.

"Dear Wendy, please excuse the tardiness of my response to your recent tweet from Hoboken."

Letter Collecting Nerd

"We hardly ever intercept hard copy notes anymore, Stanley."

"Well, Mr. Goddam Fancy-Pants Small-Town-Expose hot shot! What makes you think we don't all have lusty, kiss-and-tell memoirs boiling away inside us?"

"I've learned from the past. Now can we move on?"

'I still love those classic solos from the 70s - but who has the time?'

Eddie longed for the days when kids played at recess instead of waiting for YouTube moments.

'I still write all my novels longhand.'

"These EHR formats are an indecipherable headache to try and wade through. I miss the old days when the doctor's writing was all we had to figure out."

Tony Weller and his grandson

Today, this humble feature attempts to answer one of the great quandaries of modern times. Is it Louie Louie, oh baby, my hair gotta grow? Wrong! What are the lyrics to the Kingsman's Louie Louie?* *Must be gleaned by listening. No peeking on the internet!

"Coot. How many times has he said that?"

'Not more junk mail!'

'Of course you did better when you went to school. That was before the information age.'

"I'm old enough to remember when people thought retirement had something to do with not having a job. Don't laugh! We used to believe all sorts of ridiculous stuff!"

Quill

'Once upon a time...'

A quill pen in case the computer crashes.

20 years as Stamp Club Chaorman and they send my retirement card by E-MAIL.

'When I was a student, wireless data transmission meant passing notes in class.'

"You know you're old when you have to warm up just to take out the garbage."

Stephen Collins Foster

"In my younger days I pitched woo. . . now I pitch woe!"

"Yeah... it's me he's looking for. Listen Beth, there are few things you don't know about my past."

the Carpenters greatest hits...

Love note discovered by teacher

"That's not an email, so you don't have to worry about it containing a virus. It's a birthday card from Nana."

'If these are the best years, can you imagine the crap that's coming?'

"Who says no one writes letters anymore?"

'I can remember when this was all pop concerts.'

'Heck, this is nothing, why when I was a kid, we'd have snow clear up to here.'

"It's a note from my teacher. I would have already read it, but it's in cursive."

"Polishing my mouse just doesn't have the same calming effect as sharpening my pencil."