NSab Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 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: >> >> >> >>*T he people who are starting college this fall across the nation >>were >>born in 1983. >> >>* 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 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 s wim 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoMan Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Wouldn't that have been for the class matriculating circa 2001? (2001-1983 = 18 years old) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Wouldn't that have been for the class matriculating circa 2001? (2001-1983 = 18 years old) That is an old e-mail thread to the latest one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSab Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 That is an old e-mail thread to the latest one. My email spam is out of date then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I was born in '83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I was born in '83 Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Me too! Only with new math that somehow equates 1975 with 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Only with new math that somehow equates 1975 with 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 1963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Only with new math that somehow equates 1975 with 1983. No BJ post to shoot me down, looks like I pass for a true 23 yrs old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 No BJ post to shoot me down, looks like I pass for a true 23 yrs old. 23 did seem a bit young for your profile, but not quite young enough to bust you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Aug 4, 1983, my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSab Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 1961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I'm 58. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 32 in two weeks (for Big John's files ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 50. Hey, Spain, you're almost an old fart like me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffraff Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Born yesterday, or so some league mates seem to think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 36 and a fine looking fellow getting grey though ,,,but could care less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabuffbills Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 19 really ? I wonder who has more raging hormones , you or broncos ? Shoot good to be young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilthorp Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 39.286492 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabuffbills Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 really ? I wonder who has more raging hormones , you or broncos ? Shoot good to be young my hormones have calmed down over the years maybe it's because now i have a girlfriend and i don't have to go home to mrs. hand every night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 my hormones have calmed down over the years maybe it's because now i have a girlfriend and i don't have to go home to mrs. hand every night I'd hope at 19 you would've had a girlfriend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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