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To: Soaring Feather

Cool.

Here is a little something to shake the cobwebs:

> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>1975 : Long hair
> >>2006 : Longing for hair
> >
> >>
> >>1975: KEG
> >>2006 :
>EKG
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Acid rock
> >>2006: Acid reflux
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Moving to California because it’s cool
> >>2006 : Moving to Arizona because it’s warm
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Tryin to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
> >>2006: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Seeds and stems
> >>2006: Roughage
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Hoping for a BMW
> >>2006: Hoping for a BM
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Going to a new, hip joint
> >>2006: Receiving a new hip joint
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Rolling Stones
> >>2006: Kidney Stones
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Being called into the principal’s office
> >>2006 : Calling the
>principal’s office
> >
> >>
> >>1975: Screw the system
> >>2006: Upgrade the system
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Disco
> >>2006: Costco
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Parents begging you to get your hair cut
> >>2006: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Passing the drivers’ test
> >>2006: Passing the vision test
> >
> >>
> >>1975 : Whatever 
> >>2006 : 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 1987.
> >
> >>
> >>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? Pass this on to the other old fogies and
> >>youngsters on your list. Notice the larger type, that’s for those
> >>of you who have trouble
>reading...
> >


1,090 posted on 08/04/2007 3:20:49 PM PDT by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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To: NY Attitude
Oh, that’s so true.. 1950 our house was wired for electricity, we put away the kerosene lamps.Rural very rural like in the sticks.
1,094 posted on 08/04/2007 4:16:26 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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