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To: Edwarda who wrote (12906)	12/27/1999 1:21:00 AM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

>Baby Boomers -- Then and Now.... > Then: Killer Weed > Now: Weed Killer > > Then: Being caught with Hustler magazine > Now: Being caught by Hustler magazine > > Then: Hoping for a BMW > Now: Hoping for a BM > > Then: The Grateful Dead > Now: Dr. Kevorkian > > Then: Getting out to a new, hip joint > Now: Getting a new hip joint > > Then Mood Stones > Now: Kidney Stones > > Then: Moving to California because it's cool > Now: Moving to California because it's warm > > Then: Being called into the principal's office > Now: Storming into the principal's office > > Then: Screw the system! > Now: System upgrade. > > Then: Peace Sign > Now: Mercedes Logo > > Then: Getting your head stoned > Now: Getting your headstone > > Then: "The Making of the President" > Now: The making of the President > > Then: "Going blind" > Now: REALLY going blind > > Then: Long hair > Now: Longing for hair > > Then: Father Knows Best > Now: Go ask your mother! > > Then: Parents begging you to get a haircut. > Now: Children begging you to get their head shaved. > > Then: Acid rock > Now: Acid reflux > > Then: The perfect high > Now: The perfect high-yield mutual fund > > Then: Keg > Now: EKG > > Then: Take acid > Now: Take antacid > > Then: VW Microbus > Now: Voyager Minivan > > Then: Thai Stick > Now: Thai Food > > Then: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents > Now: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your kids > > Then: Passing the driving test > Now: Passing the vision test > > Then: Seeds and stems > Now: Roughage > > Then: Popping pills, smoking joints > Now: Popping joints > > Then: Whatever! > Now: "Depends" > > Then: Ommmmmm > Now: Ummmmmm > > Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor > Now: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor [I hope that wasn't a repeat. Or if it was, that it was from a long time ago....}

To: Edwarda who wrote (12906)	12/29/1999 8:14:00 PM
From: Peter S. Maroulis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62549

Why I Love America During the heat of the space race in the 1960's, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of $1 million. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on Earth. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem of writing in zero gravity, used a pencil.