Over the years, I had written a number of short stories both for my own amusement and for various competitions with mixed success. One day, I thought, I will be a famous author and publishers will rush to buy my whimsical early writings. That was until I realised that the information technology revolution had made most of them unworkable as contemporary entertainment. Hence the title and the subtitle of this collection. Why not join in with the spirit of a slightly gone age, forget the modern convenience of tablets and instant communication and enjoy a hundred short stories as they used to be...