Old School Communication Fan Gifts

"Dadgumit - that ain't right. I need you to ride back out there and delete that last message."

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

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

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

"Dammit all, haven't they heard of e-mail?"

'This is a letter opener, from the days before faxes and email. I just sold it online after I listed it as a vintage communication device.'

Before social media there was sticky notes.

"My Gmail account is full. I can't get any more email." "So?" "I'll miss email. It was so old-timey. You could write hundreds or even thousands of words, with actual paragraphs." "People didn't see any little animations to show them you were typing. They had to actually wonder if you were going to reply." "And the spam was fun. You never got to hear from Nigerian princes while you're checking your texts." "Just delete stuff." "If you delete a few gigs of old emails, you'll be able to get n

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

-"What has this got to do with communication?" -"It's my invention...the hand smiley."

"You're actually passing notes in class? That is so retro!"

"Tell you what, just tweet me your order when you're ready."

'With government cyber snooping, we must communicate through channels no one would ever suspect...the postal service.'

Fitness Club Founded in 1892

"I suppose you're using all the modern technology, dynamic packaging, skype, web marketing..." "Yes, we even use carrier-pigeon.com."

Bell invents the telephone.

"He refuses to watch the NEWs - living as he does, in the past."

'Beat it! I've got a computer!'

"Just a minute - I'm uploading."

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

"Vinyl I get. This, I didn't see coming."

Vents, real and digital.

Antiques.

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

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

Couriers and their customers often share a warm relationship.

"It's for you."

3...2...1...I'm Recording

A.T.&T.'s New Competitors

'At the tone please leave your name and number.'

'Hea-hea. . . that's an old AOL disk.'

The Early Internet

"Sure, we have problems, but at least we can talk about them."

"Guess what I say today!!"

"Well, saying it over and over again doesn't make it true."