Time to feel old, strangely skiing related

[Woodsy]

Most students entering college this fall were born in 1987.

1. Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason, and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
2. They don't remember when "cut and paste" involved scissors.
3. Heart-lung transplants have always been possible.
4. Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.
5. Boston has been working on the "The Big Dig" all their lives.
6. With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a tie.
7. Pay-Per-View television has always been an option.
8. They never had the fun of being thrown into the back of a station wagon with six others.
9. Iran and Iraq have never been at war with each other.
10. They are more familiar with Greg Gumbel than with Bryant Gumbel.
11. Philip Morris has always owned Kraft Foods.
12. Al-Qaida has always existed with Osama bin Laden at its head.
13. They learned to count with Lotus 1-2-3.
14. Car stereos have always rivaled home component systems.
15. Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on television.
16. Voice mail has always been available.
17. "Whatever" is not part of a question but an expression of sullen rebuke.
18. The federal budget has always been more than a trillion dollars.
19. Condoms have always been advertised on television.
20. They may have fallen asleep playing with their Gameboys in the crib.
21. They have always had the right to burn the flag.
22. For daily caffeine emergencies, Starbucks has always been around the corner.
23. Ferdinand Marcos has never been in charge of the Philippines.
24. Money put in their savings account the year they were born earned almost 7% interest.
25. Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.
26. Dirty dancing has always been acceptable.
27. Southern fried chicken, prepared with a blend of 11 herbs and spices, has always been available in China.
28. Michael Jackson has always been bad, and greed has always been good.
29. The Starship Enterprise has always looked dated.
30. Pixar has always existed.
31. There has never been a "fairness doctrine" at the FCC.
32. Judicial appointments routinely have been "Borked."
33. Aretha Franklin has always been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
34. There have always been zebra mussels in the Great Lakes.
35. Police have always been able to search garbage without a search warrant.
36. It has always been possible to walk from England to mainland Europe on dry land.
37. They have grown up in a single superpower world.
38. They missed the oat bran diet craze.
39. American Motors has never existed.
40. Scientists have always been able to see supernovas.
41. Les Miserables has always been on stage.
42. Halogen lights have always been available at home, with a warning.
43. "Baby M" may be a classmate, and contracts with surrogate mothers have always been legal.
44. RU486, the "morning after pill," has always been on the market.
45. There has always been a pyramid in front of the Louvre in Paris.
46. British Airways has always been privately owned.
47. Irradiated food has always been available but controversial.
48. Snowboarding has always been a popular winter pastime.
49. Libraries have always been the best centers for computer technology and access to good software.
50. Biosphere 2 has always been trying to create a revolution in the life sciences.
51. The Hubble Telescope has always been focused on new frontiers.
52. Researchers have always been looking for stem cells.
53. They do not remember "a kinder and gentler nation."
54. They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
55. The TV networks have always had cable partners.
56. Airports have always had upscale shops and restaurants.
57. Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.
58. They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show.
59. Matt Groening has always had a Life in Hell.
60. Salman Rushdie has always been watching over his shoulder.
61. Digital cameras have always existed.
62. Tom Landry never coached the Cowboys.
63. Time Life and Warner Communications have always been joined.
64. CNBC has always been on the air.
65. The Field of Dreams has always been drawing people to Iowa.
66. They never saw a Howard Johnson's with 28 ice cream flavors.
67. Reindeer at Christmas have always distinguished between secular and religious decorations.
68. Entertainment Weekly has always been on the newsstand.
69. Lyme Disease has always been a ticking concern in the woods.
70. Jimmy Carter has always been an elder statesman.
71. Miss Piggy and Kermit have always dwelt in Disneyland.
72.America's Funniest Home Videos has always been on television.
73. Their nervous new parents heard C. Everett Koop proclaim nicotine as addictive as heroin.
74. Lever has always been looking for 2000 parts to clean.
75. They have always been challenged to distinguish between news and entertainment on cable TV.

[belgian]

As sad as it seems for a senior in High School, I can see more than 50% of my class believing in over 50% of those.

[Woodsy]

As sad as it seems for a senior in High School, I can see more than 50% of my class believing in over 50% of those.

wow that cynical?
cuz they are all true.......

[Buzzworthy]

On the Bob and Tom show this am they were reading some of those and I skimmed it, maybe missed it, but President Bush has been President for over half their lives. (SR and JR).

Wow, what a list. Interesting.

[board]

In order to play hockey again tonight I am going to have to take 4 Advil...I heel much slower these days.


Edit:and my spelling ability is devolving as well.

[teledave]

54. They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.

I didn't realize it had been that long until I started working through my memory bank and doing the math. I still remember like it was yesterday sitting at a traffic light on my way to work at Kroger (only a block away) and hearing about "obviously a major malfunction" on the radio and running in the store to see the replays on TV. I guess that is kind of the kennedy assination moment for our generation.

[Endlessseason]

I heel much slower these days.

That's still worth hella points for obedience. How are you at convalescing?

[yogachik]

41. Les Miserables has always been on stage.

that's my idea of hell.

[72Twenty]

"The Drive" happened before they were born.
Wow, I'm old.



And my car is the same age as them...

[DMC Freeride]

Smoking at your desk has been illegal since they were born too...

I remember when I started work in 1983 - EVERY desk had an ashtray

[board]

That's still worth hella points for obedience. How are you at convalescing?

even though I edited myself I still knew it was coming. Honestly though Endless I bet you spell checked convalescing.

[DMC Freeride]

that's my idea of hell.

Thats the 6th layer of Hell..
just above "Beauty and the Beast"

[Endlessseason]

HAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAA! You're right.

[Out_to_lunch]

I make those qualifications. I was born in 87 and am going into college. I'll admit, A FEW of those things on the list I have no clue about (mostly the names of some of the people), but for the most part I realize that alot of those are not true, or have seen/taken part in/ or done them. I mean what 18 year old doesnt know how to tie a tie? (or am I just that suave?)

[Buzzworthy]

Smoking at your desk has been illegal since they were born too...

I remember when I started work in 1983 - EVERY desk had an ashtray

Glad I quit.



TD, I too had to take a second look at the Challenger sentence. It does seem like it happened just yesterday. Well, you get the idea. I think 9/11 is unfortunately the "Kennedy Assination" for me and the young 30's generation, as some knew people that died there, I am included.


And to think what this list will be for our kids, 9/11, Iraq war, all kids have cell phones by 11 seems like, flying with TSA, hell, they will never say they went thru security with their shoes on,.......

[skifishbum]

Thanks for makin me feel old. Think I'll go shift through the LP collection. None of em probably ever sported fanny packs or gaiters. KIR about that time

[gincognito]

4. Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.[/b]

Damn.

Sucks to be them.

Sick and ashamed and happy (and old, old, old),
d.

[Tippster]

21. They have always had the right to burn the flag.

Those older did too.... there's NEVER been a law banning it. All that happened was that flagburning was challenged in court, and the courts decided it's protected under the First Amendment.

[Buster Highmen]

Heh.
And where will you be 3/7/06?

[Woodsy]

Heh.
And where will you be 3/7/06?

jah willing Crystal Mountain, WA

[Buzzworthy]

jah willing Crystal Mountain, WA

Need a road pal? That sounds so nice right now.

[irul&ublo]

Thats the 6th layer of Hell..
just above "Beauty and the Beast"

If "Beauty and the Beast" is the 7th layer, where is "Cats"?