Vintage Communication Enthusiasts Gifts

'Grandpa is showing us how they sent a text when he was a kid.'

Campaign for Plain English

"Dear Wendy, please excuse the tardiness of my response to your recent tweet from Hoboken."

Ruddy bloggers!

"Before texting we had to write letters by hand, and before emojis we honestly just bottled up our emotions."

"My Gmail account is full. I can't get any more email." "So?" "I'll miss email. It was so old-timey. You could write hundreds or even thousands of words, with actual paragraphs." "People didn't see any little animations to show them you were typing. They had to actually wonder if you were going to reply." "And the spam was fun. You never got to hear from Nigerian princes while you're checking your texts." "Just delete stuff." "If you delete a few gigs of old emails, you'll be able to get n

Before social media there was sticky notes.

'We'll skip that rubbish.'

People bell ringing - 'RING TONES'

'When did they start giving Pulitzers for texting?'

"He's our new trend-spotter?"

Luddite Zoom.

The Original Online Mom.

'I have rather a full schedule today. Could you summarize your grievances of the past 48 years?'

'Hold on, he's back again.'

"I know you're upset with me and I'm getting the silent treatment. Thank you."

'We've been picking up your radio broadcasts- You must be Fibber McGee and Molly'

"... Sorry. What was that about people not listening to you?"

'Never mind what I'm wearing!'

'I can't read this, you must write more clearly.' - 'If I did that, you'd see all my spelling mistakes.'

Next Year's Postal Service Marketing Campaign.

"Hey, you're cute, you must give me your number."

20 years as Stamp Club Chaorman and they send my retirement card by E-MAIL.

'Sorry, guys. I can't go out. I'm grounded.'

RunningBear@Arrowhead.com.

"I'm right here, you don't need to yell!"

"Listen, I'm going to close my eyes for a short bit but you just keep on talking.".

"We need to text about our relationship."

1804: Early Social Networking

Man using flag semaphore in a therapy session.

Aklexander Graham Bell, making the first call from New York to Chicago, gets a wrong number.

A.T.&T.'s New Competitors

'You'll have to get the kids to explain it to you — it's some new thing called the 'internet.''

'You'll have to get off that now. I need to make an important call.'

"Saving the nation is cozy."