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Thu Nov-08-07 09:51 PM
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I never felt as though we were any part of the boomers. That's close to my parent's generation and I'm not part of that. Then again, I was nothing like the Xers either. So who knows?
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| -What generation are you? |
Odin2005 |
Nov-08-07 09:39 PM |
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Born 1988. nm |
Lirwin2 |
Nov-08-07 09:41 PM |
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k&r. . n/t |
annabanana |
Nov-08-07 09:41 PM |
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Actually, the Baby Boom is generally considered to have ended in 1964 |
ruggerson |
Nov-08-07 09:43 PM |
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thats what I have always thought |
padia |
Nov-08-07 09:46 PM |
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Ended in 1960...according to this graph. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-08-07 09:46 PM |
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Wikipedia says 1945-1964. |
onehandle |
Nov-08-07 09:52 PM |
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I read that and it seems people are |
Breeze54 |
Nov-08-07 10:02 PM |
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A generation is 25 years |
Texas_Kat |
Nov-09-07 01:21 AM |
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It is starting to be defined in MUCH smaller increments - |
Iris |
Nov-09-07 12:33 PM |
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That's more like a cohort.The standard historical "generation" is 20 years, birth to reproducing age |
Hekate |
Nov-10-07 12:10 AM |
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well, sociologists are calling cohorts generations then |
Iris |
Nov-10-07 04:04 PM |
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Older millennial, I presume? |
parasim |
Nov-08-07 10:04 PM |
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Yup. I'm a 1962, and have always counted as a late boomer. |
daninthemoon |
Nov-08-07 10:59 PM |
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That's the same dates as in the book I mentioned. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-08-07 09:56 PM |
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1935 We are called the Silent Generation in the graph |
Disorganized |
Nov-08-07 11:22 PM |
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I was born in 64 |
johnnie |
Nov-08-07 09:51 PM |
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Some people call us 'Generation Jones'... |
phaseolus |
Nov-08-07 09:59 PM |
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DO you know that astrologers find that you need to determine things about the planet |
truedelphi |
Nov-08-07 11:05 PM |
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Don't forget, planets go into retrograde... |
pink-o |
Nov-09-07 12:40 PM |
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OH - (smacking head for a second). I knew that but I couldn't |
truedelphi |
Nov-09-07 07:33 PM |
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Yeah. My 20th century ephemeris used to get thumbed through |
pink-o |
Nov-10-07 01:26 PM |
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Can't say that I know about the reason why the species |
truedelphi |
Nov-11-07 02:47 PM |
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Huh huh huh huh she said "Uranus" huh huh heh heh huh. |
Buns_of_Fire |
Nov-10-07 01:53 PM |
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I have never heard of this, but it makes so much sense |
deutsey |
Nov-09-07 08:10 AM |
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I guess that would be me. |
Dulcinea |
Nov-09-07 12:35 PM |
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I feel the same way. I was born in '62. |
driver8 |
Nov-08-07 11:02 PM |
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cost of reg. gas in 1962 was 31 cents on average.. |
B Calm |
Nov-09-07 07:31 PM |
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Yes, suddenly being lumped into GenX is ridiculous |
HughMoran |
Nov-09-07 07:10 PM |
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"Younger" Boomer...Except |
Breeze54 |
Nov-08-07 09:43 PM |
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I'm not in the age group, but I've got the Green Day song as my ringtone. |
Buzz Clik |
Nov-08-07 09:47 PM |
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I belong to the Blank Generation (1953-1960) |
mitchum |
Nov-08-07 09:49 PM |
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I was born in 1968, and yet... |
dicksteele |
Nov-10-07 03:16 AM |
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A moment of silence please, to mourn the great Kurt Cobain |
bluestateguy |
Nov-08-07 09:50 PM |
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*head bowed* |
hiphopnation23 |
Nov-09-07 12:11 AM |
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Wow, the majority of us are irrelevant to Obama! |
Bluebear |
Nov-08-07 09:53 PM |
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1960 |
asdjrocky |
Nov-08-07 09:55 PM |
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welcome to DU, rocky! |
