Old School Gifts

At 100 years old, Ceil pretty much spoke her mind...

'This is my Grandpa and he doesn't own a cell!'

Old navy veteran 3rd base coach

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

Gen-Next Library

Early Adopter...Early Opt-Outer

'When I asked you to do research for your assignment, I meant the library not on Google!'

Gramophone dreams of mp3 player.

'Is there an E-Reader Edition?'

"First they came for the horoscope and the crossword and I did nothing. Then they came for the cartoonists and there was no-one left to satirise it."

'I don't like reading on screen, so I'm printing the internet to look at it later.'

"I don't know what happened, your holiness! I painted the ENTIRE CEILING!"

Between going to school, watching TV and doing my homework, I hardly have any quality time to spend with my doll.

'Yes I think we did go to school together. Wasn't you the old headmistress?'

'When I was told our new computer was going to be state of the art, no one mentioned it was state of the art in 1954.'

The Final Chapter.

'He's not a 'bad' phone. He's just not a 'smart' phone.'

"Whatever happened to throwing Frisbees around?"

'My battery is dead. How does it end?'

"Books are tricky. You can't text with a text book and you can't call with a phone book!"

'It's like listening to the 1950s. You can hear the dentures whistling.'

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.

'Oh darling, it is not an ibook, it is only a book.'

"There's a rumor going around that the 90's are back."

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

"Get a computer?! Do I look as though I have room in here for a computer?"

'Lost your kindle in the cab? Try my outdated destined-for-extinction, low-priced print edition.'

'It was great! I learned how to use dial phones, drive a standard transmission and cook without a microwave...'

"Actually, I'm sitting here reading a book—just to see if I can still do it."

"Come on. I always browse the Mom and Pop stores before buying online."

"It's your Grandpa's version of keeping up with technology...reading the papers online."

"When I was your age, we walked three miles through the snow to school, and didn't have laptops on our school supply list."

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

'Well, on a pencil that rubber thing is called an eraser, not a delete button.'

"When I was your age, I had to walk two blocks to the video rental store."