And How OLD Do YOU Feel Today??

[MA-Caver]

30 Years Difference:

1973: Long hair
2003: Longing for hair

1973: KEG
2003: EKG

1973: Acid rock
2003: Acid reflux

1973: Moving to California because it's cool
2003: Moving to California because it's warm

1973: Trying to look like Liz Taylor
2003: Trying NOT to look like Liz Taylor

1973: Seeds and stems
2003: Roughage

1973: Hoping for a BMW
2003: Hoping for a BM

1973: The Grateful Dead
2003: Dr. Kevorkian

1973: Going to a new, hip joint
2003: Receiving a new hip joint

1973: Rolling Stones
2003: Kidney Stones

1973: Passing the drivers' test
2003: Passing the vision test

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things.

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985. 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.

Do you feel old yet? (Sorry) 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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Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.

Can I get an AMEN from the ladies??

 

[Drac]

Not a lady, but I'll give you a BIG AMEN...

 

[Fightback2]

AAAAAAMMMMMEEEEENNNNN. I have to sit down now as I've tired myself out.

 

[7starmantis]

Wow, I dont consider myself that old, and I even feel old now......thanks alot!!!

7sm

 

[Simon Curran]

Wow, I dont consider myself that old, and I even feel old now......thanks alot!!!

7sm

Yeah, ditto...

Mork calling Orsen...

 

[MA-Caver]

You're most certainly welcome. heh...

 

[OUMoose]

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

I remember watching this on TV in elementary school. Should be the first shuttle that blew up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Sad but true

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

LOL. I didn't see a metal cap till I started drinking! Lets see... I think i was 8....

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

And we've been through 3 media types already!

They have always had cable.

The first TV we had came equipped with "bunny ears".

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

LOL... neither can I, as I WAS the remote... "Son, go change that channel.."

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

now THAT is a sad comment...

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

hmmmm.. heavily buttered Kettle Corn... *salivates*

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

Those are actually still sold, depending on the ocular dysfunction. One of the guys I work with have them.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

Wonder if they would know who's diner Alice waitressed at... What show had Barbarino, Washington, and the rest... ugh... I'm depressing myself...

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".

"the choice of the new generation"....

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

I know who he is, I know who shot him, and I STILL don't care...

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

Ahh yes... I remember the big brown Big Mac containers. Childhood.

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

Half of them probably have trouble writing, as most everything is typed now.

 

[Shodan]

Well..........I'm turning 32 in two weeks artyon:.........now I feel old!! :idunno:

:asian: :karate:

 

[7starmantis]

Wonder if they would know who's diner Alice waitressed at... What show had Barbarino, Washington, and the rest... ugh... I'm depressing myself...

Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Wel...come...baaaaack. I actually had that as the windows opening sound on my PC for a while. Heh, I ran into a kid the other day who thought Travolta's first movie was Pulp Fiction!! I wanted to kick him in the crotchal area!

7sm

 

[Feisty Mouse]

Must...kill...MACAver....

Must...kil....

*collapse in aged heap*

 

[Zepp]

:lol: I was born in 1981, and some of those make me feel old.

 

[punisher73]

I ran into a kid the other day who thought Travolta's first movie was Pulp Fiction!! I wanted to kick him in the crotchal area!

7sm

Just snap him in the groin with your "Stretch Armstrong Doll".

 

[Chronuss]

I may be a youngin', but I remember the Challenger exploding, didn't own a CD til I was fourteen, didn't always have cable or an answering machine or a remote, and we didn't always make popcorn in the microwave, I did one of my first school assignments on a typewriter, and I remember Robin Williams as Mork, and I'd sure as hell walk a mile for a Camel....as long as it's a wide. :wink1: hell...my parents haven't bought a damn dishwasher because that was the reason they had me.

 

[MA-Caver]

Must...kill...MACAver....

Must...kil....

*collapse in aged heap*

What the hell did I do?? I'll betcha dollars to doughnuts that I'm older than you kiddo! So don't feel bad. It's just age... now (looking down at your collapsed form)... you wanna a pillow or sumpthin?

:asian:

 

[James Clifton]

Talked to a young person while eating dinner,HISTORY became a topic...LORDY...you all ain't going to believe this ,GERMANY & JAPAN,fought us....she couldn't remember if there was someone else...never heard of BATAAN......DEC 7TH......BLANK STARE......KIT CARSON....TV late talk show....forget the rest...I just wanted to cry!! Yep.I'm old!Oh yeah,she is starting a NEW job & going to make lots of $$$,the PERSON that will be training her made $600 by just signing up a few people....all she has to do is get her friends to sign up & she will get so rich..... really wanted to cry then .PT Barnum was right.I politely tried to '''enlighten her"she laughed said "you"don't understand...I know I'm going to make a lot of $$$!
Jim Clifton

 

[terryl965]

WOW that is all I can say. What a list acid rock to acid reflux, long hair to wanting hair my God man how old are you did they have fire in your time.:erg:
Terry

 

[Jade Tigress]

They have always had an answering machine.

Ugh. I had been married a couple years and my husband always got a nice Christmas bonus every year. Our tradition was to go out and buy something new for our house on New Years Day. Usually it was a piece of furniture, but that year we really didn't need anymore furniture. So,we thought...how about an answering machine? I don't know...we really don't need one...if someone calls and no one answers they'll call back if it's important enough. Well, we couldn't think of anything else so we went out and bought an answering machine. That was around 1989. The rest is history...

 

[beau_safken]

Damn...I feel young? Too bad a lot of that is true about my generation. Oh well. Ignorence is bliss I guess.

 

[Drac]

Heh, I ran into a kid the other day who thought Travolta's first movie was Pulp Fiction!! I wanted to kick him in the crotchal area!

7sm

LMAO...

 

[bydand]

AAAAAAAAAH! I'm old, I'm old. I wondered who let in the old guy who was watching me from the bathroom mirror this morning. Funny thing is I don't feel a day over 20 (wife says I don't ACT a day over 17. I take it as a complement.)

I hauled out some of my LP's the other day to listen to a few older songs and my 6 year old just about fell over when he saw the "Giant CD's."

I remember our first real color TV (anybody else remember seeing the screen to turn a B/W television into a "color" one? blue band on top, clear in the middle, and green band at the bottom? You put it in front of the regular TV screen.) Please, someone else remember! I was just little, but remember that stupid thing - didn't last more than a day before Dad pitched it.

I still own some 8-track tapes somewhere, even had an 8-track recorder in the 70's along with my reel-to-reel.

My High School got their first computer the year I graduated. Only the "smart" kids could touch it. LOL

$1.00 for a gallon of gas? Have you lost your mind, NOBODY will pay higher than $0.75 for gas, not even in the 80's. Said while filling up the old Rambler at $0.70 This theory was shattered in only a year or two.

Who took away the cent key from the keyboard/typewriter?? And when?

And I'm not REALLY that old, just 43 this year. Oh, man, 43, never really expected to live to see 30, I guess I could be getting there.