Bluebear |
Nov-08-07 10:14 PM |
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Ty for the welcome |
asdjrocky |
Nov-08-07 10:20 PM |
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Name your poison. |
Bluebear |
Nov-08-07 10:23 PM |
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Thanks for the reply |
asdjrocky |
Nov-08-07 11:02 PM |
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I'm younger baby boomer - 1953 and I'm screaming at your "prices have |
gateley |
Nov-08-07 09:53 PM |
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LOL, my dad was born in 1953 and he always like to rub it in about how... |
Odin2005 |
Nov-08-07 10:02 PM |
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Yes |
asdjrocky |
Nov-08-07 10:06 PM |
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And our birth certificates were written on papyrus. |
pink-o |
Nov-09-07 12:44 PM |
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I remember one 4th of July when my parents were up at some lake party out |
gateley |
Nov-09-07 12:07 AM |
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check this out... |
pink-o |
Nov-09-07 12:48 PM |
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Ha! I saw Led Zep during their first tour when they opened for Vanilla Fudge! |
gateley |
Nov-09-07 01:26 PM |
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Man you Boomers are O*L*D!!!! |
pink-o |
Nov-09-07 05:56 PM |
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LOL small world |
asdjrocky |
Nov-09-07 02:16 PM |
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Yeah, so did I. Day on the Green, right? |
pink-o |
Nov-09-07 06:06 PM |
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1955 |
shanti |
Nov-10-07 01:47 AM |
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Awesome! Congratulations. |
pink-o |
Nov-10-07 01:19 PM |
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That explains a lot |
Texas_Kat |
Nov-09-07 01:22 AM |
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Me 'n yer dad paid a lot less for gas |
havocmom |
Nov-09-07 01:28 AM |
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I remember when $40 bought food for a week |
sandnsea |
Nov-08-07 10:54 PM |
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Don't get me started..... :-) nt |
gateley |
Nov-09-07 12:03 AM |
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ditto |
AtomicKitten |
Nov-09-07 06:14 PM |
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This should be interesting... K&R ..n/t |
Just-plain-Kathy |
Nov-08-07 09:56 PM |
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Older Millennial Generation |
Fox Mulder |
Nov-08-07 10:02 PM |
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my sister was born in 41 |
madrchsod |
Nov-08-07 10:10 PM |
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I am ret5hd-2.0...Much improved over ret5hd-1.9 (the last stable release)... |
ret5hd |
Nov-08-07 10:18 PM |
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Elder X |
Lilith Velkor |
Nov-08-07 10:49 PM |
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Generation Jones- we're the ones between the boomers and the gen-xers. |
QuestionAll |
Nov-08-07 10:53 PM |
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Older Gen X born in 69 Official Love Child |
proud patriot |
Nov-08-07 11:00 PM |
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If I told you my real first name... |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Nov-09-07 01:18 AM |
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Moon Unit! Is that YOU? |
havocmom |
Nov-09-07 01:29 AM |
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well, not quite... |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Nov-09-07 02:15 AM |
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LOL |
proud patriot |
Nov-09-07 09:43 PM |
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I barely make it as a baby-boomer. |
OnionPatch |
Nov-08-07 11:03 PM |
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1974, Hubby, too. |
knitter4democracy |
Nov-08-07 11:04 PM |
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Isn't that weird? |
BamaGirl |
Nov-09-07 06:27 PM |
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I remember having to explain to my students that we still have nukes. |
knitter4democracy |
Nov-10-07 07:44 AM |
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Isn't "Older Millennial Generation" called Gen Y? |
Breeze54 |
Nov-08-07 11:24 PM |
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I hate the term Generation Y. It's makes us sound like an extension of Generation X. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-09-07 07:53 AM |
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yeah, I hate the tag Gen Y too. They have their own identity. |
provis99 |
Nov-09-07 12:29 PM |
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I used to live with a guy who called his cohort Generation "Why?" |
Lilith Velkor |
Nov-09-07 01:14 PM |
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1958- old enough to remember JFK |
kineneb |
Nov-09-07 12:03 AM |
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"Older Generation X" is not the name of that generation. |
