The 30 Years Between 1975-2005

stoner
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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 30, 2006 16:13:55 GMT -5

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Post by stoner on Mar 30, 2006 16:13:55 GMT -5

Something to brighten your day.

Subject: The Thirty Years between 1975 - 2005

> > 1975: Long hair
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> > 2005: Longing for hair
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> > 1975: KEG
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> > 2005: EKG
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> > 1975: Acid rock
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> > 2005: Acid reflux
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> > 1975: Moving toCalifornia because it's cool
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> > 2005: Moving to Arizona because it's warm
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> > 1975: Tryin to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
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> > 2005: Trying ! NOT to look like MarlonBrando or Liz Taylor
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> > 1975: Seeds and stems
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> > 2005: Roughage
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> > 1975: Hoping for a BMW
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> > 2005: Hoping for a BM
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> > 1975: Going to a new, hip joint
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> > 2005: Receiving a new hip joint
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> > 1975: Rolling Stones
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> > 2005: Kidney Stones
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> > 1975: Being called into the principal's office
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> > 2005: Calling the principal's office
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> > 1975: Disco
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> > 2005: Costco
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> > 1975: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
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> > 2005: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
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> > 1975: Passing the drivers' test
> > 2005: Passing the vision test
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> > 1975: Whatever
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> > 2005: Depends
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> > Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly
> > change things..
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> > The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
> > born in 1987.
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> > They are too young to remember the first space shuttle blowing up on
> > liftoff.
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> > Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
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> > Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
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> > The CD was introduced the year they were born.
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> > They have always had an answering machine.
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> > They have always had cable
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> > They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
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> > Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
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> > Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
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> > They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
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> > They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
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> > They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.!
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> > They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile f or a
> > Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane".
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> > They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
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> > McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
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> > They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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> > Do you feel old yet? Pass ! this on to the other older folks on your
> > list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have
> > trouble reading...
> > > > > > > > If you never have anything else......Have a Great Day!!
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Toad misunderstood rock expert Only rocks understand me. Member since September 2004 Posts: 12,798	The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 30, 2006 18:15:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Toad on Mar 30, 2006 18:15:13 GMT -5 Ahhh, glory days...
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thehawke freely admits to licking rocks My Lord and Master Member since January 2006 Posts: 866	The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 30, 2006 18:20:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by thehawke on Mar 30, 2006 18:20:16 GMT -5 LOL! Yup, those fit.
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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 30, 2006 19:11:37 GMT -5

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Post by Alice on Mar 30, 2006 19:11:37 GMT -5

People born in 1987 probably also have always had a Microwave.
They've always known everything to have safety seals on them.
Personal Computers were already invented.
Most have never used a rotary phone

I'm sure there's lots more.... just can't think of any at the top of my head.

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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 30, 2006 21:22:22 GMT -5

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Post by BAZ on Mar 30, 2006 21:22:22 GMT -5

Right Alice, I had to use a rotary phone not too long ago, brought back some memories! Before my mom remarried we were pretty poor growing up, but we did have a luxury that my grandma bought in about '77. A microwave! It was a giant thing, the neighborhood kids probably though we were rich!

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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 30, 2006 21:59:43 GMT -5

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Post by docone31 on Mar 30, 2006 21:59:43 GMT -5

It wasn't a microwave, it was a Radarrange! It was huge, the lights would dim when it was used. My mother, the uptempo person she was, on Thanksgiving cooked the turkey with the Radarrange.
My grandparents, old world Swedes, saved, and saved. They bought a Radarrange. They still had a wood cookstove, and had just recently put the wiring and plumbing behind the new concept, sheetrock. Well, new to them anyway. In my families true Swedish fashion, no one had ever used the Radarrange, they just had it. My mother, not being a very far stretch from the uptempo format of my family, took a turkey, defrosted it, cooked it, then wrapped it in aluminum foil and put it in the Radarrange! We had a very tall TV, that got one station. It had a very small picture and huge cabinet. In true family fashion, they hung pictures on the screen, and used the tube radio for entertainment.
At any rate, the aluminum foil on the turkey and the Radarrange made for exciting entertainment! Nobody had used it before, so nobody knew how to turn it on, or off. No one could stop tweaking long enough to open its door as when it was running, the lock on the door locked it. No one figuired out how to turn it off to open the door!
Sis was drueling in the high chair, I was watching and just going Cooooool! My parents were running around in circles yelling at me, my grandparents were tapping the Radarrange cover and saying in their new language, American, how much better it was in the old country, and the Radarrange was its own lightning show.
The lightning show burned out half of the unit, and the next time it was turned on, it just hummed, dimmed the lights, and did not cook. They never used it again. It just sat on the counter and held spice jars with a nice little talble cloth over the door.
I remember.

