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oldnbald
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 1989.

They are too young to remember the 1st space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
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Bottle caps have always been s crew 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.
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  • River Rat
    Ouch.
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  • cce1302
    They don't remember Desert Storm

    or the fall of the Berlin Wall.

    They say "I need to take a picture. Where's my phone?"[?]
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  • zipperzap
    Sounds like the Cat's Meow to me!
    [:D]
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  • brier-49
    Yep that's the bees knees.
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  • tomahawk
    they can't work a slide rule
    they have always had a calculator and can't cipher on paper or in their head
    they never had to use encyclopedias, or write their papers by hand
    most now nothing of the trades, excavating,carpentry,plumbing,electrical,hvac,roofing,finishing concrete or mechanics of automotive,and they have never craped in the woods[;)][:D]
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  • Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by tomahawk
    they can't work a slide rule
    they have always had a calculator and can't cipher on paper or in their head
    they never had to use encyclopedias, or write their papers by hand
    most now nothing of the trades, excavating,carpentry,plumbing,electrical,hvac,roofing,finishing concrete or mechanics of automotive,and they have never craped in the woods[;)][:D]


    +1000 [:D][:D]
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  • fishkiller41
    Think any of'em have ever even seen an "OUT-HOUSE"? Let-alone USED ONE?[:0][B)][:0]
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  • tomh.
    A few days ago, I had to fill out a form and didn't want to hand print the information. But I couldn't figure how to get it in the puter to be able to fill it in.
    So, up to the attic. Found the typewriter. A few turns of the ribbon and we were in business! At least it was an electric.
    When my kids came home, they wanted to use it. Oldest said, "I've never seen one in person before."
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  • dkb2003
    Im only 31 and i feel old..things hurt that didnt use to..I scratch my butt in line at the grocery store...[:p]
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  • GuvamintCheese
    My son was born in 89.
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  • Gregor62
    Remember to call, Me: Junior Samples at- BR-549

    I remember a little.[:D]
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  • Dumpster Baby
    Jeez, I remember watching Harry Truman in newsreels at the theater and on TV. I remember Korean War news broadcasts as a little kid, and we played "reds & GI's" outside. I remember Navy propeller driven 4-engine bombers and seaplanes overhead all the time.
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  • jimdeere
    Dumster Baby, there were no dumpsters when you were a baby.[8D]
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  • jimdeere
    They never had their dad stop the car so they could run up in the woods and pee.
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