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20 years ago, it was 1986. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then.
1) How old were you?
THEN: 23
NOW : 43
2) Where did you go to school?
THEN: ST.John's College, Oxford - I was sent down in September '86.
NOW: University of Life, Brockley, London.
3) Where did you work?
THEN: I did some translation work in Rome during the holidays (and after being sent down).
NOW : At my computer at home.
4) Where did you live?
THEN: Oxford; Rome.
NOW : Brockley, London.
5) How was your hairstyle?
THEN: Ordinary with a part on the left.
NOW : Ordinary with a part on the left and a little bit missing on top.
6) Did you wear braces?
THEN: No
NOW : No
7) Did you wear contacts?
THEN: No.
NOW : No.
8) Did you wear glasses?
THEN: No.
NOW : I am slightly short-sighted, but I rarely wear them.
9) Who was your best friend?
THEN: Franco.
NOW : Franco.
10) Which of your pets were still alive?
THEN: Never had a pet in my life.
NOW : Ditto.
11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
THEN: I fell hard for another Oriental Studies student called Ruth.
NOW : If I ever had the horrifying experience of coming even close to falling in love again, you would not see me for dust. Of the two, I would rather be slowly tortured to death.
12) Who was your celebrity crush?
THEN: At that precise moment, nobody, but a couple of years earlier it had been Zola Budd.
NOW : I guess JKR and Paula Radcliffe.
13) Who was your regular-person crush?
THEN: Ruth.
NOW : See question eleven.
14) How many piercings did you have?
THEN: none
NOW : none - don't be ridiculous.
15) How many tattoos did you have?
THEN: none.
NOW : none.
16) What was your favorite band/singer?
THEN: Bruce Springsteen.
NOW : Bruce Springsteen.
17) Had you smoked cigarettes?
THEN: No.
NOW : That is one of the few stupid things I have never done and never will.
18) Had you gotten drunk?
THEN: No.
NOW: I got drunk three times in my life, did not enjoy it, and cannot imagine why people think it's fun.
19) Had you DRIVEN?
THEN: No.
NOW : No.
20) If so which car?
THEN: -
NOW : -
21) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 2006?
No. I was fairly sure I was going to become a university teacher.
1) How old were you?
THEN: 23
NOW : 43
2) Where did you go to school?
THEN: ST.John's College, Oxford - I was sent down in September '86.
NOW: University of Life, Brockley, London.
3) Where did you work?
THEN: I did some translation work in Rome during the holidays (and after being sent down).
NOW : At my computer at home.
4) Where did you live?
THEN: Oxford; Rome.
NOW : Brockley, London.
5) How was your hairstyle?
THEN: Ordinary with a part on the left.
NOW : Ordinary with a part on the left and a little bit missing on top.
6) Did you wear braces?
THEN: No
NOW : No
7) Did you wear contacts?
THEN: No.
NOW : No.
8) Did you wear glasses?
THEN: No.
NOW : I am slightly short-sighted, but I rarely wear them.
9) Who was your best friend?
THEN: Franco.
NOW : Franco.
10) Which of your pets were still alive?
THEN: Never had a pet in my life.
NOW : Ditto.
11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
THEN: I fell hard for another Oriental Studies student called Ruth.
NOW : If I ever had the horrifying experience of coming even close to falling in love again, you would not see me for dust. Of the two, I would rather be slowly tortured to death.
12) Who was your celebrity crush?
THEN: At that precise moment, nobody, but a couple of years earlier it had been Zola Budd.
NOW : I guess JKR and Paula Radcliffe.
13) Who was your regular-person crush?
THEN: Ruth.
NOW : See question eleven.
14) How many piercings did you have?
THEN: none
NOW : none - don't be ridiculous.
15) How many tattoos did you have?
THEN: none.
NOW : none.
16) What was your favorite band/singer?
THEN: Bruce Springsteen.
NOW : Bruce Springsteen.
17) Had you smoked cigarettes?
THEN: No.
NOW : That is one of the few stupid things I have never done and never will.
18) Had you gotten drunk?
THEN: No.
NOW: I got drunk three times in my life, did not enjoy it, and cannot imagine why people think it's fun.
19) Had you DRIVEN?
THEN: No.
NOW : No.
20) If so which car?
THEN: -
NOW : -
21) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 2006?
No. I was fairly sure I was going to become a university teacher.