Nurturing Nostalgist Gifts

'I miss the old content delivery system.'

'How do you like my two-tone car?'

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

Red Letter Days - Encounter with the old village sweetheart - 'bless my soul! ... Miss Victoire! ...'

"I'll never forget you."

"I get it! I get it! Elephants never forget. Now quit bragging about it!"

The Last Non E-Book In The World.

"The floors are hot lava, but the apartment does come furnished with plenty of pillows."

I love the way barbecues take you back to nature.

If you give a mouse a french cookie

'If only Darwin could have seen this!'

Rapunzel as a child.

"I bet you miss your brother."

"Remember last October when you had on your autumn colors and we were hugging like this? And that tiny chipmunk jumped on my face? That was nuts!"

How can you read that comic strip Blondie? Its about a kinder, simpler time. It's about ancient history. They do the same material over and over. Exactly. I can count on it. Not like your stupid Pearls and Get fuzzy. Oooh, look how angry and edgy they are. They're sooo clever! Your whole gig is being angry and edgy. Look, I'm setting Candorville on fire.

'I didn't know people still played footsie.'

"I'm so old I can't remember who's the smart one and who's the pretty one."

I suppose industrial pollution is the price of progress, but I still miss that old world atmosphere.

"I'm looking for a day care provider. . . besides TV."

"I'm impressed! Junior actually asked to use our old-fashioned dictionary!"

Boys happy playing and singing in the snow and ice

'Rorschach multiple-choice test'

"Someday we'll look back on these and-times and be really envious."

'Dad...why would I ever want to get out of the first grade? I love first grade!'

'Here son, let me tie your shoe strings before you get your diploma.'

"Being in the now today sure ain't like the good ol' now!"

"Do you remember when all we had to worry about was growing stuff?"

"O.K., now, when a teacher comes out, everybody look straight up."

'Elm and Oak? The streets were named after trees that were here before the developers cut them down.'

"Since he retired he misses his meetings."

An Old Man Reminiscing.

'Which tape shall we watch, the wedding or the honeymoon?'

'Your problem is that you're a Johnny Carson guy in a Jay Leno world.'

"Remember how much fun we had as kids? Ah, but this morning was a long time ago."

"These days, I suppose it doesn't matter whether you've read Thomas Mann or not."