January 31, 2009

You May Be Getting Old If You Alive When

  • portable cellphones were the size of bricks
  • both the Jets and the Giants actually played football in New York
  • Tetris was the hot new video game
  • no one was sure who was going to win: VHS or Betamax
  • everyone on TV sitcoms slept in single beds
  • 8 tracks began to replace LP's
  • people actually wore their Sunday best to take a flight
  • American Idol was called Star Search
  • computers used punch card decks
  • Ronald Reagan was President...of the Screen Actors Guild

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wait a minute. By this criteria, I would be... Nah. I'm not old, despite this list.