Vintage Communication Lover Gifts

"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

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

Before social media there was sticky notes.

Easy & Hard Listening Rock Radio.

Luddite Zoom.

"You're actually passing notes in class? That is so retro!"

The Original Online Mom.

"Ignore it. Telemarketer."

Bird Messaging

Bell invents the telephone.

'All you do is stare at the TV. When I was a kid we have to be content with staring at the radio.'

Next Year's Postal Service Marketing Campaign.

"Operator, I'd like to make a person-to-person call, and I'd like to reverse the roles."

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

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

A.T.&T.'s New Competitors

Couriers and their customers often share a warm relationship.

1804: Early Social Networking

'At the tone please leave your name and number.'

"Hello. This is the old man across the street. Get off my lawn!"

Hello, Rolf? This is Cecily. I was going to break up with you either on Twitter or Facebook, but my girlfriends told me I should be brave enough and do it the old-fashioned: over the telephone. ! !

'Next up on No Talk Radio, the Marcel Marceau Miming Hour.'

'How come no one ever sends me a fax?'

'He prefers old-style communications - Yelling at you.'

"E...I...E...I...O."

'Uh oh, Kemosabe...We're being spammed!'

Sorry I missed your call – I was on the other line.

Text Smoke Signal.

Don't you think that we raised the telephone charges little too much?

"Don't you just hate spam mail?"

"Don't bother talking to your grandfather. He's unplugged himself."

"Oh, he's sending a text by flag...he can't be doing with that techy stuff."

Ballot Boxes and Smoke Signals

'Can you hold for one second...I've got an incoming smoke signal. I'd better take this.'