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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 that years
incoming freshmen.
Here is the list from this year:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1984. They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the First Persian Gulf War was waged.
Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
There has been only one Pope.
They were 9 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.
They have never feared a nuclear war.
They are too young to remember the first space shuttle disaster.
Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums. The expression 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 the Pong video game.
They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced just before they were born.
As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 or 34 cents.
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 has always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
Walkmen were introduced by Sony two years before they were born.
Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
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 W.W.I, W.W.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.
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. is.
The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not musical groups.
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet?
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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Geezer Memories...Youngsters, please chime in with what you don't know
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One more to the list....
By: marc on Sun, 27 April 2003 15:45 |
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Another one...
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Re: Geezer Memories...
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Re: Geezer Memories...
By: brian! on Sun, 27 April 2003 20:39 |
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Hmmm, belonging to the early 70s, I'm not young yet not geezer either.
By: lenny on Sun, 27 April 2003 17:18 |
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Re: Hmmm, belonging to the early 70s,
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Hey, Mickey! You're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind...
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Rubric's Cube
By: smith on Mon, 28 April 2003 10:47 |
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Raining men? Hey David, how about...
By: lenny on Mon, 28 April 2003 11:11 |
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Re: Raining men? Hey David, how about...
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Rubik / Rubric
By: smith on Mon, 28 April 2003 21:03 |
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Riding your board you say?
By: lenny on Tue, 29 April 2003 00:01 |
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Hey David.....
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Re: Hey David.....
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Swapping Places
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No Can Do On Swapping Places...
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Re: No Can Do On Swapping Places...
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CNN was born the same year as me !
By: smith on Sun, 27 April 2003 18:45 |
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OOohhhhh Me Too!!!! How awesome
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oh god do i feel like i just turned 40 the other day
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So true Timmy
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Whoa, dude!
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How about this time warp??
By: smith on Mon, 28 April 2003 21:12 |
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Now THAT is positively unreal, JJ!
By: lenny on Mon, 28 April 2003 21:37 |
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Re: How about this time warp??
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i have the answer
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Re: i have the answer
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Re: i have the answer
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Merlin
By: smith on Wed, 30 April 2003 00:28 |
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Re: Merlin
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Re: Merlin
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Re: Merlin
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Re: Merlin, Arthur and "Once and Future"
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*Coughs politely*
By: lenny on Thu, 01 May 2003 13:31 |
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Re: *Coughs politely*
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and do any of you remember...
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Here's some more....
By: charlie on Mon, 28 April 2003 23:56 |
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I remember some of those!
By: lenny on Tue, 29 April 2003 00:11 |
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Broken bones were part of growing up!
By: charlie on Wed, 30 April 2003 00:14 |
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Re: Broken bones were part of growing up!
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Re: Broken bones were part of growing up!
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Re: Broken bones were part of growing up!
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WooHoo...Tonkas
By: smith on Tue, 29 April 2003 00:25 |
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WhoHoo...Tonkas
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Re: WhoHoo...Tonkas
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Re: WooHoo...Tonkas
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I can remember McDonald's opening its first restaurant in Britain
By: nick on Tue, 29 April 2003 05:32 |
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Geezer Memories...Youngsters, please chime in with what you don't know
By: timmy on Wed, 30 April 2003 22:16 |
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Seat belts
By: trevor on Fri, 02 May 2003 00:09 |
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alabama law
By: Guest on Fri, 02 May 2003 01:30 |
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Re: alabama law
By: trevor on Sat, 03 May 2003 06:17 |
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Re: Geezer Memories
By: simon on Fri, 02 May 2003 06:01 |
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yup yup
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Timmer, I think you're SO right about that.
By: lenny on Fri, 02 May 2003 15:56 |
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Lenny, when will you let THIS Captain Geezer...
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Extra coconut in the curry & extra basil in the panang, please!
By: trevor on Sat, 03 May 2003 06:22 |
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Oh WOW! Hehe!
By: lenny on Sat, 03 May 2003 09:16 |
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Re: yup yup
By: simon on Fri, 02 May 2003 18:45 |
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Re: yup yup
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Jiffy Pop, hand-cranked ice cream makers,
By: charlie on Fri, 02 May 2003 23:33 |
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Grandma's home made pickles...
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I played tether ball
By: e on Sat, 03 May 2003 04:44 |
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Euro TVs NEVER had dials, to my knowledge...
By: lenny on Sat, 03 May 2003 09:28 |
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Re: Jiffy Pop, hand-cranked ice cream makers,
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Re: Starsky and Hutch
By: e on Sun, 04 May 2003 23:21 |
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Yes and no
By: trevor on Sat, 03 May 2003 06:32 |
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How about the origional Woodstock.....
By: marc on Sun, 04 May 2003 21:03 |
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Hey, timmy! What happens when a thread gets longer than one page??
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