Subject: MEMORY JOGGER
No, this is NOT about Tigers, but Tiger owners. Being entranced by a car that
was not even around just 30 years ago, you wonder what else has escaped your
notice during that time. Compare these thoughts and attitudes with your own,
and feel what 30 years can do, much less 40 years.
Dearie, do you remember when.....
> * 1974: KEG
> 2004: EKG
>
> *
> *1974: Acid rock *
> *2004: Acid reflux *
>
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> *1974:Moving to * * California ** because it's cool
> *
> *2004: Moving to * * California ** because it's warm
> *
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>
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> *1974: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz
> Taylor *
> *2004: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz
> Taylor *
>
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> *1974: Seeds and stems *
> *2004: Roughage *
>
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> *1974: Hoping for a BMW *
> *2004: Hoping for a BM *
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> * 1974: The Grateful Dead *
> *2004: Dr. Kevorkian *
>
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> *1974: Going to a new, hip joint *
> *2004: Receiving a new hip joint *
>
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> *1974: Rolling Stones *
> *2004: Kidney Stones *
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> *1974: Screw the system *
> *2004: Upgrade the system *
>
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> *1974: Disco *
> *2004: Costco *
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> *1974: Passing the drivers' test *
> *2004: Passing the vision test *
>
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> *1974: Whatever *
> *2004: Depends *
>
>
> Just in case you weren't feeling 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 1985. 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 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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> * The only spam they know about comes via email -
> not in a can!
>
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> 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. *
>
>
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> *They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. *
>
> * 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. *
>
>
>
> *They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter. *
>
>
> *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
> the smaller print!* (NOT POSSIBLE ON LIST POST?)
With fond remembrances,
Steve Laifman
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