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deb193 Guest	The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 30, 2006 22:38:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by deb193 on Mar 30, 2006 22:38:27 GMT -5 1975: I was a sophmore in high school, not yet thnking about college, and the rest of my life seemed so long and so far away.

joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 31, 2006 11:19:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Mar 31, 2006 11:19:03 GMT -5 Thanx for the memories! Anyone else remember the Smothers Brothers? Whatever became of Tommy Smothers?
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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 31, 2006 15:04:08 GMT -5

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Post by inflight22 on Mar 31, 2006 15:04:08 GMT -5

I remember the Smothers Brothers. Saw them in a brief comedy clip not too long ago, so they're still around. Loved those two!

Nobody born in the late 80's has any concept of not being able to tape a show and watch it later. Or just go to the movie store and rent whatever you want to watch. They have no concept of going to the library to read through reams of card catalogs or magazines to do research projects. With internet buying and places like eBay, there's hardly any such thing as a hard to find item anymore. At least not like in the old days!

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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Mar 31, 2006 21:43:35 GMT -5

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Post by KG1960 on Mar 31, 2006 21:43:35 GMT -5

Where I work has a summer intern program for college students, and I have for the last six years or so volunteered to have one assigned to me. Most of them now have been born in the mid 80's and I started this job in 1980. I just can't over it - it's so bizarre to my way of looking at things - I can't really believe that I have been doing this job of mine longer than they have been alive!

I had a Radarrange! I bought it when I bought my first house in 1978. My choice was that or a conventional stove. Being single at the time I thought the radarrange would be more useful (I was right for once). The thing lasted for ten years until a lightning strike took it out.

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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Apr 1, 2006 1:18:01 GMT -5

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Post by gaetzchamp on Apr 1, 2006 1:18:01 GMT -5

Those are pretty good, but there are still some older things around that my kids (9yrs, 6yrs, 4yrs,) love: Andy Griffith show and the Brady Bunch. Kinda amazing the staying power some of those old shows have. What is it that draws people to those older shows?

My parents, while growing up in western Wyoming in the 30's and 40's didn't have electricity and used to go to school in a horse drawn wagon w/ a fire stove in the middle of it for warmth. My mom and her 4 sisters used to sleep in one bed and in the morning there would be icy frost on the quilts.

When I asked my brother, who is 55, what his favorite invention during his lifetime was he stated the remote control.

It's amazing to think how we've progressed in science, medicine, and technology, and digressed in terms of crime and drugs.

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stoner no longer being taken for granite THE EARTH IS JUST A ROCK TUMBLING THROUGH SPACE Member since March 2003 Posts: 7,715	The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Apr 2, 2006 0:10:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stoner on Apr 2, 2006 0:10:33 GMT -5 I remember in 1975 reading an article that said what would be on the market in the year 2000, hasn't even been invented yet! I guess they were right.

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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Apr 2, 2006 22:21:13 GMT -5

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Post by Condor on Apr 2, 2006 22:21:13 GMT -5

deb193 said:

1975: I was a sophmore in high school, not yet thnking about college, and the rest of my life seemed so long and so far away.

Wow! So was I! I'm proud to say I've had good times and bad. I look back and think "how did I do the things I did back then?" Seems like it was only yesterday.

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The 30 Years Between 1975-2005 Apr 4, 2006 13:08:01 GMT -5

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Post by stefan on Apr 4, 2006 13:08:01 GMT -5

1975- ahhhhh Almost the Bicentennial- remeber the Quarters, Half Dollars, and the IKE Dollars (still have them) - Lets see I was 9 years old- My dad had a 64 (I think) plymouth Belvadiar (SP) with holes in the floor boards- candy bars were .15cents- and I rode my bike EVERYWHERE- We had 4 channels on tv (yes that was the year we actually got a color tv) and in real nice weather we could get a couple fuzzy Candian stations) We had transistor radios, and those good old fashion Christmas lights (you remember the ones you licked the bulbs before screwing them in)- My grandfather was still alive and owned a Texaco service station- and my favorite place was the ally behind it (where they left all the used batteries and other cool car things). Take out Pizza was a REAL TREAT!!!! and we would get these wodden nickles with every one- save up 10 of them (took about a year) you got a FREE (NO TAX) Pizza (was there anything better tasting then FREE PIZZA) Ahhh the thrill of the good old days!

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