Old-school Geek Mugs

'I lost my mobile phone so I had to dig out my 1988 one with its attached digital camera.'

"No, it wasn't a sinkhole. Your old TV was so heavy the ground could no longer take the weight."

"You never told me your dad was so delightfully old-fashioned."

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

"It's a fantastic computer! It's so old that none of today's hackers know how to hack it!"

Early on-line shopping

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

"And this is one of our most poular models..."

'There's no delete key. You have to use the board eraser.'

"It's very sweet of you to visit him. Mr. Mainframe doen't get out much since the desktops came in."

'Sorry, I can't help you, the computer's down again.'

"I put my faith in coal. Because there’s no fuel like an old fuel."

"I know we said we would get you a laptop.. but this will have to do until business gets better."

"I know we said we'd get you a laptop,but this will have to do until business improves."

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

'Do you know what I miss? - Chalk talks!'

The Final Chapter.

'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.'

'This may be an old computer, but it won the March Madness office pool again and wants the money deposited in its Swiss bank account.'

'We've got to upgrade our computer system. Downloading information on this one takes too long.'

'I call it 'Myspace'''

"You're right. I have to come up with a brake of some kind."

'We couldn't give away black-and-white TVs until we started advertising them as having 'non multi-color capability'.'

Old and new technologies

"We were looking for a non-hackable, energy efficient data center. Thanks for the file cabinet."

'Gentlemen, invent your engines.'

"Hi..just ringing to see if you got my e-mail?"

He still refuses to upgrade.

Acme Slide Rules: 'We'll be here and ready, when the current electronic gadgetry fad fades!'

Gramaphone Man.

R. J. Willoby - Old Money, Old Technology, Member 'Good Old Boys Network'.

"I'd like to make a return."

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

'Telling me He works in mysterious ways!'