Retro Electronics Aficionado Gifts

'OOOO!!! You got fifty six inch ROCK!!!'

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

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

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

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..."

'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!'

"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.'

'As you know, some of us can't keep up with the pace of new technology.'

"If I can't use a calculator, may I use my Dad's old slide-rule?"

"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.'

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

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

"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'.'

The anti-social network: 'Hey Jeffrey...I need help setting up my dad's anti-social network.'

'Gentlemen, invent your engines.'

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

Old and new technologies

'I call it 'Myspace'''

'Peter Rabbit and his sisters, Floppy Disc and Mopsy.'

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

"Goodnight Tommy, sleeptight, watch the millenium bugs don't bite."

'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.'

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

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

"It's another e-mail from your folks. You know, this would be a whole lot easier if you'd just tell them about the Web."

He still refuses to upgrade.