Ok, so this might not strike a cord with all or some of you. But, for
those that it does, enjoy. For those that are from an older generation,
substitute your applicable events and items. For those that are too young,
just wait. You'll get your turn.
P.S. What happened to the digest for Thursday?
> > Are you feeling old? If not, consider this:
> >
> > The people who are starting college this fall across the nation
> were
> born
> > in 1980.
> >
> > The Iranian hostage crisis occurred before they were conceived.
> >
> > They have no memory of a time before M-TV.
> >
> > "New Wave" is their PARENTS musical generation.
> >
> > Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, the Pretenders, the Kinks, the Sex
> Pistols --
> > are all old music they have heard of, if they have heard of it at
> all.
> >
> > They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan era.
> >
> > They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
> >
> > If they have heard the name "Oliver North," it was probably as a
> losing
> > Congessional candidate, or perhaps in some obscure survey history
> text's
>
> > reference, such as might be made to Huey Long or Teapot Dome.
> >
> > Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great
> Depression.
> >
> > Their world has always included AIDS.
> >
> > Having not lived through the Disco Scare, they can romanticize the
> 1970s.
> >
> > They see "Family Ties" as something middle aged ladies watch.
> >
> > They watched "Star Wars" years ago, when they were kids -- on
> video.
> >
> > Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums and cassette audiotapes.
> >
> > From their earliest years, a camera was something you used once and
>
> threw
> > away.
> >
> > As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents.
> >
> > The oil crisis is history of which they probably know nothing and
> why
> > anyone WOULDN'T buy a Suburban is beyond them.
> >
> > Most of them have probably never seen a real nun, even if they went
> to
> > Catholic schools.
> >
> >
> > So, my superannuated friends, why don't we all get together
> > and feel obsolete over some Geritol Tea?
> >
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