Shopping Mall Nostalgist Mugs

Brick and Mortar

"Lassie, go get help!" "Oh Timmy you idiot! Not again!"

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

'It's one of Larry King's earliest shows.'

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

'I think I'll stay in and try to catch up on my reading.'

Before the Internet

'Bring out yer books!'

"In my life, I've had seven cars, six jobs, five houses, four bypass operations, and three wives!"

'I don't care what the Hares have. Dial-Up is good enough for us!'

"Remember back in the day when I was a real heartbreaker?" "Riiight... now the only thing you break is wind."

'Take my tip,sonny and say it with jelly babies.'

"Tell me again, Grandpa, about how you let your freak flag fly."

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

"More quarters! For God's sake, more quarters!!"

"When I was young my parents couldn't afford to give me too much, too soon."

"I can remember when having a '212' phone number still meant something in this world."

Fun (circa 1955)

'New Game'

Toys were me: lessons learned never growing up

"I'm thinking of getting the old band back together."

Before pagers,mobile phones and the internet.

"My inner child wants to have a playdate with your inner child."

Three kids in a trench coat, twenty years later.

Why Do Old Hippies Smile?

'Thirty years from now, this will seem terribly quaint and awash in charming period detail.'

"When I was a puppy, I barked as a puppy, I understood as a puppy, I thought as a puppy. But when I became a dog, I put away puppy things except for my shabby, old, beat-up stuffy toy. I still freaking love this thing."

The Paper Route