Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005

posted June 22, 2005 03:27 PM         

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> ----- I am sending this only to those whose level
> of maturity qualifies them to relate to it.

if you
> start thinking about deleting before you read all of
> this at least read the end.
>
>
> 1974: Long hair
>
> 2004: Longing for hair
>
>
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> 1974: KEG
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> 2004: EKG
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>
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> 1974: Acid rock
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> 2004: Acid reflux
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> 1974: Moving to California because it's cool
>
> 2004: Moving to California because it's warm
>
>
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> 1974: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz
> Taylor
>
> 2004: Trying NOT to look like Marlon
> Brando or Liz Taylor
>
>
>
> 1974: Seeds and stems
>
> 2004: Roughage
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>
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> 1974: Hoping for a BMW
>
> 2004: Hoping for a BM
>
>
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> 1974: The Grateful Dead
>
> 2004: Dr. Kevorkian
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>
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> 1974: Going to a new, hip joint
>
> 2004: Receiving a new hip joint
>
>
>
> 1974: Rolling Stones
>
> 2004: Kidney Stones
>
>
>
> 1974: Being called into the principal's office
>
> 2004: Calling the principal's office
>
>
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> 1974: Screw the system
>
> 2004: Upgrade the system
>
>
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> 1974: Disco
>
> 2004: Costco
>
>
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> 1974: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
>
>
> 2004: Children begging you to get their heads
> shaved
>
>
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> 1974: Passing the drivers' test
>
> 2004: Passing the vision test
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>
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> 1974: 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 1986. 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.
>
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> They have always had an answering machine.
>
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> 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.
>
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>
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> 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. Notice the larger type, that's
> for those of you who have trouble
> reading

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Posts: 3800
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001

posted June 23, 2005 03:00 PM         

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I read the whole thing, I was born in the 60's, and I DON"T feel old!!! I love the 60's and 70's, the era that I was raised!!! It was great!!!

The first video game was pong, we had an old fashioned antennae on our TV, we didn't have an answering machine, it was great!!!!

I think everything is too tech/video/crazy these days. I have a lot of pet peeves about people driving while talking on their cell phones, and I wouldn't let my children watch/play video games all day!!

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Posts: 2681
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004

posted June 23, 2005 04:41 PM         

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I still have an antenna on my TV! LOL! I only get one channel that's clear and a few others that are fuzzy, but I watch them anyway.

I have a cell phone, but it's never charged, so I never use it.

I have dial up.

No air conditioning in my house. Open windows and box fans, baby!

I hate cooking in the microwave.

...Every day is the good ol' days here!

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Posts: 3800
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001

posted June 23, 2005 05:28 PM         

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Future,

I just switched from dial-up to DSL!!!

I hardly ever use my cell phone either!!! It pretty much just sits there.

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Posts: 574
From: In My Head
Registered: May 2005

posted June 23, 2005 08:33 PM         

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I remember the Mcdonalds.

I'm old too?

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