1966 to 2016

1966: Long hair
2016: Longing for hair


1966: KEG
2016: EKG


1966: Acid rock
2016: Acid reflux


1966: Moving to California because it's cool
2016: Moving to Arizona because it's warm


1966: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2016: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor


1966: Seeds and stems
2016: Roughage


1966: Hoping for a BMW
2016: Hoping for a BM


1966: Going to a new, hip joint
2016: Receiving a new hip joint

1966: Rolling Stones
2016: Kidney Stones

1966: Screw the system
2016: Upgrade the system


1966: Disco
2016: Costco


1966: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2016: Children begging you to get their heads shaved


1966: Passing the drivers' test
2016: Passing the vision test


1966: Whatever
2016: 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 1998.


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 7 years before they were born.


They have always had an answering machine.
They have always had cable.


They cannot fathom not having a remote control.


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.
Mc Donald'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. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading..



So have a nice day!!!!! It is good to have friends who know about these things and are still alive and kicking!!!!

I suffer badly from mathematical dyslexia but, I thought the CD format, as far as POPULAR music went, was introduced in 1985. Wasn't 'Brothers In Arms' by Dire Straits the first "ROCK" CD?

Maybe it was only in Australia.