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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 freshman. Here is this year's list:
>
> 1. The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born
> in 1984
>
> 2. They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did
> not know he had ever been shot.
>
> 3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged. Black
> Monday, 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
>
> 4. There has been only one Pope.
>
> 5. They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the
> Cold War.
>
> 6. They have never feared a nuclear war.
>
> 7. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
>
> 8. Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
>
> 9. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
>
> 10. Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
>
> 11. The statement "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
>
> 12. They have never owned a record player.
>
> 13. They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
>
> 14. They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was
introduced
> when they were 1 year old.
>
> 15. As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 cents.
>
> 16. They have always had an answering machine.
>
> 17. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they
seen
> a black and white TV.
>
> 18. They have always had cable.
>
> 19. There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA was.
>
> 20. They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
>
> 21. 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.
>
> Feeling old Yet? There's more:
>
>
>
> 22. They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
>
> 23. Roller skating has always meant inline for them.
>
> 24. Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
>
> 25. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
>
> 26. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
>
> 27. They have never seen Larry Bird play.
>
> 28. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
>
> 29. The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the
Civil
> War.
>
> 30. They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
>
> 31. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
>
> 32. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
>
> 33. They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel,"
or
> "De plane, de plane!".
>
> 34. They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. was.
>
> 35. The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew.
>
> 36. Michael Jackson has always been white.
>
> 37. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not rock
> bands.
>
> 38. McDonalds never came in styrofoam containers.
>
> 39. There has always been MTV.
>
> 40. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>
> Do you feel old yet?
>
 

SC

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face the facts Knobby, you're getting on in years too

God, I remember this day too well

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

what I had for lunch that day
what I was wearing
and watching the tv coverage in my classroom

Why, isn't that way before Coptune, and, I don't want to say the certain Moderator's name... BUT really, I don't think they were even thought of yet

:(
 

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Reagan

I was in Mrs. Helton's class, grade 3, Glenayre Elementary. I believe it happened around 10:30 when the announcement came over the P.A. I could be wrong on the time.

I also, very clearly, remember telling my Dad how I was afraid of nuclear war. His response: “So am I."
 

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Ahhhh

G-wiz, golly, gosh that's touching Dude. Do you still remember when he taught you about the birds and the bee's? It must have been rough when the dog ate the bird doll and your dad had to use two bee's to demonstrate.....:rolleyes:


KNVB to cannot fathom not having a remote control!
 

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Birds & bees

I do, in fact. I was 12, and it went like this:

“Take these (he passes me a pack of condoms). If you get a girl pregnant, I’ll kill you.”:D

He was a man of few words back then…


Dude- who'snotkidding
 

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I've learnt something new today....

I didn't know Reagan had been shot, I must've been on a field trip on my own that day. I spent a lot of time on my own as a child, you see. I did know the yanks tend to enjoy shooting their presidents once they've elected them to the greatest democracy the world has ever known. It only seems fair.

I'm with KNVB on the Jordache shout but, then again, I'm only a nipper of 28 too. I'll bet Buckfast had a pair. As frayed cut-offs too.

McDonald's still comes in styrofoam over here. It's brilliant.

Fcuk the whales, trees, Sting, and the ozone layer, everything tastes better in styrofoam.

The list doesn't say that those born in 1984 would have grown up in a world in which girls have always played football, even on the same teams as boys.

I miss the good old days.

Sexist and pulluting, Fastshow.
 

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Jinky,

Also on my favourites was: Scrappy Doo and Jabber Jaw. It should be noted that Jabber Jaw is different from the show currently running on CNN by the name of "Jabir Jaw" - set in Kabul, it tells the story of a Rebel fighter who had his mouth wired shut for 10 years by the Taliban, but since the recent turn of events in that country, he has been set free and has not stopped talking since.

JR
 

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