Feeling old

[sg_lab2]

This is an email I got from a penpal yesterday. I think most of my flist can be considered the "they" in this list.

> Just in case you weren't feeling too old today,
>this will certainly change things..
>
> The people who are starting college this fall
>across the nation were born in 1987.
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> They are too young to remember the first space
>shuttle blowing up on liftoff.
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> Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
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> Bottle caps have always been screw off and
>plastic.
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> The CD was introduced the year they were born.
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> They have always had an answering machine.
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> They have always had cable.
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> They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
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> Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
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> Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
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> They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
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> They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
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> They don't know who Mork was or where he was
>from.
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> They never heard: "Where's the Beef?"
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> "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" or "de plane,
>Boss, de plane"
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> They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea
>who J. R. even is.
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> McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
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> They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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> 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...

Comments

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

Heh, I thought you would be the only one on my flist who would feel old reading this. :D

I have a strange memory of when the Challenger blew up. I can remember coming home from school knowing about it, but I don't really remember being told about it at school. Then when I came home the TV was on and my dad was watching about it.

I remember sitting in the living room as my parents were watching a show talking about AIDS when very little was known at the time. It kind of grew from a little known thing to eventually this huge issue through out my life.

I learned to type on an electric typewriter and the next year my school went to computers for typing class. I used to play on my mom's manual typewriter as a kid.

I took a computer class in middle school so I was about thirteen fourteen years old. And I can totally get Rodney's joke about DOS in the s3 premiere.

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

You kids and your disrespect for adults. :D

Well, I think you and I are the same age so I'm feeling old right along with you. ;)

Oh yeah I know what you mean about seeing things reach their twentieth anniversary making you feel old.