Thirty Years Difference!!!

srellis

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Tony... This one's for you!!

Thirty years 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: 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 years incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1984.
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?
 

jmics19067

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and by the time they were able to ride bikes had water cooling,disc brakes , single shocks and power valves :eek:
 

RM_guy

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That sure does bring back some memories. I can remember my mom popping popcorn in a big pan on the stove and filling a couple of brown paper grocery bags for the family to take to the drive in for a double feature movie. :)
 

squeaky

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Hmmm....I guess that goes for people born in 1981 too! :)

(Sorry, I couldn't resist)
 

Philip

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:| :| Thanks Now I'm Depressed!! :moon:
 

BSWIFT

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Very good Susan.  Keep it up and we'll all settle in the same retirement community!
 

mx547

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i remember when we only had four tv channels (and one of them was pbs). they all signed off about midnite. the only time tv ran 24 hours was during the jerry lewis telethon. we always tried (and failed) to stay up all nite for it.

remember going to the gas station to get gas?

remember when there were no convenience stores?
 

toalco-kdx

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we STILL do go to the gas station to get gas. mabye u should put ur pipe down for a sec and think about it
 

srellis

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How about when your phone calls came in over a cable and your TV came in over the air...
 

mx547

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Originally posted by toalco-kdx
we STILL do go to the gas station to get gas. mabye u should put ur pipe down for a sec and think about it

if this is a joke, i don't get it.
 

jmics19067

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remember going to the gas station to get gas?

Ah yes a SERVICE station wash your windows, may I check your oil that tire looks a little low would you want to pull over to the air hose so I can check it, fill up that big ole land yacht with 100 octane leaded premium? that will be 6.50 please.
 

toalco-kdx

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what dont u get? u said something stupid that didnt make sense. where do u get your gas? not the gas station?
 

mx547

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we get gas at the convenience store. are you making too much out of this?
 

JuliusPleaser

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Jay? When did you become a u? Is there something you're not telling us? What's in that pipe? Maple leaves?
 
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biglou

Originally posted by toalco-kdx
what dont u get? u said something stupid that didnt make sense.
He said something that obviously didn't make any sense to you. It's usually best to have a clue before you comment on something. And a hell of a lot more respect for others before making some half-assed [crack] pipe comment like that. Now go away and let the gownups continue with their thread.
 

CR Swade

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Originally posted by toalco-kdx
what dont u get? u said something stupid that didnt make sense. where do u get your gas? not the gas station?

Three things the young chucklehead DOES NOT yet have:

1)Pubes
2)Any idea of how nice a fella he is screwing w/
3)A clue (this one may prove to be the ever elusive one that got away)

BACK OFF JUNIOR :flame:
 

mx547

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Originally posted by CR Swade


things the young chucklehead DOES NOT yet have:

2)Any idea of how nice a fella he is screwing w/

thanks mom, i'll be over for dinner at eight.
 

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Originally posted by taraker
I hear gay white boots are back though
Hey! My boots were white,... when I bought em' What's ur excuse "fella"? ;)
 

CR Swade

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Originally posted by mx547


thanks mom, i'll be over for dinner at eight.

Yeah, yeah...I need that $20 in cash. BTW, I too support the "ol'man Jay for President" movement
 

Tony Eeds

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Great post Susan!

Ouch, so many I recognize. As they say, if you remember the 70's you weren't really there. :laugh:
 
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