Telecom Nostalgist Gifts

Early Variations of the Car Phone.

'Yes, as a matter of fact, you have caught me at a bad time.'

'Dial 1-900-Fortune.'

"Oh great, the printer is down."

All of our representatives are busy right now. Stay on the line and someone will be with you in a few miles.

Before social media there was sticky notes.

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

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

Social Media

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

and this little light starts blinking when your computer becomes obsolete

'And now for the anesthesia: I've got plenty of conventional anesthetics I could use here but you can also choose to spend half an hour on the phone with my mother...'

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

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

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

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

Abandoned Vehicles Along The Information Superhighway.

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

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

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

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

"Aren't these old eighties phones tiny!"

"I can't use the computer tonight -- Dad has to scroll to his year of birth."

Computer Sale.

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

STRIP Hambone: Using Tippex on a monitor

'I can't keep up with technology either.'

'Modem Times,'

'If you don't mind, I'm trying to use the telephone here.'

"My computer tower is so big and old, I had to rent a forklift to remove it from my home."

Gramophone Headphone