For All The Old Farts Out There (myself included)....

[Old Master 3.0]

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things.

The people who were 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.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.

They have always had cable.

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 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".

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Don't remember black and white TVs.

Never seen lawnmowers when they didn't HAVE engines.

Never seen 8mm movies or reel to reel tape recorders.

8-Track tapes!!!

Do you feel old yet?

Notice the larger font type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading. 😉😛

We are the retro generation, and we rock! 😛

 

[Black Eye Guy]

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

Wow, I thought Jay Leno had always been on the tonight show - Like that it started with him, lol.

And in defence of everyone born in 1987 I remember who Mork was, but not were he was from...

🙂

 

[SpikedBuffy]

Wow! No offense to the aged people, but even I remember some of those things... and I was born in 82, only five years earlier. Things really are changing fast, aren't they?

 

[Wicked]

Yeah Im with SB. 82 here.

Ive seen loads of these things but they always suggest im old 🙁

 

[Lyri]

yeah, i'm with these guys...i was born in '85, only 2 years earlier, and i knew most of the things on the list...except the thing about Jay Leno, but in my defense, i'm British, and i've never been to the States.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Thanks very much OM! I really do love being reminded how much the wrong side of 40 I am 😛 😀

I wonder how old you have to be to remember phones with proper dials, not keypads...and how old to remember the days before mobile (cell) phones ruled the Earth...Anyone remember mobiles when they were the size of a house brick and came with a briefcase sized battery?😉

 

[Lyri]

i remember phones with proper dials!! my grandparents had one and i used to love playing with it, and making it make the funny sound!! i called SOOO many random people 'cause i wouldn't leave it alone! :silly:

 

[teentitan]

Umm, wait a minute I'm having a seniors moment here...oh yeah I am not that old just because I have a push mower as a lawn ornament, a typewriter as a conversation piece and I still have a hot-air popcorn maker.
Duck Old Master I'm a swinging my cane and looking for my teeth, lol.

 

[Edmund Blackadder]

Back when I was a lad, it seemed perfectly reasonable that the Earth was Flat.

I understand you there OM3BC. It used to take three of us to carry a 'Notebook' but then slate was heavy.

Pish, you kids think you had it tough. I remember when our pet Dinosaurs all died out. We had to find other ways to mix our cement. Thank God for Pelicans!!

I remember me and Jesus went for a pint of mead and discussed Creationism, for some reason he was reluctant to agree with 'Evolution'. He's dead now.

😱.............................................

 

[Angel's vision]

I'm a seventies baby a late seventies baby of course i remember Mork and Mindy Happy Days etc....lol

it does go to show times do chance i remember when CD's were intro'd on tommorows world!

 

[eponinethen]

I'm Swedish, I don't know anything, how young does that make me?

(Guessing it makes me not born yet...)

 

[Summers Blood]

I remember most of those things too. I was born in 80 so I'm 7 years older than most of those people!

 

[Jenny]

Notice the larger font type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading. 😉😛

Oh dear and I was just thinking what a sweetheart you were for typing so big...it was nice and easy to read!!! :silly:

I remember ALL of those things. And my lawnmower...well it STILL doesn't have an engine 😀

 

[Edmund Blackadder]

Who here remembers the night the Wheel was invented. That was a party and a half. We slung a few Bronto-Steaks on the Fire and opened a few Brewskis.

You were lucky to have Fire. That wasn't found until I was 21. Before that we used Stegasaurus Flatulence to keep up warm of a night. I remember poor old Fred thought he could combine the Fart and Fire....well he's in heaven now.

Do you guys remember the days when you'd go to a disco, beat the girl you fancied over the head with a club and take her back to you cave........now i'm the one with a headache

FYI all, the Chicken came first.

Wow, you lot REALLY make History come alive🙂

 

[Mr. Pointy]

ROTFLMFAO - You'll get here soon enough, you young whippersnapper...Nurse! Pointy needs Mr Potty...🙂

 

[zombie.apparatus]

wow.. i remember some of that.. and im not even 18! 😀 ... you guys arent that old... 😉 xx

 

[teentitan]

Wow, you lot REALLY make History come alive🙂

Well ofcourse we make it come alive we were there when it happened!! As a matter of fact I was a consultant for the film Quest For Fire.

 

[Frenchy Faith]

Same as epo.... I'm French... so I guess I'm a juvenile 🙂

 

[Wicked]

We had one of those phones with the turny dials 🙂 Still have it somewhere probably 😀

 

[SlayersDestiny]

Gee thanks OM, now I really feel older (LOL)!! I too have an old typewriter that my children look at and ask "Gosh Mom, you really used that?". I remember those childrens show that I watched, Romper Room and Captain Kangaroo. How about all those old shows- Adam12, Emergency and My 3 Sons, just to name a few. Ok, think I will go look for my teeth (I remember taking them out to soak..lol) and make sure I have enough Geritol!!