what a difference 30 years makes

[buffgrandpa]

Thirty years does make a difference...

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: 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: 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 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.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

[Hawkman44]

LMFAO That's great!

[MrMondodondo]

Funny.... I think.... It might be depressing......

[dtr98]

that's a good one, i'll send that to my kids.
penny candy is another

[Froggy]

Funny Stuff Bro... ...& so true... ...
Also; nice avatar...Go Broncos....

[workdude]

Nice. Now I feel really old!

[znak]

O' jeez.

When I think about it, when my natural test level was at 1000, there were no cell phones, faxes or laptops. Calculators cost the same as a Schwinn Sting Ray bike....

O, God, sniff, I am old!

[Red Ketchup]

Old thread but still... makes me feel SOOO OLD!!!!

It does blow me away when I talk with young adults and realize they never knew the cold war, to them The Wall is nothing more than a cool old Pink Floyd album and can't imagine a time where you were not allowed a calculator in the classroom (I remember in grade school, dad had this "portable" calculator, massive black thing with tiny little LED numbers on it and 6aa batteries!).

Friendly game of PONG anyone?

Red

[flexin-rph]

Enjoyed the post...made me feel old, though.

[darmadoc]

Hell, I remember when a color TV was something the neighbors would come over to see!