1970's -- 2007
This is for those whose level of maturity
qualifies them to relate to it...
1970's: Long hair
2007 : Longing for hair
1970's: KEG
2007: EKG
1970's : Acid rock
2007 : Acid reflux
1970's : Moving to California because it's cool
2007 : Moving to Arizona because it's warm
1970's : Seeds and stems
2007 : Roughage
1970's : Hoping for a BMW 2007 : Hoping for a BM
1970's : Going to a new, hip joint
2007 : Receiving a new hip joint
1970's : Rolling Stones
2007 : Kidney Stones
1970's : Disco
2007 : Costco
1970's : Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2007 : Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1970's : Passing the drivers' test
2007 : Passing the vision test
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:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1989.
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 swim 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.
It's good to have friends who know about these things and are still alive and kicking!!!!
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What was Happening in the Late 70's???
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Cost of a new home:
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$48,000.00
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Median Household Income:
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$12,686.00
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Cost of a first-class stamp:
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$0.10 ($0.13 as of 12/31/75)
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Cost of a gallon of regular gas:
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$0.59
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Cost of a dozen eggs:
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$0.84
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Cost of a gallon of Milk:
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$1.65
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1976
* Frampton Comes Alive is one of the year's top albums
* Teeny boppers go crazy for the Bay City Rollers (gag me)
1977
* Fleetwood Mac releases Rumours
*The Sex Pistols bring us punk rock
*Elvis Presley dies at the age of 42
*3 members of Lynyrd Skynyrd are killed in a plane crash
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Jaws
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Rocky
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King Kong
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Logan's Run
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Across the Great Divide
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Star Wars
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Saturday Night Fever
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Smokey and the Bandit
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Americas Top 20 TV Favorites
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1
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All in the Family
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Rich Man Poor Man
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Laverne and Shirley
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Maude
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The Bionic Woman
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Phyllis
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Sanford and Son
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Rhoda
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The Six-Million-Dollar Man
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The ABC Monday Night Movie
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Happy Days
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One Day at a Time
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The ABC Sunday Night Movie
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The Waltons
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M*A*S*H
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Starsky and Hutch
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Good Heavens
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Welcome Back Kotter
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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Kojak
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Halderman , Erlickman, Mitchell Convicted of Conspiracy
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President Ford Announces Recession Policy
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US Plan With Vietnamese Orphans Crashes …..200 Killed
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Saigon Falls to North Vietnamese, Thousands Flee By Boat
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Marines Rescue 39 From USS "Mayaguez" Seized By Cambodia
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Teamster Leader Jimmy Hoffa Disappear, Foul Play Suspected
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Ford Escapes Shot Fired by Sara Jane Moore
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OPEC Increase Oil Prices 10%
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Patty Hearst Is Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery
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Supreme Court Allows Removal Of Karen Quinlan's Life Support Systems
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Democrats Nominate Jimmy Charter For President
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Viking I Lands On Mars, Sends Back Photos
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Chinese Leader Mao Tse-tung Dies
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Supreme Court Rules Capital Punishment Is Constitutional
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Gary Gillmore Faces Firing Squad, First US Execution In 10 Years
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Carter Grants Unconditional Amnesty To Vietnam Draft Dodgers
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Indera Gandi Is Defeated And Resigns
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570 Die As Two 740's Collide Over Canary Islands
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Carter Says B-1 Bomber Is Unnecessary
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"Son Of Sam" Killer Is Arrested In NYC
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Four year colleges cost $1,913
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Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards and Robert Redford star in "All The Presidents Men"
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Play That Funky Music is a hit song
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is a hit single by Paul Simon
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OJ Simpson signs a record $ 2.9 million contract to play for Buffalo
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Women are allowed into NASA training program for astronauts
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Concord makes it's first appearance
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California is first state to legalize "Living Will"
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Legionnaire's disease fatally strikes 34 in Philadelphia
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Specials "Roots" and "Holocaust" attract large audiences
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The neutron bomb is developed
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Walter Paton (Chicago) sets single game rushing record of 275 yards
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A. J. Foyt wins Indy 500 for a record 4th time
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Fads; bottled water, roller disco, mopeds, health foods, Farah Fawcett posters
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Spanking children by teachers is ruled constitutional by Supreme Court
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New York Times prints story of CIA's program to develop mind control techniques
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High coffee prices cause a consumer boycott
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Top model Cheryl Tiegs earns a $1,000 a day
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Billy Beer is endorsed by Presidents brother Bill Carter
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Jimmy Carter begins his "Fireside" chats in a cardigan sweater
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