Old-school Tech Lover Mugs

He still refuses to upgrade.

Bad timing.

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

'Big audio gear is coming back!'

"In the old days, we had to constantly feed the screensaver."

'I'd explain how the TV, VCR, DVD, surround sound home entertainment system works...but I don't know.'

'Someday TVs will be in big boxes on the floor.'

The original paperless office

'I don't care what the Hares have. Dial-Up is good enough for us!'

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

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

Backlash industries: makers of the macro-chip, bigger, slower..and it even makes mistakes

'Oh, relax - you're doing great for your age...but I am a little concerned about out computer's old operating system.'

Early on-line shopping

Before the development of the microchip, attempts to build a laptop computer were largely unsuccessful.

We have a nice selection of office artifacts, a typewriter, carbon paper, ashtrays, our CEO's last handwritten memo...

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

'1001 things to do whilst waiting to get on the internet.'

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

"The new computer is great, but we can't get rid of the old one. It knows too much."

Newfangled contraceptions phobia: 'David, David, we're sinking! Our water bed has sprung a leak!'

Library Computer Center: Cybrarian

"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."

'Trevor was the first rep at the office to have a portable computer.'

'Just as we finally get the industrial revolution down pat, we find ourselves in the middle of the electronic revolution.'

'Remember when we used desktop computers? When everyone at least 'looked' busy?'

Technological advances within the office.

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

Telephone line ends up buried in the ground with a headstone.

Man has thrown his computer aside and is writing on a typewriter.

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

'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.'