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Posted: 12/30/2002 4:53:14 PM EDT

What a difference 30 years makes
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>    1972: Long hair
>    2002: Longing for hair
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>    1972: The perfect high
>    2002: The perfect high yield mutual fund
>
>    1972: KEG
>    2002: EKG
>
>    1972: Acid rock
>    2002: Acid reflux
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>    1972: Moving to California because it's cool
>    2002: Moving to California because it's warm
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>    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
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>    1972: Seeds and stems
>    2002: Roughage
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>    1972: Popping pills, smoking joints
>    2002: Popping joints
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>    1972: Killer weed
>    2002: Weed killer
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>    1972: Hoping for a BMW
>    2002: Hoping for a BM
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>    1972: The Grateful Dead
>    2002: Dr. Kevorkian
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>    1972: Going to a new, hip joint
>    2002: Receiving a new hip joint
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>    1972: Rolling Stones
>    2002: Kidney Stones
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>    1972: Being called into the principal's office
>    2002: Calling the principal's office
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>    1972: Screw the system
>    2002: Upgrade the system
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>    1972: Disco
>    2002: Costco
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>    1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
>    2002: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
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>    1972: Taking acid
>    2002: Taking antacid
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>    1972: Passing the drivers' test
>    2002: Passing the vision test
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>    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 (2002) 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.
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>    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.
>
>    Michael Jackson has always been white.
>
>    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 in
>    your life or very close to it.

Link Posted: 12/30/2002 5:10:08 PM EDT
[#1]
Damn dude I'm only 38 and I can relate.
Link Posted: 12/30/2002 5:16:00 PM EDT
[#2]
Michael Jackson has always been white.....

i find that really funny![:o)]
Link Posted: 12/30/2002 5:18:29 PM EDT
[#3]
I may be young but I know about Mork and Mindy, and I believe  Kristin shot JR, and I learned to type on a typewriter.  My great grandfathter used to tell me, that "the only way you turn old, is if you think you are old" or something along those lines.  
Link Posted: 12/30/2002 6:42:00 PM EDT
[#4]
I feel really old when, for example, I have to read through half of the posts in a thread titled "Carpet Match The Curtains?" to figure-out what the heck you guys are talking about.z
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