[Jazzbass]

Very random thought - the Beatles...



I was born in 1974 - too young to have been there when the Beatles were huge in the 60s. By the time I grew up to the point where we could understand who they were and what they did, they'd been broken up for 20 yrs and had reached this mythical status that few people ever do. They were a bunch of old guys that were huge a long time ago.

My point? I was listening to Sgt Pepper's tonight while working. Even if you're not a fan, you have to admit that it was an album of such significant impact that rock music was never the same again. So I read a little about it on Wikipedia... released in 1967... hmmmm... these guys were born in the early 40s... wait a sec...

Holy crap. They were (avg) 25 years old when they wrote this album. Twenty-f**king-five. For some reason I always had this sense that they were older than that during their prime. I have no idea why - I guess because they looked older (I think its the mustaches), and you just assume that achieving as much as they did just takes time. They just had to be in their 30s, maybe even pushing 40.

Nope. 25. Hell, when they broke up in 1970, none of them were even 30 yet. Now, think of where you were and what you were doing at 25, and compare. I bought house in the suburbs and a Toyota Camry. Paul and John wrote the greatest album of all time.

[Rick V]

Married, 2 kids, mortgage, working as a plumber, driving a Toyota Celica, and drunk.

[Dr K]

In graduate school, renting a small 2 BR apt. (with a roommate), "playing the field" (not married for another 9 years), and not taking anything too seriously.

[arob]

I was in college full time working as a ski tech full time. Partying in DC almost every night like I owned the joint.

[washington dc porsche]

Living in my first house like I was in the dorms, driving a Maxima, and had a girl for every day of the week. Looking back, I'm not sure things are better now..lol

[VaSteve]

Look at what Michael Jackson accomplished by 25. Look how happy he was ... Or is now. Something to be said for anonymity/mediocrity. Lolz

[Mackpipes]

At twenty five I was checking into BUD/S, driving a mountain bike, and wondering why I quit the job at VTR Capital as a junior broker in exchange for getting my ass beat for the next six months. Wouldn't change a thing if I could go back.

[markwemple]

Driving my spyder, teaching, still trying to figure out what to do with my life. Living on a shit load less than it takes to break even now.

[aubreym]

At 25 I had completed BUD/S and was starting my second tour in Vietnam.

[Eric S]

Originally Posted by Jazzbass

I was born in 1974

Dick...you're just a young whippersnapper!

At 25 I was driving an Olds Cutlass and working my way out of a dangerous, dirty, noisy job in a webpress printing factory. After a few years in that environment I figured that I could do better and went to college while I worked; it ultimately took 7 more years to get my Bachelors Degree in electrical engineering and I didn't graduate until I was 27. But then it was off to Bell Laboratories, Stanford for a Masters Degree, and a move to the DC area. Seems like a whole lifetime ago...