You might be a child of the late 60's early 70's if...

      you have deep, personal relationships via computers with people you've 
      never met in real life before
      
      the phrase "going courting", to you, means fighting an unjust traffic 
      ticket or playing tennis
      
      not that you'd do it personally, but body piercing captivates your 
      attention

      you remember the days when cocaine was just fine in powder form, 
      thankyouverymuch

      you think the "the Gay 90's" refers to this decade, and people's 
      sexual orientation
      
      the Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories
      
      you remember the first time "Space: Above and Beyond" aired - it was 
      called "Battlestar Galactica"

      songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day

      three words: "Atari"  "IntelliVision" and "Coleco".  Sound familiar?

      you remember the days that hooking your computer into your television 
      wasn't an expensive option that required gadgets - it was the ONLY WAY 
      to use your computer!

      you remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for 
      the weekend"
      
      you remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV

      you ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination 
      of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market
      
      a predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid"

      you're pissed that you couldn't really participate in the 60's, pissed 
      that you were a part of the 70's, think you wasted too much time doing 
      stupid, meaningless things in the 80's, and still have no clue what 
      the 90's are all about

      you see teenagers today wearing clothes that show up in those 
      childhood photos, and they still look bad
      
      while in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate 
      plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" 
      by Prince over and over again
      
      you remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was

      one of the top five questions you've always wanted answered was to 
      Robert Smith of the Cure - "What WAS that head on the door thing 
      anyway?"

      you were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which you 
      were probably watching in school at the time), and yet, when someone 
      mentions the name "JFK", the first thing you think of is "Oliver 
      Stone"

      you, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to "It's 
      the end of the world as we know it"

      you can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer 
      connotation to it as well

      you took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van.  You rode 
      in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.
      
      you knew all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire", but 
      it really didn't hold any meaning for you until about the third verse
      
      you've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, you ignorant slut"
     
      you watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you 
      really understand that it would have been much better had you known 
      about drugs at the time

      you've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following 
      phases:
      - "When I was younger"
      - "When I was your age"
      - "You know, back when..."
      - "Because I SAID so, that's why"
      - "What the HELL is this noise on the radio?"
      - "Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"

      you can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 
      49,000 selections to choose from
      
      Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the 
      English language
      
      Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to piss 
      you off by calling you "sir" or "ma'am"

      you're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD thing, 
      and you're ready to marry the next person who cards you when you want 
      to buy cigarettes.

      flashback: it was your first chance to vote in a presidential 
      election, and you were SO disappointed because, just for laughs, you 
      really wanted to vote for Gary Hart
      
      the first time you heard the candidates names, you were pumped because 
      you thought MICHAEL Jackson was running for President, not this Jesse 
      character.

      you ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, 
      Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video
      
      at one point during your teenage years, you walked with a noticeable 
      tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm
      
      "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you 
      first heard it at a school dance
      
      the first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy 
      for You" by Madonna
      
      there were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went 
      by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter"
      
      you ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons

      you used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains 
      on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T made 
      millions seemed rational to you at the time

      you remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the 
      streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete
      
      the phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter
      
      you read the "Hot Video Games Player's Secrets" guide for Mortal 
      Kombat just so you could find the hidden screen, and play Pong again 
      for old time's sake

      honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever 
      possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
      
      you ever had nightmares about the giant red evil robot Maximillian 
      from the Disney movie "The Black Hole" and those blender attachments 
      he had for hands

      you were convinced for years that Batman was a mildly overweight man 
      with a moderate beer belly who wore his underwear outside of his 
      clothes and talked strangely

      (guys) your first wet dream occurred to thoughts of Jeannie, Marsha 
      Brady, Samantha from Bewitched or, for those hardcore comic fans out 
      there, Daphne from Scooby Doo, Josie or any one of her Pussycats
      
      (girls) you thought Sean Cassidy was "dreamy", lusted after "Ted, your 
      ship's photographer" on the Love Boat and Chachi, or, to keep it fair 
      to the comically interested, thought Fred was just a hunk on Scooby 
      Doo

      you're still occasionally suffering flashbacks from your 21st birthday 
      party

      you've ever said "I'm a vegetarian" and immediately had someone call 
      you a hypocrite by saying "Nice leather jacket you have there...and 
      gee, is that a suede bag...those shoes leather, too?"

      you have begun to lust after women (or men) that it would be socially 
      inappropriate for you to date due to their age
     
      your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which 
      can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting"

      this timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: Star 
      Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think the 
      creatures are WAY cool.  Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in 
      early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special 
      effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of 
      every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the 
      theaters...you are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off 
      Princess Leia's breasts or Han Solo's butt.  You
      fantasize forever and ever about it, and send off to join every fan 
      club for them on the planet, hanging posters, photos, and "teen"-type 
      magazine spreads all over your walls and lockers at school.
      
      you remember when the phrase "candy is dandy, but sex won't rot your 
      teeth" started getting followed by "yeah, but M&M's won't give you 
      AIDS..."
      
      you've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the 
      last five years, okay?

      you can't remember a time when "hitting the outlet stores" didn't mean 
      going to an electrical warehouse

      you're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect YOU) that 
      maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad 
      idea after all

      you're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major 
      degree
      
      you won't walk into the place where you once knew every bartender on a 
      first name basis because "there's too many kids there"

      going to keg parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when 
      the cops show up

      you want to go out dancing, you really, REALLY do, but your back 
      hurts, sorry

      you're starting to think that Corvettes really look good, and aren't 
      REALLY for guy's going through a mid-life crisis and worried about 
      their penis. That's not YOU.

      you're starting to get that "why aren't you married yet" shpiel, not 
      just from parents, but now from friends that are married

      you've recently horrified yourself by groaning as you get out of bed, 
      not because of a hangover, but because it genuinely just hurt to do so

      you're finding that you just don't understand more than half the lingo 
      used on MTV any more

      (mostly guys on this one) sex is still as much fun as it used to be, 
      and you're still really interested in it, but you just want to make 
      sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing first

      you ever wanted to be gagged  with a spoon

      U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now

      When somone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days 
      theme is stuck in your head for hours on end
      
      you remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the 
      first scene.

      you ever used the phrase "don't make me angry...you wouldn't LIKE me 
      when I'm angry" when trying to frighten someone off.

      you spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or 
      Wonder Woman or the Six Million Dollar Man

      you had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General 
      Hospital)
      
      you remember "Hey, let's be careful out there"

      you're parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it 
      was pointless since Quincy got all the babes, anyway.
      
      you know who shot J.R.

      this rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie.  They work for me."