1975 vs 2005

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


1975: Long hair

2005: Longing for hair



1975: KEG

2005: EKG



1975: Acid rock

2005: Acid reflux



1975: Moving to California because it's cool

2005: Moving to Arizona because it's warm



1975: Tryin to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

2005: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor



1975: Seeds and stems

2005: Roughage



1975: Hoping for a BMW

2005: Hoping for a BM



1975: Going to a new, hip joint

2005: Receiving a new hip joint



1975: Rolling Stones

2005: Kidney Stones



1975: Being called into the principal's office

2005: Calling the principal's office



1975: Screw the system

2005: Upgrade the system



1975: Disco

2005: Costco



1975: Parents begging you to get your hair cut


2005: Children begging you to get their heads shaved



1975: Passing the drivers' test

2005: Passing the vision test



1975: Whatever

2005: 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 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.


Do you feel old yet?
Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list.

Ain't that the truth?!!!

     Go point... 

To me, I would like to watch MASK(not Jim Carrey either) the cartoon again then growing old. 

Wow,

At 35 I feel really old! One of my favorite things about 1975 was Orange,Grape and Strawberry Crush in the little glass bottles for 25 cents. Remember the old pain in the a*# pop machines they came in where you had to slide the bottle down a horizontal rail to get it out?  

Matt

I hear ya brother. Im 35 too feelin real old now. aLSO HOW MANY "YOUNG UN'S" Do you think would freak if you tried to explain the first vid game that you had to put the film stuff on the tv screen. Or how about saying something WITHOUT being afraid of getting sue'd
Flem

I am SORRY to say I can relate to the wisdom above.

I'm 55 today and totally relate to your post and its humor! thanks for the laugh!

I got married in 75.  I have seen this list before, but I believe it's updated a bit.  Besides, I'm not old, I'm just not young anymore 

In my battalion, I am the "Old Man" , as the CSM these men look up to me as a father figure.  I have been in the Army longer than most have been alive.  I had one young man, while deployed, that did not know how to open a soda pop with the old fashioned pull tab on the can.  Us old guys laughed for an hour.