Your OLD **** it!

[Laughing Cow]

If you were born before 1985 (year before I started to work )

From AOL:



So to better understand how the class of 2007 thinks, most of whom were born in 1985, read this and feel your age:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985.

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

They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.

There has been only one pope in their lifetime.

They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up on takeoff.

Tiananmen Square means nothing to them.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.

The statement "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them. (They have never owned a record player.)

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

They may have never heard of an 8-track tape. The compact disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.

They have always had an answering machine.

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.

There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what Beta was.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up!" commercial.

They were born the year that Walkman was introduced by Sony.

Roller skating has always meant inline for them.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

Jay Leno has always been on "The Tonight Show."

They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They have never seen Larry Bird play.

They never took a swim and thought about "Jaws."

The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as World War I, World War II, and the Civil War.

They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. (The correct answer, by the way, is Ork.)

They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "De plane, de plane!"

They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. was.

Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not bands.

There has always been MTV.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

[CaptinPickAxe]

some of it is true... most not.

[Fen]

This sucks:( !!! I'm old!!

And they have know idea what Kung Fu Theater is and Friday Night Videos after the 11 o'clock news!!



:( ~Jason

[Chang Style Novice]

> They were born the year that Walkman was introduced by Sony.

Completely false. I had one when I was 12, which was 1981.

edit - according to this page (http://users.skynet.be/fa209730/walkman_history.htm), Sony Walkmans were introduced in 79.

edited again - hey, here's an EVEN BETTER page on the history of personal stereos!

http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/walkman/history.html

[Fen]

And they can not fathom, Gas was under a $1.00

[Laughing Cow]

Yeah, some things seem to off by about 5yrs, nevertheless still worth a chuckle.

Which we need at the moment on the board.

There are many more things that the younger generations won't know or remember.

Seeya.

[Chang Style Novice]

> Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not bands.

It's a pet theory of mine that bands named for places all suck ass. See also: Berlin, Texas, Europe, Asia.

[Laughing Cow]

CSN.

I quiet like Chicago, Europe & Boston, but than my old age might be showing.

Now who here still remembers:

Nazareth??

Seeya.

[KC Elbows]

So, CSN, does that mean Chicago were qualitatively better when they were the Chicago Transit Authority?

I must stick up for Kansas, pre finding god. Boston, however, is like a big ball of saccharine being jabbed into your face, but without the mean spirited dominatrix that always makes such things more interesting. Or so I hear.

I can't seem to escape nazareth. For some reason, Love Hurts must be on the air in KC at all times. If that song is not on, the area goes into some sort of classic rock crisis. This is the sort of thing that happens in a town with no classical station- John Mellancamp attains the status of Beethoven. It's frightening.

[CaptinPickAxe]

HOLY SH!T! gas was below a dollar!!!
:D

[themeecer]

Originally posted by tao of wushu
And they can not fathom, Gas was under a $1.00

Gas was 88 cents here during the first gulf war.

[old jong]

The year TV aired for the first time in Canada.
It was Black and white and only one channel for a few houres a day.
I was enjoying the Liberace show at one or two years old.
My mom was dressed like those women in old movies.
My father was wearing a Humphry Bogart type of hat.
My first record player was playing 78 rpm records
The stove was burning oil
The milkman was using a horse carriage.
I remember when JFK was assasinated.
I saw Armstrong walk on the moon.
I played guitar in psychadelic bands.
I used to get up to change the TV channels.
I saw the Green hornet as it aired originaly.
I was a fan of Kung Fu with David Carradine.
ETC ETC....
What will I see next?...

[Surferdude]

Alot of that **** I know!!!:mad: And i'm not old at all!!!
I remeber gas being 94 cents(but gas was always low priced from where i am)

And Boston is a pretty good band!!!:D

[Oso]

and I'll have to chime in for Berlin.:D

btw, CSN. Heard about a new album :eek: today and thought about you. It was called "Trumpet Evolution" or "Evolution Trumpet" It was on the World Cafe' tonight. It's by some guy who was a protege' of Dizzie G. and he starts w/ King Oliver and works his way forward through all the trumpet greats. They played several tracks and it were tight.

[Starchaser107]

I'd also like to say that Chicago was a great band.
and "Inspiration" is still a cool song

[KC Elbows]

Boston may have been taking it's time and just moving along, but exactly how are you supposed to forget about him after he's been gone when he repeats that very prediction in an endless loop that makes you think "message in a bottle"?

I will grant that Chicago was intermittently interesting.

Aside from that, you're all wrong.

[Starchaser107]

No...worse than that
We are all ..Old

[Ravenshaw]

How funny... I was born in 1985.

