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    Exclamation Your OLD **** it!

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

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    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.
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    some of it is true... most not.
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    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
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    > 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, 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
    Last edited by Chang Style Novice; 08-27-2003 at 06:21 PM.
    All my fight strategy is based on deliberately injuring my opponents. -
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    "It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever get near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propoganda visits...Perhaps when the next great war comes we may see that sight unprecendented in all history, a jingo with a bullet-hole in him."

    First you get good, then you get fast, then you get good and fast.

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    And they can not fathom, Gas was under a $1.00
    館術國勇威 Wei Yong Martial Arts Association
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    http://www.weiyongkungfu.com
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    What is 'traditional kung fu' ?
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    By Shanghai Jing Mo

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    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.
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    > 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.
    All my fight strategy is based on deliberately injuring my opponents. -
    Crippled Avenger

    "It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever get near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propoganda visits...Perhaps when the next great war comes we may see that sight unprecendented in all history, a jingo with a bullet-hole in him."

    First you get good, then you get fast, then you get good and fast.

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    CSN.

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

    Now who here still remembers:

    Nazareth??

    Seeya.
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    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.

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    HOLY SH!T! gas was below a dollar!!!
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    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.
    themeecer actually shares a lot of the passion that Bruce Lee had about adopting techniques into your own way of 'expressing yourself.'
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    (Nicest thing ever said about me on these boards.)

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    I was born in 1952

    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?...

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    Alot of that **** I know!!! 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!!!
    Go Surf!
    Train hard and work hard to gain mastery.
    Do not train and you gain nothing.
    Spread good karma!!! Because if you dont, you get hit by bad karma!!!
    Then you will step in dog crap!!!=)
    Karate's better!!!

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    and I'll have to chime in for Berlin.

    btw, CSN. Heard about a new album 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.
    "George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."

    "If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"

    "Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"

    It's simpler than you think.

    I could be completely wrong"

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

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