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				For Us 'Older' Members...A Comparison In Time
			 
 
			
			Comparing 1975 to 2005...Can you believe it's already been 30 years?
 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: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
 2005: Trying NOT to look like MarlonBrando 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..
 
 The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987.
 
 They are too young to remember the first space shuttle blowing up on liftoff.
 
 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?
 
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If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance...Baffle 'em with bullshit
 
My Karma ran over my Dogma
 
God WAS my co-pilot...But, we crashed in the mountains and...I had to eat him
 
I'm suffocating in what's become of me... 
The rancid remains of what I used to be
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