About half of that stuff applies to me.

[chen zhen]

I still remember when there was only one tv-station..:D

AT ALL

[cho]

anybody know the point of that list? bitter old people again?

[Chang Style Novice]

Truthfully, some early Chicago (Saturday in the Park, 25 or 6 to 4) is pretty good. I dunno if that was when they were CTA or not. And I'll have to concede that the existence of Love Hurts and Hair of the Dog provide a good counterarguement to my pet theory.

I'll just fudge the results and say those are the exceptions that prove the rule.

Trumpet Evolution or possibly vice versa, eh? I'll keep an ear open.

[shaolinboxer]

Born in '76, wife was born in '68.

I still have my mini hand held lcd tron game.

[shaolinboxer]

Actually the thing that really gets me about the younger kids is that they never lived without the internet.

[TonyM.]

He He! OK Old Jong. We were born the same year.
25cents a gal for gas
25cents for cigs
5 cent cokes
5 cent candy bars
bread, 5 loaves for a dollar
stilla few edisons around
small round screens on the b&w tvs (I never saw one until 1960)
My personal favorite= 10 cent beers:D

[old jong]

Good to have another "mature" on this board!...Were surrounded by an infinite number of zitfaced adolescent wannabe tough guys here. It's hard sometimes!....:rolleyes: ;)

A good one from the sixties: A Pepsi+ a chip+a Mae West with a pool game for 75cents!...Could take the bus home with the 25cents remaining from my dollar.

An other good souvenir is Buying my first guitar after watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. (A cheap Harmony electric with three pickups for 59.95$...I had to wait a year to get the amp (49$). sounded awful!...

[MasterKiller]

Actually the thing that really gets me about the younger kids is that they never lived without the internet. Did any of us truely ever live without it? You call those long, empty days filled with actual human interaction living?

[TonyM.]

My folks were poor then. In '64 I got a $25.00 plastic Maccaferri classical guitar. Swiped my brothers Hohner marine band harp and taught myself Please Please Me.:D The Beatles were the first pop I heard besides straight country. When we moved from Louisianna to Baltimore I was able to get R&B on the old tube radio. I suppose the young folks don't remember the rednecks and the police beating the bejesus out of us longhairs, well because we had long hair and listened to that "race" music.:p
Remember "Hamburger, coke and fries with change back for your dollar"?

[old jong]

Hey we had rednecks up here too!...I used to have long hairs like GDA in 68-69 and there was always someone yelling "get a haircut!" wherever I went!
Things have progressed somehow over these days. People can look the way they want now and nobody is offended anymore by these things.
Good things and bad things as always.

[norther practitioner]

That list comes out like every year... it is usually the same things...

[shaolinboxer]

My question is before the web, how did people survive work? What did they do to goof off?

[Budokan]

They would go down to the corner bar and have a few martinis and then come back to work and chase the secretary around the desk for the rest of the afternoon while commenting on how nice her jugs bounced when she ran. (This was also before the days of sexual harrassment suits and also before men lost their testicles to hairy-armpitted feminists). For porn they'd go home and read Molly's stream-of-consciousness in Joyce's *Ulysses* or take a peek at the snatch shot of Carmen Miranda with her dress whirling up around her hips and NO underwear. Okay, it was Carmen Miranda, but it was also still a snatch shot, something almost unheard of in those days. You have to take what you can get.

[old jong]

:D :D :D the good ol' days

[Shaolin-Do]

D@mn.... I turn 20 in a month and that sh!t made me feel old, cause the only 2 that didnt apply were beta and 8 tracks, although I know what both are.
Guess you 5 centers are just REALLY old...
:eek:
:D

[old jong]

Go to your room kid!... :mad: ;)

[Shaolin-Do]

My office you mean? :D
Im in it already.
hehehe

[old jong]

...And don't chase your secretary...(sorry...administrative assistant) around the room to see how her jugs bounce!...:D

[Shaolin-Do]

Chase? nah... Im lazy. I just throw things. Gives you all the bouncy with half the work!
:D
(actually all the secreteries here are... err...no not men, but not far)

[Liokault]

Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black and white TV.


Hey....I only get 5 channels now!!!

[old jong]

...Sorry to hear that!...:( But when they bounce down,do they bounce back up? (A good test) ;)

[Shaolin-Do]

Err... I dont really bug the secreteries too much, they're bigger than me.
:eek:
I dont get that many channels either... Used to tho. Don really care either way... dont watch much tv. (other than discovery channel and cartoon network) :D

[CaptinPickAxe]

check your PM, SD