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At last, Clarence thought, the long-awaited return to the old economy had begun.

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

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

'Big audio gear is coming back!'

"In the old days, we had to constantly feed the screensaver."

Cord cutter

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

'Someday TVs will be in big boxes on the floor.'

The original paperless office

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

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

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

'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.'

Backlash industries: makers of the macro-chip, bigger, slower..and it even makes mistakes

Early on-line shopping

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

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

'We never had all these labour-saving devices in my young day!'

Before the development of the microchip, attempts to build a laptop computer were largely unsuccessful.

'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."

"The new computer is great, but we can't get rid of the old one. It knows too much."

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

'Early Laptops.'

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

Library Computer Center: Cybrarian

"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).

'Remember when we used desktop computers? When everyone at least 'looked' busy?'

'Just as we finally get the industrial revolution down pat, we find ourselves in the middle of the electronic revolution.'

Telephone line ends up buried in the ground with a headstone.

God pulling the plug on January 1st 2000