Technology Relic Mugs

Life Before Caller I.D.

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

"Oh great, the printer is down."

Fossil record player.

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

Large print rock'n'roll section

An old man wearing a band t-shirt

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

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

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

Man hitting a TV and going out of focus himself.

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

'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

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

Social Media

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

'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...'

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

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

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

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

Abandoned Vehicles Along The Information Superhighway.

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

Young Geeks.

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

'This old VCR warms a mean bagel.'

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

"For some reason I can relate to this computer that's been built with old parts."