Retro Academic Gifts

"Dad hasn't been the same since he went back to school."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"Now here's one that has the glamour above the table."

Diner.

"The weatherman said dress for the mid 70's. Bob was elated." "Much. Too. Sexy."

The Missing Sock Returns

"It only goes forwards and backwards. So, you won't need a GPS."

"Remember that time you tried to kill me?"

"And this is our media room."

Early Adopter...Early Opt-Outer

"Desmond likes to live in the moment. . . and that moment happens to be 1960."

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

Early Colour TV

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

Instructions for Bow Tie Wearers

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

'This is the worst film noir I've ever seen.'

Computer Class.

“I have to warn you - my parents are a bit old-fashioned.”

T-Shirt: 'Been there done that but I'd do it again.'

Colonial Larrysburg.

'It's an antique!'

The fate that awaits us all: creeping Rooneyism

Edison invents the personal stereo

The Old Time Television Channel

"If there's any one lesson we've learned from the eighties, it's how to shop!"

1950's.

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

'Do I remember pre-decimal coinage?I remember pre-Tudor coinage!'

"Well..I think the old Thermograph machine I rescued from work goes a treat with our kitchen units."

"This car is a retro classic. Instead of a USB outlet there's a cigarette lighter."

How Grandma Sees the Remote

'In my day, we didn't concern ourselves with wimpy notions of workplace ergonomics.'

God pulling the plug on January 1st 2000