May 22, 2012
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This is how it feels to be a “Baby Boomer!”
Charles 1972
“TIME MARCHES ON!”
The march of time. It amazes me how time continues to make the transitions necessary to accommodate the times. So many things and events occur each decade and then they seem to be swallowed up in the abyss of our memories.
1972: Long hair……..2012: Longing for hair
1972: KEG……..2012: EKG
1972: Acid rock……..2012: Acid reflux
1972: Moving to California because it’s cool……..2012: Moving to Arizona because it’s warm
1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor……..2012: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1972: Seeds and stems……..2012: Roughage
1972: Hoping for a BMW……..2012: Hoping for a BM
1972: Going to a new, hip joint……..2012: Receiving a new hip joint
1972: Rolling Stones……..2012: Kidney Stones
1972: Screw the system……..2012: Upgrade the system
1972: Disco……..2012: Costco
1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut……..2012: Grand kids begging you to shave their heads
1972: Whatever……..2012: Depends
The generation that’s starting college across the nation this fall, was born in 1994!! 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. They have never owned a vinyl record. 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. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. They can’t imagine what hard contact lenses are. They never heard: “Where’s the Beef?”, “I’d walk a mile for a Camel”, or “de plane, Boss, de plane..” There was only one phone in the household and it was wired into the livingroom wall. Protection on a date was deodorant. The only people who lived together were relatives. The morning after pill was a multi-vitamin.
This is a rehash, modification, improvement and bastardization, by me, of different quotes, confessions, statistics and bullshit that I have mentally regurgitated or yanked off the internet.
1972:Well read……..2012: Plagiarized
Charlie 2012
Comments (13)
well done
i particularly liked this: 1972: Disco……..2012: Costco
i remember going to college not quite 16 yet. i felt smug that i was so young. and subsequently “knowing” everything. everyone should feel that way at one point in their lives
because it seemed to have gone downhill pretty fast. the older i became, the more i felt i knew not a damn thing absolutely
looking good uncle charlie. you look comfortable in your age. and that’s what it’s all about. i think. i’ll find out when i get there
loved this post!!! very clever
Fun stuff — and so true! The kids born in 1994 sounds reminiscent of the Beloit College mindset list, published each fall as the memories of incoming freshmen progress through time.
I plan on totally regressing when I retire early next year. I will no longer have to play an adult character in order to hold a job.
@runisom48 - Good plan
@kittensquirrel - Thank you hon……….C
@slmret - Where has all the time gone???
@UncCharlie - Somehow it seems to have speeded up in the last few years!
LOL that was awesome
Heh heh… this is wickedly funny and true.
bolero! Love it! My daughter showed me this version of that song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHprsmqtVoE
When I was a kid skirts had to be below the knee and no pants were allowed ot be worm to school by female students. All saddle shoes had to be polished and only white bobby soks were allowed.
Awww the good old days.