Retro Healthcare Enthusiast Gifts

Nursing Notes before the computer.

"Nurse Jensen is old school."

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

'I checked the database, Mrs. Nimitz. There's no such symptom.'

Diner.

"Remember that time you tried to kill me?"

"And this is our media room."

"When I grow up, I want to go into medicine and help people who can pay out of pocket."

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

Early Colour TV

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

'What's wrong with me, Doctor?' 'I have no idea! That information comes within doctor-patient confidentiality.'

Coming Soon - Maternity Clinic. Coming Soon After - Law Firm Dealing in Medical Malpractice.

Instructions for Bow Tie Wearers

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

'I asked if you were affiliated with an HMO not a UFO.'

"I hope you don't mind - I'm training a brand-new assistant and I've asked her to check your blood pressure."

"You only need one prescription. The other 7 are for the side effects."

Computer Class.

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

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

The fate that awaits us all: creeping Rooneyism

Early on-line shopping

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

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

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

'It's an antique!'

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

"As soon as your dentist gets here, we'll begin."

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

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

"So you're interested in medicine, public relations, business, contract negotiations and insurance law? Which one will you study in school?"