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andydp
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 Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:16 Post subject: Just to make everyone here feel like a geezer...
The Class of 2007...
Just in case you weren't feeling old enough 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 freshman.
Here is this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985.
They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
There has been only one Pope in their lifetime.
They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle Challenger blowing up.
Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
The statement "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
They have never owned a record player.
They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 3 years old.
They have always had an answering machine.
Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black and white TV.
They have always had cable.
There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA was.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is, or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial.
Not feeling old yet? There's more:
They were born 2 years after the Walkman was introduced by Sony.
Roller skating has always meant inline for them.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as W.W.I, W.W.II and the Civil War.
They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. (The correct answer, by the way, is Ork)
They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "De plane, de plane!"
They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. was.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places to them, not bands.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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Pug
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:20 Post subject:
Shoot, i feel old and i'm only 25.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:21 Post subject:
I made some reference to Porky Pig the other day and my daughter said, "Who?"
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thegman
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:33 Post subject:
My 6 year old found a record player in his grandparents' basement several weeks ago and asked me what it was. 
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brie k
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:36 Post subject:
My kids like Pac-Man and all those old Atari games. We have them for the puter. Libby rocks on Tetris.
Speaking of who shot JR, I think they're putting Dallas' first season on DVD. I'm so there!
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:36 Post subject:
| thegman wrote: | | My 6 year old found a record player in his grandparents' basement several weeks ago and asked me what it was. |
I take it he's not into hip-hop.
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robp
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:44 Post subject:
My kids were both weirded out a few years ago when I fired up an old 8 track player I had in the basement. I put in an old live Springsteen tape I had bootlegged off the radio and they informed me the sound sucked. (Not the music, the both like the Boss). Then when it changed tracks they were both like wtf was that?
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 09:57 Post subject:
Most of them apply to me... but I don't remember much from my childhood anyway.
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copteacher
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 10:00 Post subject:
I know and have experienced all of them.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 10:05 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | I know and have experienced all of them. |
 that's because you're not part of the class of 2007.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 10:10 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | Shoot, i feel old and i'm only 25 26. |
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 10:12 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | I know and have experienced all of them. |
that's because you're not part of the class of 2007. |
That's my brother you're hitting there, he has a brick phobia, so try throwing one at him
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 10:12 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Pug wrote: | Shoot, i feel old and i'm only 25 26 27. |
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elkid
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 10:51 Post subject:
I'll make you feel really old. I got carded at a restaurant I have frequented 2-3 times a week for the past two years.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/09/04 - 11:05 Post subject:
| MastrBrewr wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | Pug wrote: | Shoot, i feel old and i'm only 25 26 27. |
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Do we have 28? 28 anyone?
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