Nostalgic Tech Users Gifts

"Our carrier pigeon died. Maybe it was time to update our communication system, anyway."

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

"Before texting we had to write letters by hand, and before emojis we honestly just bottled up our emotions."

"Call Harris back from retirement and ask him how we did things around here before computers."

'Remember when we used desktop computers? When everyone at least 'looked' busy?'

"Goodnight Tommy, sleeptight, watch the millenium bugs don't bite."

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

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

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

'This is a painting of your grandfather.'

TV Repair 101.

"Dr. Jenkins was too cheap to buy a state-of-the-art EHR system so he bought this at a public library auction instead."

Wine stored inside an old fashioned monitor.

Floppy Cafe

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

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

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

Very old fashioned computer.

'Where's the autocorrect?'

Workers constructing barcodes

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

'Before I begin today's lesson, please turn off your cell phones, beepers and ipods.'

Email in a bottle.

Sell me your souls and I'll make all cell phones and computers go away."

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

A Native American making smoke signals consults index cards.

'Who are you calling 'oldtimer', sonny?!'

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

Robot and Radio

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

'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.'

'Inserting paper, lining it up, striking the keys, hitting the return carriage. I'd get him a computer, but he's doing just fine.'