How kids react to old things - technology & otherwise

For years, I had my daughters convinced that Dad's stereo was too old to play rap.

 

These videos are all great to watch, the last one I saw was the walkman.
My kids will definitely be familiar with typewriters as I am buying one ASAP to use for writing, just dealing with a slight financial thing first. I also suspect that I might start collecting these as well if/when I have the space and money available down the road.

 

I bought this t-shirt for myself. But my teenage daughter soon appropriated it, and wore it all the time.

So I bought another one. Somehow, it ended up with her boyfriend.

I hardly got to wear either shirt even once. But both shirts are now completely worn out.

Apparently, in high school these days, rotary dials are very cool.

 

My wife bought a Green Bay Packers blanket for Christmas one year which turned out be smaller than she thought when it arrived. Our then 2 year old claimed it instantly and carried it everywhere.
Speaking of rotary phones, (this will be shocking to hear I know) I am planning on buying one of those as well at some point. A typewriter is my immediate concern and would actually be used unlike the phone. Still eyeballing that Adler J-5 Manual Typewriter only an hour or so away.

 

That's why NYC got 212 -- the quickest possible area code. Next was Los Angeles with 213 and Chicago with 312, followed by Detroit with 313.

(For those who might not remember: the original telephone area codes all had 0 or 1 as the middle digit, and 2 through 9 as the outside digits.)

 

I just had a child and I can't wait to see his reaction to old tech when he gets older!