Vintage Nostalgia Lover Gifts

"Son, your grandma is dancing with Kurt Cobain now."

"Lassie, go get help!" "Oh Timmy you idiot! Not again!"

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

"I'm sure you'll grow into it, darling."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Cocktails on the verandah.

Sir Winston Churchill

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

Second hand furniture.

'It's one of Larry King's earliest shows.'

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

Military Medals

'My luck, I buy a bottle of wine from 450 B.C. and it's still five years from reaching maturity.'

Pashminas are sooo noughties!

'I think I'll stay in and try to catch up on my reading.'

Before the Internet

'It's genuine 17th century satsuma - and the pair would have been worth ?14,000.'

"Wheel, schmeel—check these babies out!"

Early Piety

"If you wish to manifest here, you'll have to change. We don't allow anything past 1950."

'Take my tip,sonny and say it with jelly babies.'

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

A Macaroni in 1772

"In my life, I've had seven cars, six jobs, five houses, four bypass operations, and three wives!"

'Bring out yer books!'

'No, I'm not the sommelier; in fact, I don't even work here - I've just always wanted to try this wine.'

Marilyn Monroe - Spot the Difference

'I don't care what the Hares have. Dial-Up is good enough for us!'

"Remember back in the day when I was a real heartbreaker?" "Riiight... now the only thing you break is wind."

'A Ball at the Mansion House'