biggbear8
heart and soul
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30 years' difference ...
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> 1973: Long hair
> 2003: Longing for hair
> 1973: The perfect high
> 2003: The perfect high yield mutual fund
> 1973: KEG
> 2003: EKG
> 1973: Acid rock
> 2003: Acid reflux
> 1973: Moving to California because it's cool
> 2003: Moving to California because it's warm
> 1973: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
> 2003: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
> 1973: Seeds and stems
> 2003: Roughage
> 1973: Killer weed
> 2003: Weed killer
> 1973: Hoping for a BMW
> 2003: Hoping for a BM
> 1973: The Grateful Dead
> 2003: Dr. Kevorkian
> 1973: Going to a new, hip joint
> 2003: Receiving a new hip joint
> 1973: Rolling Stones
> 2003: Kidney Stones
> 1973: Being called into the principal's office
> 2003: Calling the principal's office
> 1973: Screw the system
> 2003: Upgrade the system
> 1973: Disco
> 2003: Costco
> 1973: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
> 2003: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
> 1973: Passing the drivers' test
> 2003: Passing the vision test
> 1973: Whatever
> 2003: Depends
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> 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.
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> Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list.
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> Notice the larger type, that's for those you have trouble reading.
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> 1973: Long hair
> 2003: Longing for hair
> 1973: The perfect high
> 2003: The perfect high yield mutual fund
> 1973: KEG
> 2003: EKG
> 1973: Acid rock
> 2003: Acid reflux
> 1973: Moving to California because it's cool
> 2003: Moving to California because it's warm
> 1973: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
> 2003: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
> 1973: Seeds and stems
> 2003: Roughage
> 1973: Killer weed
> 2003: Weed killer
> 1973: Hoping for a BMW
> 2003: Hoping for a BM
> 1973: The Grateful Dead
> 2003: Dr. Kevorkian
> 1973: Going to a new, hip joint
> 2003: Receiving a new hip joint
> 1973: Rolling Stones
> 2003: Kidney Stones
> 1973: Being called into the principal's office
> 2003: Calling the principal's office
> 1973: Screw the system
> 2003: Upgrade the system
> 1973: Disco
> 2003: Costco
> 1973: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
> 2003: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
> 1973: Passing the drivers' test
> 2003: Passing the vision test
> 1973: Whatever
> 2003: Depends
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> 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.
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> Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list.
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> Notice the larger type, that's for those you have trouble reading.
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