THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!
> >
> > If you are 30 or older you will think this is
> > Hilarious!!!!
> >
> > When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with
> > Their tedious
> > Diatribes about how hard things were when they were
> > Growing up; what
> > With
> > Walking twenty-five miles to school every morning ...
> > Uphill BOTH ways.
> > Yadda, yadda, yadda
> >
> > And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,
> > There was no way in
> > Hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids
> > About how hard
> > I had it and how easy they've got it!
> >
> > But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I
> > Can't help but look
> > Around and notice the youth of today.
> > You've got it so easy!
> > I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a darn
> > Utopia!
> > And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't
> > Know how good you've
> > Got it!
> >
> > I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet.
> > If we wanted to know
> > Something, we had to go to the damn library and look it
> > Up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
> > There was no email!! We had to actually
> > Write somebody a
> > Letter .with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way
> > Across the street and
> > Put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to
> > Get there!
> >
> > There were no MP3's or Napsters!
> > You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the
> > Damn record store
> > And
> > Shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day
> > To tape it off the
> > Radio and the DJ's usually talk over the beginning
> > And @#*% it all up!
> >
> > We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you
> > Were on the phone
> > And
> > Somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's
> > it! And we didn't have
> > Fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you
> > Had no idea who it
> > Was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your
> > Bookie, your drug
> > Dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!!
> > You had to pick it up
> > And take your chances, mister!
> >
> > We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games
> > With
> > High-resolution
> > 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like
> > 'Space Invaders'
> > And
> > 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You
> > Actually had to use your
> > Imagination!
> > And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just
> > One screen
> > Forever!
> > And you could never win. The game just kept getting
> > Harder and harder
> > And
> > Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
> >
> > When you went to the movie theater there was no such
> > Thing as stadium
> > Seating!
> > All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some
> > Old broad with
> > a
> > Hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you
> > Were just screwed!
> >
> > Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was
> > Only like 15
> > Channels
> > And there was no on screen menu and no remote control!
> > You had to use a
> > Little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on!
> > You were screwed
> > When it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your
> > Ass and walk
> > Over
> > To the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon
> > Network either!
> > You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you
> > Hear what I'm
> > Saying!! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you
> > Spoiled little
> > Rat-bastards!
> >
> > And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat
> > Something up we had
> > to
> > Use the stove or go build a frigging fire ... Imagine
> > That! If we
> > Wanted
> > Popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing and
> > Shake it over the
> > Stove forever like an idiot.
> >
> > That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids
> > Today have got it too
> > Easy.
> > You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted
> > Five minutes back in
> > 1980!
> >
> > Regards,
> > The over 30 Crowd
> >