Retro Gadget Buff Gifts

"No Timmy, I don't think your pencil has system requirments or upgrades you can download from the internet."

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

'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!'

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

Old Phones Lasagne

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

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

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

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

"Thank you for the rewind, Miss Cooper. Now let us fast-forward to that fateful moment in February and hit the pause button."

The Uses of a Stethoscope

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

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

"For a list of the ways artificial intelligence is killing your job, please press one."

Electronic Abacus

"Grandma, I have to bring an antique to school. Can I borrow your flip phone?"

'How kids really saw Mr Robinson in computer classes.'

"However good father's 'beaver-o-matic' was..."

Time Travelers from the 21st Century.

'Well yes, it is a Jurassic model...OK, I'll knock off two bucks.'

Idiot's Guide to Programming a VCR.

"Business is as usual. Marginal."

"Aren't these old eighties phones tiny!"

Millennials in the Year 2050...

'Apparently the poor love's walkman is broken.'

What's that? A car phone. All I need now is a car.

Abacus manufacturer waits for virus to destroy computers.

An elderly woman with a heart-shaped ear trumpet

'This is the only secure line in the building.'

'He's so behind the times - his Hot Line is rotary!'

"Now it's high definition!"

'I just invented the darn thing yesterday, and this morning, Watson calls in sick!'

'After you're done crank starting your computer, maybe we can talk about investing in better technology.'