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love_tattoos
10-25-02, 10:38AM
A friend of mine sent this to me. ~sigh~

What a difference 30 years makes:

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.

Andie
10-25-02, 10:45AM
1972 = not even a sperm yet..:D
Thanks for making me feel young again LT..;)

love_tattoos
10-25-02, 10:50AM
Hey Andie..............:rude:

Andie
10-25-02, 10:55AM
Sorry LT...Didnt mean to hurt your feelings..
Blame my dad for being slow hooking up with my mom..

Jake
10-25-02, 12:15PM
Oh Tats... You're killing me. ;)

love_tattoos
10-25-02, 12:36PM
Jake, I'm killing you? Did you happen to read Andie and Princess' posts?? 1972 was in their history books! I never thought my generation would be a trivia question or a remember when.....
:(

Andie
10-25-02, 12:39PM
1972....wow..thats was way before Al Gore invented the internet..:D

Jake
10-25-02, 12:40PM
Hah aha. That's why you're killing me. And of course a student snuck up behind me, read the thread and said that I was old. Kitchen duty for a week.

love_tattoos
10-25-02, 12:43PM
I would like to go on the record and say that I'm not that old. I was only in kindergarten in 1972. Does anybody remember WANG computers? :rolleyes:

Hold on..........the nursing home is calling me.

Jake
10-25-02, 12:49PM
My younger brother said the funniest thing the other night. We were trying to remember where we were when Elvis died. He said, "I was on the wrong side of the best place to be." My momma almost knocked his head off... And mine for laughing so hard. :eek:

love_tattoos
10-25-02, 01:22PM
I remember where I was when Elvis died. My mom was driving me to the orthadontist and we heard it on the radio. She almost drove up on the sidewalk and when she got control of the car she had to pull over. She just sat there and cried. I'm not old because I don't remember (nor was I alive for that matter) when Kennedy was shot. :p


EDIT.......
I just noticed this was my 300th post. 700 more and I'll be up there with Biff. :) (I love ya Biff!! You know I do!)

Andie
10-25-02, 01:27PM
I was almost born then..just a few hours away..!!..:D

love_tattoos
10-25-02, 01:32PM
Andie I used to think you were a sweet guy. I think I'm starting to change my tune. :p

Andie
10-25-02, 01:34PM
What??? just stating facts!! i was..
I always wished i was Elvis reborn, but hearing me sing can send people into comas..

love_tattoos
10-25-02, 01:39PM
As long as Andie isn't reborn at fat Elvis. :)

Andie
10-25-02, 01:43PM
No..Im a lean, mean sex..err..fighting machine..;)

Banger
10-25-02, 08:14PM
who is elvis....?? ;) ;)

Villager
10-25-02, 08:22PM
I DO feel old.

The time when I thought to myself that I still existed in childhood are long passed, and it seems a terribly long time since that was so. I'm 'only' 18 but the pace of life these past two years has really brought home how short life is - and made me appreciate it accordingly.

kittyroze
11-03-02, 11:56AM
I understand Villager...each year passes more quickly than the last. I've heard it's just a blur from 21 to 60.

Andie
11-03-02, 12:36PM
It is..

You want to be 18..Since then you get into bars and can get you licens..Then you want to be 21 so you can get Vodka in the stores..
After that its just work to get younger again

Gracie
11-03-02, 07:51PM
easy tiger :)

kittyroze
11-03-02, 09:23PM
I think the perfect age is 25. You can vote. You can drink. You can rent a car. You aren't dealing with wrinkles. I think I'd like to be 25 forever.

Redallnite
11-03-02, 10:25PM
Originally posted by Andie
It is..

You want to be 18..Since then you get into bars and can get you licens..Then you want to be 21 so you can get Vodka in the stores..
After that its just work to get younger again

When I was 18 it was the legal age to buy and drink that vodka, dagum I really am getting ready for the old folks home......

dc
11-10-02, 01:23AM
Come on old folks!

At 40, I am the BEST I have ever been. I really enjoy it.