posted on May 22, 2004 09:02:30 PM new
32 Years difference
1972: Long hair
2004: Longing for hair
1972: KEG
2004: EKG
1972: Acid rock
2004: Acid reflux
1972: Moving to California because it's cool
2004: Moving to California because it's warm
1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2004: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1972: Seeds and stems
2! 004: Roughage
1972: Hoping for a BMW
2004: Hoping for a BM
1972: The Grateful Dead
2004: Dr. Kevorkian
1972: Going to a new, hip joint
2004: Receiving a new hip joint
1972: Rolling Stones
2004: Kidney Stones
1972: Disco
2004: Costco
1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2004: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1972: Passing the drivers' test
2004: Passing the vision! test
1972: Whatever
2004: Depends
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
The CD was introduced the year they were born.
They have always had an answering machine.
They have always had cable.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "de plane Boss, de plane."
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list.
posted on May 23, 2004 09:09:58 AM new
"The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985. "
OMG... I'm going back to school in the fall. I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL in 1985. I don't think I'll mention that to anyone!
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We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing -- Anonymous
posted on May 23, 2004 10:08:09 AM newI don't think I'll mention that to anyone!
don't worry, they'll know
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When a dog howls at the moon, we call it religion. When he barks at strangers, we call it patriotism. - Edward Abbey
posted on May 23, 2004 10:28:24 AM new
Another good one Libra, is when people on eBay described things as being antique or really old and they were made in the 70's or 80's.
posted on May 23, 2004 10:33:14 AM new
To be honest, I did get a couple of two-year degrees from the local community college back in the late 80's, so it's really more like 14 years off, but yeah, it'll be an experience!
You know how it goes... I went to community college with the plans on moving on up to a 4 year degree afterwards, then I started my own business and just knew I'd never work for anyone else again, so never bothered finishing. Now I'm just sick and tired of the responsibility and want to get a "real job."
Ah, the life-cycle of an Entreprenuer!
As I'm pushing 40, I still wonder what I want to be when I grow up!
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We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing -- Anonymous
posted on May 23, 2004 12:12:59 PM new
Replay - we graduated the saemyear and I can't help but laugh when you say..I still wonder what I want to be when I grow up!
I feel the same way. I have done at least dozen different types of jobs since I first started working and now I am running a new business and developing a second one and the two have absolutely nothing in common with each other. Truth is I don't see doing either one for more than a few years. My plan on the new one is to work it for two or three years, build it up and then sell it. Actually I am thinking the same thing for the one I am developing.
I guess I am just trying to make lemonaid from the effects of my ADD. Hopefully one of these businesses will be successful enough that I don't have to worry about what I will do down the line. I'll be able to just do whatever feels right at the time.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on May 24, 2004 06:02:25 PM new
I remember the 70's! I miss that time. I remember when the Vietnam War (I mean, Vietnam Police Action) ended as well. I still wear boot cut jeans and an occasional pair of bell bottoms although not nearly as wide as I used to. I remember wearing out the bottoms of my pants by allowing them to drag on the ground. That never made my mother too happy! I also remember a horrible rumor that went around in (I think) 1975 that that was the year the world was going to end. I know in this area the media played that up and I know more than one person who was frightened by it. Instead of the world ending, the Vietnam war did.
I didn't hit my teen years until 1969 so I was fairly well behaved in the 1960's. At least I think I was.
