OT: We're showing our age.....
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OT: We're showing our age.....
What a difference 30 years makes:
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> 1972: Long hair
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> 2002: Longing for hair
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> 1972: The perfect high
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> 2002: The perfect high yield mutual fund
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> 1972: KEG
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> 2002: EKG
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> 1972: Acid rock
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> 2002: Acid reflux
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> 1972: Moving to California because it's cool
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> 2002: Moving to California because it's warm
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> 1972: Growing pot
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> 2002: Growing pot belly
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> 1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz
> Taylor
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> 2002: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz
> Taylor
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> 1972: Seeds and stems
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> 2002: Roughage
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> 1972: Popping pills, smoking joints
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> 2002: Popping joints
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> 1972: Killer weed
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> 2002: Weed killer
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> 1972: Hoping for a BMW
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> 2002: Hoping for a BM
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> 1972: The Grateful Dead
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> 2002: Dr. Kevorkian
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> 1972: Going to a new, hip joint
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> 2002: Receiving a new hip joint
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> 1972: Rolling Stones
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> 2002: Kidney Stones
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> 1972: Being called into the principal's office
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> 2002: Calling the principal's office
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> 1972: Screw the system
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> 2002: Upgrade the system
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> 1972: Disco
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> 2002: Costco
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> 1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
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> 2002: Children begging you to get their heads
> shaved
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> 1972: Taking acid
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> 2002: Taking antacid
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> 1972: Passing the drivers' test
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> 2002: Passing the vision test
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> 1972: Whatever
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> 2002: 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:
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>
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> The people who are starting college this fall (2001)
> across the nation were
> born in 1983.
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> They are too young to remember the space shuttle
> blowing up.
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> Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
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> Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
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> 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.
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> They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
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> Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
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> Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
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> They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
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> They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
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> They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
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> They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a
> mile for a Camel", or
> "de plane Boss, de plane".
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> They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who
> J. R. even is.
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> Michael Jackson has always been white.
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> McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
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> They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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> Do you feel old yet?
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> 1972: Long hair
>
> 2002: Longing for hair
>
>
> 1972: The perfect high
>
> 2002: The perfect high yield mutual fund
>
>
> 1972: KEG
>
> 2002: EKG
>
>
> 1972: Acid rock
>
> 2002: Acid reflux
>
>
> 1972: Moving to California because it's cool
>
> 2002: Moving to California because it's warm
>
>
> 1972: Growing pot
>
> 2002: Growing pot belly
>
>
> 1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz
> Taylor
>
> 2002: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz
> Taylor
>
>
> 1972: Seeds and stems
>
> 2002: Roughage
>
>
> 1972: Popping pills, smoking joints
>
> 2002: Popping joints
>
>
> 1972: Killer weed
>
> 2002: Weed killer
>
>
> 1972: Hoping for a BMW
>
> 2002: Hoping for a BM
>
>
> 1972: The Grateful Dead
>
> 2002: Dr. Kevorkian
>
>
> 1972: Going to a new, hip joint
>
> 2002: Receiving a new hip joint
>
>
> 1972: Rolling Stones
>
> 2002: Kidney Stones
>
>
> 1972: Being called into the principal's office
>
> 2002: Calling the principal's office
>
>
> 1972: Screw the system
>
> 2002: Upgrade the system
>
>
> 1972: Disco
>
> 2002: Costco
>
>
> 1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
>
> 2002: Children begging you to get their heads
> shaved
>
>
> 1972: Taking acid
>
> 2002: Taking antacid
>
>
> 1972: Passing the drivers' test
>
> 2002: Passing the vision test
>
>
> 1972: Whatever
>
> 2002: 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 (2001)
> across the nation were
> born in 1983.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Michael Jackson has always been white.
>
>
>
> McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
>
>
>
> They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>
>
>
> Do you feel old yet?
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In 1983 Iwas 26, was out in the OH-ZONE then as well!!! (In a different sense)!
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Originally posted by RickerTX
NO worrys and life is just a party. Kinda like traviss's life now.
NO worrys and life is just a party. Kinda like traviss's life now.
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In '83 I was 28, been out of high school for 9, married for 6 and my daughter was 3.
Damn I'm old.
I think I'll go home and pull the covers over my head.
Damn I'm old.
I think I'll go home and pull the covers over my head.
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I was in Junior High, but I can remembr all that like it was yesterday. Whenever I see an old classmate or someone "my age" I think man........they look like hell. Damn.........what the hell do I look like then?
Oh well, the good life is just begining!!
Oh well, the good life is just begining!!