>
>1977: Long hair
>2007 : Longing for hair
>
>
>1977: KEG
>2007: EKG
>

>1977 : Acid rock
>2007 : Acid reflux
>
>
>1977 : Moving to California because it's cool
>2007 : Moving to Arizona because it's warm
>
>
>1977 : Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
>2007: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
>
>
>1977 : Seeds and stems
>2007 : Roughage
>
>
>1977 : Hoping for a Ferrari
>2007: Hoping for a Ferraro

>
>
>1977 : Going to a new, hip joint
>2007 : Receiving a new hip joint
>
>
>1977 : Rolling Stones
>2007: Kidney Stones

>
>
>1977 : Screw the system
>2007: Upgrade the system

>
>1977 : Disco
>2007: Costco
>
>
>1977 : Parents begging you to get your hair cut
>2007: Children begging you to get their heads
>shaved

>
>1977 : Passing the drivers' test
>2007: Passing the vision test
>
>
>1977 : Whatever
>2007 : 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 1989.
>

>
>They are too young to remember the 1st space
>shuttle blowing up.
>
>
>Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
>
>
>Bottle caps have always been s crew 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.

 

Haha good stuff, although I'm still very 'young'

 

Interesting list. How times change.

Ferraro? Is that a pizza?

 

Another one for those born in 1989.

The Simpsons has been on the air their entire lives.

 

Ah yeah, Big Macs and McDLTs in styrofoam. The chemicals added an exotic flavor hard to deny.

 

In high school we used to hold keggers in the woods behind a startup called Medtronic, pretty soon my class will all be getting pacemakers from Medtronic.

But I had one of those "you feel old" moments last night when I told my wife about a radio ad for the grocery store that had one of our favorite dinner items on sale. As I was telling her that No-Name brand salmon fillets were on sale a voice in my head said this sounded exactly like a million boring conversations my dad had with my mom.

 

would have been a great post for the vintage forums

 

send them a link
i'm not vintage yet.

 

>The CD was introduced the year they were born.

I bought my first CD player in 1985...and had CD's to play in it.

 

j.r. Lives about 20 miles from me.