Vintage Gadget Enthusiasts Gifts

'I knew that 'whisperin Bob Harris Ear Trumpet' would come in useful one day...'

'How long have you had this fear of computers?'

"No Timmy, I don't think your pencil has system requirments or upgrades you can download from the internet."

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

'This is a letter opener, from the days before faxes and email. I just sold it online after I listed it as a vintage communication device.'

'We never had all these labour-saving devices in my young day!'

Old Phones Lasagne

'Father, when are you going to get software for our home computer that will teach me French?'

Old-fashioned computer

The Uses of a Stethoscope

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

The Final Chapter.

"Grandma, I have to bring an antique to school. Can I borrow your flip phone?"

"He's our new trend-spotter?"

"However good father's 'beaver-o-matic' was..."

Time Travelers from the 21st Century.

"Business is as usual. Marginal."

Millennials in the Year 2050...

'Apparently the poor love's walkman is broken.'

"Aren't these old eighties phones tiny!"

An elderly woman with a heart-shaped ear trumpet

'And this video is so simple your little son will be able to show you how to work it!'

'After you're done crank starting your computer, maybe we can talk about investing in better technology.'

'I'm not saying he's too old, but he has a five-inch floppy disk drive.'

'This is the only secure line in the building.'

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

'He's so behind the times - his Hot Line is rotary!'

My grandparents used this to play music. It actually has a needle that allows a track around the record surface. Oh, it's groovy!

"This is so cool! I'm flying this thing completely on my Palm pilot!"

'We need a new TV, Dad — it's stupid watching 'Reading Rainbow' in black and white.'

"OMIGOD! I'm becoming my predecessor!"

'... So I'm standing near this old guy and he's using an old, giant cell phone-- I mean this thing is ridiculous! Hahahaha!'

Antiques.

"Just relax and hold still."

BYOD issues were an even bigger problem in the 1950s.