Technology Relic Gifts

Life Before Caller I.D.

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

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

"Oh great, the printer is down."

Fossil record player.

Large print rock'n'roll section

'I'm old enough to remember when smiley faces were right side up.'

An old man wearing a band t-shirt

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

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

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

Man hitting a TV and going out of focus himself.

"Yes, we do fix phones. But, what is that?"

Old Book Smell

"Goodnight Tommy, sleeptight, watch the millenium bugs don't bite."

'Yes, our phones have WIRES attached to them! We're no free-range blabbermouths in this household!'

Old and new technologies

and this little light starts blinking when your computer becomes obsolete

Social Media

"Cancel my landline...are you crazy?"

'I hope it's fixed soon. I miss the convenience and friendly beep.'

"I've had a tip off that someone on the team has been using email."

"He's teaching me map skills, such as how to fold it."

'...please switch of all mobile phones, paging devices and alarm watches...'

Jurassic park on the ZX Spectrum.

"Oh, come on, you know we should have switched to touch-tone years ago."

Abandoned Vehicles Along The Information Superhighway.

"It's a flip phone. I guess we can document this as an ancient, archaeological discovery."

"He told me I was a flip phone expected to do a smart phone job."

"Television sets evolved from animals. My randpop remembers when they had rabbit ears!"

'No fax paper? Ok, you'll have to ride for help.'

'This old VCR warms a mean bagel.'

Young Geeks.

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

'And of course if you'e feeling patriotic today, we have here a new line of PCs produced by the federal government.'