Things my two year old son may never know about
 

My wife is a college professor. All her students were born in the 1980s!(!!!) They've never known a president before Clinton, never lived without the Internet, and Cell phones and Ipods (well, WalkMans, anyway) have always been there. The Cold War is an abstract thing to them.

I've got a 2 year old son. Without getting too esoteric, there are a few things that were everyday parts of life until very recently - but he'll never know them.

"Fast Forward/Rewind"
Pulse dialing
Magnetic tape
Paper maps
Rabbit ear antennas
CB radio
Esperanto
Command prompts
Soviet Union
Spare tires (?)

What am I missing?

how about Rotary dialing,
Analog Modems,
8track Tapes
Reel to Reel tapes
Betamax
Record players
Lap Belts without shoulder restraint
Pumping the Gas to prime the Carb
Pulling the Choke
Tobaco Commercials during Monday night football

And Finally
Having to getup off the couch to change the channel to U and tuning the UHF band.

I was born in 1986, I'm going to put an X next to things I've used.

E-ticket rides (I'm really showing my age!)
Encyclopedias

My daughter will definitely be doing this when she's old enough! Can't wait to get her driving my car!

FWIW, we still use modems - they're in fax machines.

Mexico-America border.....
Carbuerated motor
dial-up Internet access

Pull ring beer/soda cans
Oil Cans that require Oil Can Punch
Manual Can Opener
stove top Perkulator Pot
stove top Pop corn.

The way public education is these days - books.

that's the only way we make popcorn in my place...the microwave stuff is crap.

This is the list for class of 2010 students, who are entering school this fall:

http://www.beloit.edu/%7Epubaff/mindset/2010.htm

Members of the class of 2010, entering college this fall, were mostly born in 1988. For them: Billy Carter, Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Billy Martin, Andy Gibb, and Secretariat have always been dead.
1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
2. They have known only two presidents.
3. For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.
4. Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S.
5. They have grown up getting lost in "big boxes."
6. There has always been only one Germany.
7.
They have never heard anyone actually "ring it up" on a cash register.
8. They are wireless, yet always connected.
9. A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents'.
10. Thanks to pervasive headphones in the back seat, parents have always been able to speak freely in the front.
11. A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake.
12.
Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines.
13. Faux fur has always been a necessary element of style.
14. The Moral Majority has never needed an organization.
15.


They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams.
16. DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court.
17. They grew up pushing their own miniature shopping carts in the supermarket.
18. They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication.
19. "Google" has always been a verb.
20.

Text messaging is their email.
21. Milli Vanilli has never had anything to say.
22. Mr. Rogers, not Walter Cronkite, has always been the most trusted man in America.
23. Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.
24. Madden has always been a game, not a Superbowl-winning coach.
25. Phantom of the Opera has always been on Broadway.
26. "Boogers" candy has always been a favorite for grossing out parents.
27. There has never been a "skyhook" in the NBA.
28. Carbon copies are oddities found in their grandparents' attics.
29. Computerized player pianos have always been tinkling in the lobby.
30. Non-denominational mega-churches have always been the fastest growing religious organizations in the U.S.
31. They grew up in mini-vans.
32. Reality shows have always been on television.
33. They have no idea why we needed to ask "...can we all get along?"
34. They have always known that "In the criminal justice system the people have been represented by two separate yet equally important groups."
35. Young women's fashions have never been concerned with where the waist is.
36.

They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.

37. Brides have always worn white for a first, second, or third wedding.
38. Being techno-savvy has always been inversely proportional to age.
39. "So" as in "Sooooo New York," has always been a drawn-out adjective modifying a proper noun, which in turn modifies something else
40. Affluent troubled teens in Southern California have always been the subjects of television series.
41. They have always been able to watch wars and revolutions live on television.
42. Ken Burns has always been producing very long documentaries on PBS.
43. They are not aware that "flock of seagulls hair" has nothing to do with birds flying into it.

44. Retin-A has always made America look less wrinkled.
45. Green tea has always been marketed for health purposes.
46. Public school officials have always had the right to censor school newspapers.
47. Small white holiday lights have always been in style.
48. Most of them never had the chance to eat bad airline food.
49.


They have always been searching for "Waldo."

50. The really rich have regularly expressed exuberance with outlandish birthday parties.
51. Michael Moore has always been showing up uninvited.
52. They never played the game of state license plates in the car.
53. They have always preferred going out in groups as opposed to dating.
54. There have always been live organ donors.
55. They have always had access to their own credit cards.
56. They have never put their money in a "Savings & Loan."
57. Sara Lee has always made underwear.
58. Bad behavior has always been getting captured on amateur videos.
59. Disneyland has always been in Europe and Asia.
60. They never saw Bernard Shaw on CNN.
61. Beach volleyball has always been a recognized sport.
62. Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti have always been luxury cars of choice.
63. Television stations have never concluded the broadcast day with the national anthem.
64. LoJack transmitters have always been finding lost cars.
65.
Diane Sawyer has always been live in Prime Time.
66. Dolphin-free canned tuna has always been on sale.
67. Disposable contact lenses have always been available.
68. "Outing" has always been a threat.
69. Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss has always been the perfect graduation gift.
70. They have always "dissed" what they don't like.
71. The U.S. has always been studying global warming to confirm its existence.
72. Richard M. Daley has always been the Mayor of Chicago.
73. They grew up with virtual pets to feed, water, and play games with, lest they die.
74. Ringo Starr has always been clean and sober.
75. Professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics.

+1

Ferget betamax. A 2-year old will never know VHS either. We haven't played a VHS tape at our house since our 2 1/2 year old was born.

How about light bulbs. I'm thinking diode-based light will knock them off within a decade.

...maybe two decades.

-Roasting coffee beans in an iron pot.
-no hot water

Too funny, a week or two ago my 17 y/o son saw an old oil can punch and asked what it was. I explained and he said "Like a can of chili?". I dug around and found a very old can of Esso 30 weight to show him!

We use manual can openers, a percolator when we camp and almost always stove top pop corn.

The items in mommies top drawer.

My daughter is 6 and she *likes* command prompts. (Its a good place for her to type)

...women with pubic hair.

(SOMEBODY had to take this thread south!)

I tried:D

Funny. You didn't explain what a "church key" was as a matter of demonstration?

re oil cans, jet engine oil is still sold in cans like that.