> I got this in my E-mail (Or would the correct grammer be ON E-mail? I hear it that way so many times) And thought it would be appropriate to share with the group here...ya bunch of old *fogies*
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> I'm Feeling OLD!
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> 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 that year's incoming freshmen.
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> Here is this year's list:
Yep. I'm feeling a little old. Want to know why?


> The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1982.
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I strarted college in 1953. I was already 20.

> They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.

I remember when Roosevelt died.

> They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.

I remember Pearl Harbor. I was senile during the Gulf War.

> Black Monday, 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
I was born in the Great Depression, but I don't remember being depressed about it.
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> There has been only one Pope.
Remember Pope Pius?
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> They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.
I remember when the cold war started and when they built the wall.
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> They have never feared a nuclear war.
They aren't paying attention. The threat is still there.
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> They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
I can't remember the Hindenberg blowing up.
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> Tianamen Square means nothing to them
I don't like anything square, man, it ain't groovy.
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> Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
What ever happened to corks?

> Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
I remember when you cranked the phonograph and played Monopoly.

> The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them.
I'll never forget the day I dropped White Christmas by Bing Crosby.
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> They have never owned a record player.
I still have one.

> They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.

They probably never played Red Rover or Go Sheepy Go. Pong is a blend of pineapple and orange juice.

> They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
Yesterday, my granddaughter called a 45 rpm record a "big CD." We had 8 tracks in the town where I grew up. They were down at the railroad yard.
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> As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 cents.
3 cents

They have always had an answering machine.
Me too. We've been married 44 years.

> Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black-and-white TV.
They have always had cable.
We only got one station on our AM radio.

> There has always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is. They may not know about wire recorders either.
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> They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
The AM radio didn't need one.

> They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
We had crystal sets.
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> Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
Ours had steel wheels in a rectangle.

> Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
What ever happened to Jack Parr?

> They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool. I wore holes in the seat of my first pair of jeans. That was really cool. We called them overall pants.
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> Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
We popped it over a campfire.

> They have never seen Larry Bird play.
Too bad they missed Pistol Pete.

> They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
We worried about cotton mouths.

> The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War. I saw Civil War vets marching in a parade.
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> They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
Or Germany or Japan.
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> They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
Neither can I.
> They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
I know who Kaye Kaiser was, but I can't remember where he was from.

> They never heard: "Where's the beef?," "I'd walked a mile for a Camel," or "de plane! de plane!"
Or "Pepsi Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces. That's a lot!" Or you'll wonder where the yellow went.

> They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is. I wonder how Jeanne felt about her master getting plugged.
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> The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.
We did. The Atlantic. But it's down so deep we'll never see it again. What? They did? Get outta here!
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> Michael Jackson has always been white.
Sammy, Sammy! Can't you remember? You used to be black.
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> Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups. Alabama is one of those new rock groups. Those others must be ball teams.
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> McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
I remember when they had served only 200,000 burgers.

> There has always been MTV.
What?
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> They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
asdfghjkl; Anybody can do that.
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> Do you feel old yet?

Yep. Maybe a little.
How"old do you have to be to start looking backw"ard?