1970 and 2007

I don’t usually buy into the stereotypes of aging, but this one is based in just enough truth to be funny for fifty-somethings. Almost.

1970: Long hair … 2007: Longing for hair

1970: KEG … 2007: EKG

1970: Acid rock … 2007: Acid reflux

1970: Moving to California because it's cool … 2007: Moving to Arizona because it's warm

1970: Tryin to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor … 2007: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor











1970: Seeds and stems … 2007: high fiber

1970: Hoping for a BMW … 2007: Hoping for a BM

1970: Going to a new, hip joint … 2007: Receiving a new hip joint

1970: Rolling Stones … 2007: Kidney Stones

1970: Being called into the principal's office … 2007: Calling the principal's office

1970: Screw the system … 2007: Upgrade the system

1970: Disco … 2007: Costco

1970: Parents begging you to get your hair cut … 2007: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1970: Passing the drivers' test … 2007: Passing the vision test

1970: Whatever … 2007: Depends

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today or you just want more perspective, here are a few more recent observations from the staff at a college in Wisconsin who puts together a list to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen.

- The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in the mid 1980s, the same year the CD was born.

- Their lives have always included cable TV, answering machines, screw-off bottle caps, microwave popcorn and AIDS.

- They don’t care who killed J.R. or know who he was.

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

- Jay Leno has always been the Tonight Show host.

- They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane".

- They can’t imagine hard contact lenses or a TV without a remote.

- They’ve never thought about Jaws while swimming.

- And don’t know how to use a typewriter.