Are You Feeling A Little Old Today: 1975 vs. 2007
After travelling to northern California all week for my speaking engagements to court reporting students and law firm clients, I feel a little tired and -- I hate to say it -- a little bit older. The road weary traveller returns with a list of differences from 1975 to 2007. Enjoy!1
975 vs. 2007
1975 : Long hair
2007 : Longing for hair
1975: KEG
2007: EKG
1975: Acid rock
2007: Acid reflux
1975: Moving to California because it`s cool
2007: Moving to Arizona because it`s warm
1975: Tryin to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2007: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1975: Seeds and stems
2007: Roughage
1975: Hoping for a BMW
2007: Hoping for a BM
1975: Going to a new, hip joint
2007: Receiving a new hip joint
1975: Rolling Stones
2007: Kidney Stones
1975: Being called into the principal`s office
2007: Calling the principal`s office
1975: Screw the system
2007: Upgrade the system
1975: Disco
2007: Costco
1975: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2007: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1975: Passing the drivers` test
2007: Passing the vision test
Freshman College Kids Were Born In 1987
I was a sophomore in high school when today`s freshman college class was being born. Yikes! Now I`m an old man court reporting agency owner. Just in case you weren`t feeling old enough already today, this might alter your perspective a little.. 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 1987.
- 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.
- 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.
07/12/2007
