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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:29 PM

Taverner (53,279 posts)

5. They were low birth year kids like me and my brother

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They were born during the depression, 1936 and 1937 - - my dad was drafted but managed to get in between Korea and Vietnam.

At least officially...

During the timeline of the show, 1961-1967 (so far) these people are in their 20s-30s

Like my parents were...

Although who knows what that generation was called...

ON EDIT: No hoarding tho - yet....

They both have the emergency food kits from Costco - but so do I

This be EARTHQUAKE country!

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
What kind of freakin world did our parents live in???? I'm GenX... [View all]	Taverner	Oct 2012	OP
They drank like fish and spouse swapping was popular.	NYC_SKP	Oct 2012	#1
They didn't?	Brigid	Oct 2012	#3
Oh now...	NYC_SKP	Oct 2012	#4
Spouse swapping is always popular.	valerief	Oct 2012	#2
They were low birth year kids like me and my brother	Taverner	Oct 2012	#5
Yes, that's the Silent Generation. nt	valerief	Oct 2012	#7
I'm also GenX and my parents are in their mid to late 70s, Silent Generation	Kennah	Oct 2012	#6
"Homeland Generation"?	IDemo	Oct 2012	#10
I hope like hell it doesn't take hold. iGeneration seems to roll off the tongue easily.	Kennah	Oct 2012	#18
They saw a whole lot of history!	DearHeart	Oct 2012	#8
My parents were reminiscing with my aunt about their early childhood.	LiberalAndProud	Oct 2012	#9
Funny how they view political processes,	LiveNudePolitics	Oct 2012	#11
It was hysterically anti-communist	Tom_x	Oct 2012	#12
Read Doctorow's "Book of Daniel"....	zanana1	Oct 2012	#14
Oh yeah - Peekskill Riots	Taverner	Oct 2012	#15
Why don't you ask your parents what they went through?	Curmudgeoness	Oct 2012	#13
Come on - Did it ever occur to you that I might have?	Taverner	Oct 2012	#16
I'm an older Gen Xer	Arugula Latte	Oct 2012	#17
True - I can speak their language	Taverner	Oct 2012	#19

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