Never mind 50 years...try 18.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Does this make you feel old?
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> > 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......That sound you hear is your bones creaking.........
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> > Here is this year's list:
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> > 1. The people who are starting college this fall across the
> > nation were born in 1980.
> > 2. They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and did
> > not know he had ever been shot.
> > 3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
> > 4. Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great
> > Depression.
> > 5. There has been only one Pope. They can only really remember
> > one president.
> > 6. They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not
> > remember the Cold War.
> > 7. They have never feared a nuclear war. "The Day After" is a
> > pill to them, not a movie.
> > 8. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
> > 9. Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
> > 10. Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
> > 11. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic
> > 12. Atari pre-dates them, as do vinyl albums.
> > 13. The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing
> > to them.
> > 14. They have never owned a record player.
> > 15. They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of
> > Pong.
> > 16. Star Wars look very fake to them, and the special effects are
> > pathetic.
> > 17. There have always been red M&M's and blue ones are not new.
> > There used to be beige ones?
> > 18. They may have heard of an 8 track, but probably never have
> > actually
> > seen or heard one.
> > 19. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
> > 20. As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents.
> > 21. They have always had an answering machine.
> > 22. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have
> > they
> > seen a black-and-white TV.
> > 23. They have always had cable.
> > 24. There has always been VCR's, but they have no idea what a BETA
> > machine is.
> > 25. They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
> > 26. They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
> > 27. Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
> > 28. The Tonight Show has always been with Jay Leno.
> > 29. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
> > 30. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
> > 31. They have never seen Larry Bird play, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
> is
> > a
> > football player.
> > 32. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
> > 33. The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII or
> > even
> > the Civil War.
> > 34. They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in
> Iran.
> > 35. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
> > 36. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
> > 37. They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a
> > Camel," or "de plane, de plane!"
> > 38. They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is.
> > 39. The Titanic was found? I thought we always knew where it was.
> > 40. Michael Jackson has always been white.
> > 41. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not
> > musical groups.
> > 42. McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
> > 43. There has always been MTV.
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> > DO YOU FEEL OLD YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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