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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: Mr.Mike on January 30, 2012, 01:15:23 pm
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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 this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1992.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
The CD was introduced 2 years before they were born.
They have always had an answering machine.
They have always had cable.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control..
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane.."
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
Mc Donald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
(BTW.. Last company making typewriters closed April, 2011)
Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading..
So have a nice day!!!!! It is good to have friends who know about these things and are still alive and kicking!!!!
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You just made me feel really old. Really, really old. Thanks a lot.
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me too lol thanks for that..
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Hi Mr Mike. Thank you, I'm now in a deep depression.
Rob Roy.
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great, now i have to take another pill......
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nice im not old but i do remeber a few things
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I recomember every damn one o' them things and a lot more and proud of it!
~~~GB~~~
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lol, this makes even me feel old!
I have a connect the dot game on my phone for my 5-year-old to play when he is bored and we are in line someplace. One of the photos it shows is of an "old" phone. One with a cord, and buttons you push. He didn't know what it was, we don't have a land line so no "real" phone in our house, and I asked all of my friends and no one had a phone with a cord. I had to take him to school with me to show him a corded phone.
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Wow, why were they still making typewriters up until 2011, who would still use one.??????????????? We just got the grandkids a Tiddly Winks game, they had never heard of it before. We will be obsolete soon I guess.
Marg
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Thanks Mike, great to feel old today ;)
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That gives me cause to pause. I seldom think about those things but, I know that it is true.
Rog
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I'm with GB on this one as I remember all of the items mentioned and I am sure glad that I am still alive and kicking. ( a young 80 year old)
Mike
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what about an old 90 year old?????
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I too feel old now.
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Anyone remember, Singin in the rain, Ben Hur, the Student Prince and The Robe. Then you are getting on. I can remember our first Posh family car as being a Ford V8 Custom, the one with the bullet in the front, saw one the other day in a Vintage car show, Ohhh that hurt. Iggy
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Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave
We got one of the first Amana Radarranges that came off the boat in Alaska back in 1975 or 1976. People we didn't even know came over to see us blow up a marshmallow! You can get one about the size of a cantaloupe until it "pops" and deflates.
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I am not OLD I am just VERY VERY experienced......in a good way ;)
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One thing is that the simple math has changed to for kids. If I had a gallon of milk that cost $3.79 and a loaf of bread for $3.50 and paid $3.49 for gallon of gas and bought 20 gallons. What would the total be? I can't remember what the value of a dollar is. Whats a middle class?
Food for thought
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Boy iggie the first thing I thought about when reading your message was when police cars had V-8's and 4 barrels and lap belts.
I clearly remember that sucking sound and movement backward when you put the pedal to the metal. The speedometers topped at 120 mph.
When I was in high school I used to drive my dads Buick Wildcat that had a 465 hp engine with a 4 barrel
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Toured a small museum displaying a 1940's kitchen. I not only knew what everything was, I'd used most of it. Ouch! Oh, and when I was "little", I took my wagon to the ice plant to bring ice home for mom's ice box. Been awhile anyone's done that.
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Hey crabbyboater.
I remember an older couple from lakewood Wisconsin that cut lake ice in the winter and stored it in a shed after it was covered with saw dust. He had a two pump gasoline station and he serviced vacationers. It was common to store ice like that. He use to talk about Wayne King, the orchestra leader stopping there alot during the summer. He left an impression on me as a kid. Broken Swedish accent,wire rim glasses, hair creamed and combed back and always coveralls.