Old School Gadgeteer Mugs

'I had to downgrade my mobile . . .'

'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.'

'We never had all these labour-saving devices in my young day!'

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

The Final Chapter.

'Father, when are you going to get software for our home computer that will teach me French?'

'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.'

He still refuses to upgrade.

Gramaphone Man.

Electronic Abacus

"What I like most about you, Roberts, old boy, is that you don't talk back."

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

"However good father's 'beaver-o-matic' was..."

Time Travelers from the 21st Century.

Millennials in the Year 2050...

"I hope you're not in a hurry. Brother Augustus is our copying machine."

"Aren't these old eighties phones tiny!"

'This is the only secure line in the building.'

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

'He's so behind the times - his Hot Line is rotary!'

'After you're done crank starting your computer, maybe we can talk about investing in better technology.'

'I'm not saying he's too old, but he has a five-inch floppy disk drive.'

"This is so cool! I'm flying this thing completely on my Palm pilot!"

'... So I'm standing near this old guy and he's using an old, giant cell phone-- I mean this thing is ridiculous! Hahahaha!'

"OMIGOD! I'm becoming my predecessor!"

'Things really change fast now. There's an original i-pad.'

Antiques.

"I don't need to know your age. I saw you suing a flip phone, so I'll just assume you're old."

Computer Based Training - the early years

'With all this fuss should we buy a typewriter in case we get raided?'

BYOD issues were an even bigger problem in the 1950s.

'Hey Dad - you're shaving with my transistor radio!'

My computer teacher remembers using Windows 3.1.

Wireless Access Here.

"First it was one kid, then another and another...mobile banking has put my kind out of work."