Nostalgic Novel Enthusiast Gifts

Oliver introduced to the respectable old gentleman

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

"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."

Honoré de Balzac

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

'It's one of Larry King's earliest shows.'

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

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

Before the Internet

'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!"

'Bring out yer books!'

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

'I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still (would you believe?)')

Sock Puppet in Literature

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

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

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

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

Paul goes home for the holidays

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

"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'

Back in my day, we were drawn with ink on paper, not on some fancy digital pad, but at least we knew we existed.

Library door sign says, 'We have encyclopedias ... the original Facebook!'

Three kids in a trench coat, twenty years later.

Before pagers,mobile phones and the internet.

"When I was a puppy, I barked as a puppy, I understood as a puppy, I thought as a puppy. But when I became a dog, I put away puppy things except for my shabby, old, beat-up stuffy toy. I still freaking love this thing."

Why Do Old Hippies Smile?