
"That was my doctor...he says I need to start an exercise program...but I've never exercise a day in my life. As a youngster, I was too busy washing my family's clothes, feeding the chickens, tending the garden..."
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"That was my doctor...he says I need to start an exercise program...but I've never exercise a day in my life. As a youngster, I was too busy washing my family's clothes, feeding the chickens, tending the garden..."
My Bookshelf Before the Internet
A secretary at a desk with a nameplate the says Dot Com.
'It finally took me thirty years, but I finally have one of every 3-D comic book ever made'
"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."
You had me at vintage.
'My daughter says I'm hopelessly outdated...'
Ringo releases his latest record.
"Boy, these are really overdue!"
Boss
1998: A Look Back
'...hmm ...I predict an upturn in profits this year.'
What's that, Lance? It's called a newspaper. It's like a Kindle, but instead of your fingers leaving smudges, they get smudged.
Potts is having a job keeping up with the young turks.
You read the instruction manual for a video game for your book report?
'We have to get them out more.'
"I see by your copy of 'Newsweek' that Lyndon Johnson has decided not to run for reelection."
"You got the chip shop gig, then?"
In bed forty years ago, John & I sang 'Give Peace a Chance'. I'm still waiting.
"Get a computer?! Do I look as though I have room in here for a computer?"
"You in there! This is the Microsoft Police. Throw out your books and come out with your hands up."
'I don't see how you were able to work for so many years. Since you've retired you can't do a thing.'
"Leon rents out his time machine to people who have to go back and 'un-day' stuff that's now considered offensive."
Whip-Behind.
The circular nature of running wear.
'I got the habit while fitting in with the old boys club.'
"Secure in their ignorance, medieval peasants were impervious to education, fearful of progress and lived on potatoes and cabbage. Thankfully, it's very different today. Now they've got burgers and fries."
I was considered a part time employee since I only worked one night a year and thus wasn't eligible for the pension plan, so here I am in my golden years.
"How do I load this book into my computer?"
"Whatever she wants, she gets. She's the only one who knows her way around a computerless office."
"They have this arrangement. He earns the money and she takes care of the house."
"So that's how you fixed things before there was duct tape!"
'It's the very latest thing - four wheel drive.'
Mexico is struck by Beatlemania
Library - 'Books, Flo - when did we stop doing them?'
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