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6 Feb
Baby Boom Concerns -- Can You Relate?

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Sat,  6 Feb 99 15:46:36 -0800
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Subject: Baby Boom Concerns -- Can You Relate?

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Readers were asked to come up with old and new concerns for people of the
Baby Boom generation.  This is their list:

Then:	Getting into a new, hip joint
Now:	Getting a new hip joint

Then:	Moving to California because it's cool
Now:	Moving to California because it's warm

Then:	Hoping for a BMW
Now:	Hoping for a BM

Then:	Being caught with Hustler magazine
Now:	Being caught by Hustler magazine

Then:	Being called into the principal's office
Now:	Storming into the principal's office

Then:	"The Making of the President"
Now:	The making of the president

Then:	Getting your head stoned
Now:	Getting your headstone

Then:	Long hair
Now:	Longing for hair

Then:	Acid rock
Now:	Acid reflux

Then:	President Johnson
Now:	The president's johnson

Then:	Fighting to get rid of the lying president
Now:	Fighting to keep the lying president

Then:	The perfect high
Now:	The perfect high-yield mutual fund

Then:	Taking acid
Now:	Taking antacid

Then:	Elvis in the Army
Now:	Elvis in a UFO

Then:	Keg!
Now:	EKG

Then:	You're growing pot
Now:	Your growing pot belly

Then:	Seeds and stems
Now:	Roughage

Then:	Popping pills, smoking joints
Now:	Popping joints

Then:	Our president's struggle with Fidel
Now:	Our president's struggle with fidelity

Then:	Worrying about no one coming to your party
Now:	Worrying about no one coming to your funeral

Then:	"Going blind"
Now:	Going blind

Then:	Killer weed
Now:	Weed killer

Then:	Following the Grateful Dead
Now:	Following Dr. Kevorkian

Then:	Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor
Now:	Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor
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