Then .... and Now

[MilDoc]

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, man
2008 - moving to Arizona because it's warm

1978 - trying to look like Brando or Liz Taylor
2008 - trying NOT to look like 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 a hair cut
2008 - getting a hair cut every 2 months, if needed

1978 - passing the driver's test
208 - passing the vision test

1978 - Whatever
2008 - Depends

And, just in case you do not feel old yet - "kids" starting college this Fall:

- were born in 1990
- to 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
- they have always had an answering machine or voice mail
- they have always had cable & hundreds of channels
- popcorn has always been made in the microwave
- they never took a swim and worried abouts Jaws
- can't imagine waht hard contact lenses felt like
- never heard "Where's the beef?," "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "de plane, Boss, de plane"
- do not care who shot Jr and don't know who JR was
- McDonald's never came in styrofoam containers
- they don't have a clue how to use a typewriter

[cgallery]

Good stuff.

[Bruce Cohen]

Paul,

Thanks for the walk(er) down memory (sort of) lane.

Boy, are you correct.

Bruce

[Ed62]

Those born in 1990 wouldn't have any idea what a church key was for.

Ed

[LinuxRandal]

- were born in 1990
- to young to remember the space shuttle blowing up

- bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic
- the CD was introduced the year they were born

Those born in 1990 wouldn't have any idea what a church key was for.

Ed

Columbia explosion 2003. Never forget three manned vehicles lost so for in our space exploration.
Bottle caps screw off and church keys? Get real, the kids probably know which beers still use them before hitting college.
A friend first had a car cd player in late 84. Are you sure your not thinking DVD's?

[cabinetman]

And kids today think they have it rough. Heck, I had to walk to and from school uphill both ways.
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[cwithboat]

And kids today think they have it rough. Heck, I had to walk to and from school uphill both ways.
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barefoot in the snow

[x00018]

I helped my granddaughter with her history homework over the weekend. The stuff she was studying was called current events when I was in school.

[MilDoc]

Columbia explosion 2003. Never forget three manned vehicles lost so for in our space exploration.
Bottle caps screw off and church keys? Get real, the kids probably know which beers still use them before hitting college.
A friend first had a car cd player in late 84. Are you sure your not thinking DVD's?

And just how old are you?

First, the post refers to 1990.

Second, Do YOU not remember the Challenger explosion in 1984?

Third, CDs were first available in 1984, so kids born after 1990 probably don't remember anything else. Anyone remember the hype? "CDs will cost less than an LP!" Yeah, right.

Fourth, screw caps were available LONG before 1990. Thus, those born after don't remember church keys, etc,

[Mrs. Wallnut]

barefoot in the snow

With a 40 mile an hour wind in your face right!

I remember most of that actually all of it. The space shuttle, I do know what a church key is.

Another thing that I think is kind of funny. The movie Mamma Mia! has all ABBA songs. That movie was a good hit. I do remember those songs from when I was little.

[LinuxRandal]

And just how old are you?

First, the post refers to 1990.

A couple weeks from 40

Second, Do YOU not remember the Challenger explosion in 1984?

Third, CDs were first available in 1984, so kids born after 1990 probably don't remember anything else. Anyone remember the hype? "CDs will cost less than an LP!" Yeah, right.

Fourth, screw caps were available LONG before 1990. Thus, those born after don't remember church keys, etc,

2. I remember it well (even posted a thread about it a while back). I also remember reading about the first manned explosion, when on the launchpad, and realize I was conceived around the time man landed on the moon.

3. The original poster said CD's were introduced in 1990.
4. Why do the 16 year old kids I know, know they are church keys? Not all bottles are screw top, not even all soda bottles (I can buy Mexican coke all day, and no it doesn't taste different)

[Mr__Bill]

(I can buy Mexican coke all day, and no it doesn't taste different)

Mexican Coke made with Cane Sugar does taste different. Some are unable to differentiate between the cane and sugar beet sugar, to them it's the same.


Most of those kids will never have had Moxie either. Heck, most here have never heard of it.


Bill

[cabinetman]

Bottle caps screw off and church keys? Get real, the kids probably know which beers still use them before hitting college.

A tip I followed about screw caps. If a wine bottle had a screw cap...not worth drinking.
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[pelligrini]

A tip I followed about screw caps. If a wine bottle had a screw cap...not worth drinking.
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I guess the boxes with the press valves are out too.