Thirty Years Makes a Difference

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Subject: 30 years makes a difference

1973: Long hair

2003: Longing for hair

1973: KEG

2003: EKG

1973: Acid rock

2003: Acid reflux

1973: Moving to California because it's cool

2003: Moving to California because it's warm

1973: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

2003: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1973: Hoping for a BMW

2003: Hoping for a BM

1973: Going to a new, hip joint

2003: Receiving a new hip joint

1973: Rolling Stones

2003: Kidney Stones

1973: Being called into the principal's office

2003: Calling the principal's office

1973: Disco

2003: Costco

1973: Parents begging you to get your hair cut

2003: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1973: Passing the drivers' test

2003: Passing the vision test

1973: Whatever

2003: 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 are starting college this fall across the nation

were born in 1983.

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.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.