Re: You are Living in 2005 when...
 

#37. You are shocked when you read in a book that most people only began using the internet and personal computers in 1990. You thought that it had been since the 70's or '80s.

BTW if you want to read an interesting perspective on technology and how it is completely changing the world around us, check out "The World is Flat." It's #1 on the NYT Bestseller list right now and really good

Re: You are Living in 2005 when...
 

#38. A "small" soda is 16oz.

#39. You carry a bottle of water around with you

#40. You don't have to wait for the radio or TV to warm up

#41.You don't even have to get up to change the channel.

#42. 'PG' movies are "family fare" but evening TV viewing is not

#43 The commercials are as embarassing as the programming

#44. Window cranks in cars are a novelty

#45. You can buy a watch and a calculator for the price of a greeting card

#46. A checkup at the doctor costs more than a decent computer system

#47. Your "average" NY Yankee player salary is roughly 150 times that of the average U.S. worker and over 2,200 times as much as that of an average Zimbabwe worker

#48. Driving a truck is mainstream fashionable

#49. Your favorite rock groups may be AARP members (and maybe even collecting social security)

#50. You are re-assurred about the future leadership pool by the rising stars of FIRST you've been fortunate to work with, meet, or read/hear about

Re: You are Living in 2005 when...
 

#51 your able to sit in lectures typing notes up on a laptop ( i don't have a laptop but many do)
#52 you buy more stuff online than in shops
#53 chips means silicon not fried potato ( crisps to you/chips to us = fries)
#54 More people text than call...

Re: You are Living in 2005 when...
 

#55 you are working in cad class and you are handed back a paper that says "see Y 14.5" and you say my book only goes up to acad 14

only engineers will get that