30 Years Difference
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30 Years Difference
30 Years Difference:
1975: Long hair
2005: Longing for hair
1975: KEG
2005: EKG
1975: Acid rock
2005: Acid reflux
1975: Moving to California because it's cool
2005: Moving to California because it's warm
1975: Trying to look like Liz Taylor
2005: Trying NOT to look like Liz Taylor
1975: Seeds and stems
2005: Roughage
1975: Hoping for a BMW
2005: Hoping for a BM
1975: The Grateful Dead
2005: Dr. Kevorkian
1975: Going to a new, hip joint
2005: Receiving a new hip joint
1975: Rolling Stones
2005: Kidney Stones
1975: Passing the drivers' test
2005: Passing the vision test
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly
change things.
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born in 1987.
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 2 years before 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, 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? (Sorry) Pass this on to the other old fogies on
your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have
trouble
reading.
1975: Long hair
2005: Longing for hair
1975: KEG
2005: EKG
1975: Acid rock
2005: Acid reflux
1975: Moving to California because it's cool
2005: Moving to California because it's warm
1975: Trying to look like Liz Taylor
2005: Trying NOT to look like Liz Taylor
1975: Seeds and stems
2005: Roughage
1975: Hoping for a BMW
2005: Hoping for a BM
1975: The Grateful Dead
2005: Dr. Kevorkian
1975: Going to a new, hip joint
2005: Receiving a new hip joint
1975: Rolling Stones
2005: Kidney Stones
1975: Passing the drivers' test
2005: Passing the vision test
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly
change things.
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born in 1987.
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 2 years before 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, 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? (Sorry) Pass this on to the other old fogies on
your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have
trouble
reading.
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Ever since I moved to Louth about 18 years ago I've travelled to work in Lincoln on the bus. There are always some youngsters going to college on that bus and it struck me the other week that it won't be long until the children of those original students are riding with me.
Ah feel old. Do ah look old?
(Don't answer that)
Ah feel old. Do ah look old?
(Don't answer that)
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You don't have to look old if you don't want to. You can always take Joan Rivers' lead and choose to look like an alien instead...jbarter wrote:Ever since I moved to Louth about 18 years ago I've travelled to work in Lincoln on the bus. There are always some youngsters going to college on that bus and it struck me the other week that it won't be long until the children of those original students are riding with me.
Ah feel old. Do ah look old?
(Don't answer that)
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Wow, Doug. That is a good list. Somehow CD's still seem new to me. I still have old tapes and albums I never play because of those new-fangled CD's we get now .
Boy, I'm really kinda shocked at some of these things. They've always made microwave popcorn and always worried about AIDS?
Yep, I do feel kind of old.
Boy, I'm really kinda shocked at some of these things. They've always made microwave popcorn and always worried about AIDS?
Yep, I do feel kind of old.
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Re: 30 Years Difference
Not true. Johnny Carson retired from hosting the Tonight show in May 1992. Leno took over shortly thereafter, and immediately initiated his rapid progression into terminal lameness.Doug_Tipple wrote:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born in 1987.
...
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
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But wasn't there a lot of fooling around for years with who was going to take over? Like there was that Joan Rivers fiasco, etc. Maybe it just seemed like he retired when they started trying out those guest hosts for the job. I think I had probably stopped watching by then anyway. I liked Johnny though. He could really be funny.
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Re: 30 Years Difference
A child born in 1987 would have been 5 years old in 1992, far toojohnkerr wrote:Not true. Johnny Carson retired from hosting the Tonight show in MayDoug_Tipple wrote:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born in 1987.
...
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
1992. Leno took over shortly thereafter, and immediately initiated his rapid progression into terminal lameness.
young to be up late enough to watch the Tonight Show, and too young
to remember who hosted if they had watched. So to them, it seems like
Jay has always hosted, which was the point of the statement.
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I love these lists, I've been reading them since my first year of college. At the time everything applied to me. Since then less and less applies. I won't feel old till none of it does.
On one of the earliest lists was the line "The show Cats has always been on Broadway" and I actually had to stop and realise that it wasn't a permanent and timeless installation! It really had "always been there"
On one of the earliest lists was the line "The show Cats has always been on Broadway" and I actually had to stop and realise that it wasn't a permanent and timeless installation! It really had "always been there"
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My mom said she started feeling old when the kids in her science classes had problems asking them to compare the speed a record needle travels at the start and end of a record (because the RPM stay constant while the diameter changes), and they thought you started a record with the needle in the middle.
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When I was a kid, we played with an old cylinder player my grandaddy had. Our favorite tune was "Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes".SteveK wrote:Cynth wrote:Wow, Doug. That is a good list. Somehow CD's still seem new to me. I still have old tapes and albums I never play because of those new-fangled CD's we get now .
Tapes!! I've still got Edison cylinders. Well..no, I really don't but my first records were 78s.
I've got an old crank Victrola in my living room that still works just fine. I like how I can adjust the speed to where it suits me, but it is really loud. I guess they hadn't figured out a voulme control at that point.
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