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EddieS'04

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I can relate to this..;)



1975 vs. 2005







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

20! 05: Moving to Arizona because it's warm

1975: Trying 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

Ju! st 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. McDonal! d's never came in Styrofoam containers. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

 
1975: Rolling Stones

2005: Kidney Stones

Happened to me last year. Ended up with a kidney infection and hospitalized for 3 days.

I remember when I was a kid and my parents told me they did not have TV when they were growing up. I could not imagine life without TV. "What did you do, dad?" Well son, we listened to shows on the radio. "Gee, that's too bad." Then about 10 years ago my son asked me "Did they have VCR's when you were growing up, dad?" Uh, no. "How did you watch cartoons?" We had to wait until Saturday mornings. "Gee, that's too bad." :lol:
 
Yeah, kids these days have probably never seen an abacus. The few computers in the world back then took up an entire building and had less computing power than a MP3 player.
 
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