Retro Electronics Aficionado Mugs

'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."

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

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

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

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

Early on-line shopping

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

'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.'

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

'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.'

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

'Gentlemen, invent your engines.'

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

'I call it 'Myspace'''

Old and new technologies

'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.'

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

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

"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."