1978  -2008

This  should be sent only to those whose level of  maturity qualifies them to relate to  it...

1978:  Long hair
2008: Longing for hair


1978: KEG
2008:  EKG

1978  :  Acid rock
2008: Acid reflux  

1978:  Moving to   California  because it's  cool
2008: Moving to    Arizona  because it's warm


1978:  Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2008: Trying NOT to look like  Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1978:  Seeds and stems
2008:  Roughage  

1978:  Hoping for a BMW
2008: Hoping for a  BM  

1978:  Going to a new, hip joint
2008:  Receiving a new hip joint

1978:  Rolling Stones
2008: Kidney  Stones  
1978:  Screw the system
2008: Upgrade the  system

1978:  Disco
2008: Costco  
1978:  Parents begging you to get your hair  cut
2008: Children begging you to get  their heads shaved
1978:  Passing the drivers' test
2008:  Passing the vision test  
1978:  Whatever 2008:  Depends

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  freshmen. Here's this year's list:  
The people who had just started college this fall across the nation were born in 1993.  

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.   <http://sz0061.ev.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/public/UrlBlockedError.aspx>
The  CD was introduced 2 years before they were  born.  

They  have always had an answering machine.  
They  have always had cable.  
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.
They  never took a swim and thought about  Jaws.  
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, Boss, de  plane.."
They  do not care who shot J. R. And have no idea who  J. R. Even is.
McDonald's  never came in Styrofoam  containers.  
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..