Swamp Rat |
Nov-09-07 12:16 AM |
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We are? |
GreenPartyVoter |
Nov-09-07 08:03 PM |
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Yep |
Swamp Rat |
Nov-09-07 11:21 PM |
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That is way cool! |
GreenPartyVoter |
Nov-10-07 10:55 AM |
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Older Gen X--1969. Pre-boomer parents. |
wienerdoggie |
Nov-09-07 12:53 AM |
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I belong to The Blank Generation |
enigmatic |
Nov-09-07 01:33 AM |
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... |
Jamastiene |
Nov-09-07 11:49 PM |
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Older Generation X |
bridgit |
Nov-09-07 02:19 AM |
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1970 |
MrSlayer |
Nov-09-07 02:19 AM |
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Older Boomer here. IQ's started dropping after we came along. |
Perry Logan |
Nov-09-07 05:37 AM |
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1943 is not baby-boom |
JVS |
Nov-09-07 05:58 AM |
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The younger war babies have little or no memory of WW2. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-09-07 07:57 AM |
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Neither do I, born in 1949. Nor would one born in 1940. SO? It is a POST-WWII demographic. |
WinkyDink |
Nov-09-07 07:36 PM |
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Generation WTF. |
JTFrog |
Nov-09-07 08:11 AM |
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otherwise known as "all of the above". nt |
Labors of Hercules |
Nov-09-07 07:42 PM |
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I was a teen growing up in Berkeley in the 60s. I saw my city occupied by the National Guard and |
troubleinwinter |
Nov-09-07 12:28 PM |
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Older Gen X, but identify more with Younger Gen X |
Milo_Bloom |
Nov-09-07 12:31 PM |
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Younger Generation X |
verse18 |
Nov-09-07 12:32 PM |
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Pets.com stock? |
redqueen |
Nov-09-07 01:27 PM |
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seconded. |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-09-07 01:28 PM |
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I was trying to make a funny comment about the Dot.com bubble. n/t/ |
Odin2005 |
Nov-09-07 02:35 PM |
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Turned 18 in 1972 |
needledriver |
Nov-09-07 02:10 PM |
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younger baby boom and the boyfriend is younger gen x |
kineta |
Nov-09-07 02:18 PM |
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Bit of an age gap there, isn't it? |
Odin2005 |
Nov-09-07 02:33 PM |
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Younger Gen X |
Chovexani |
Nov-09-07 02:40 PM |
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Older boomer born in 1952 |
livetohike |
Nov-09-07 02:41 PM |
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1962 |
Greyskye |
Nov-09-07 02:45 PM |
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I was born in 1980, but never really identifed much with people my age, culturally |
LSdemocrat |
Nov-09-07 03:08 PM |
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1980 n/t |
tammywammy |
Nov-09-07 05:58 PM |
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Generation X here |
Mike03 |
Nov-09-07 05:59 PM |
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I'm a '72 Xer |
BamaGirl |
Nov-09-07 06:16 PM |
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1991. |
MiniMandaRuth |
Nov-09-07 06:33 PM |
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Of course you do, you closet MySpacer. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Nov-10-07 09:07 AM |
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Myspace:Yes |
MiniMandaRuth |
Nov-10-07 12:15 PM |
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"This...is...the...way I live." |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Nov-10-07 01:17 PM |
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1951 Vintage / Japan and the US sign a pact which allows American |
B Calm |
Nov-09-07 07:09 PM |
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1943 isn't part of the Baby Boom, which by definition = those born POST-WWII. |
WinkyDink |
Nov-09-07 07:34 PM |
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1973. Dang DU is full of oldies!!!1!! |
BelgianMadCow |
Nov-09-07 07:43 PM |
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We started hipness, my young friend. |
pink-o |
Nov-10-07 01:41 PM |
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You did pass that on, I think |
BelgianMadCow |
Nov-10-07 04:07 PM |
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1960. n/t |
LWolf |
Nov-09-07 07:57 PM |
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The reason you gotta love the elderly... |
samplegirl |
Nov-09-07 07:59 PM |
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I'm Older Generation X, but my tagline would read more |
Jamastiene |
Nov-09-07 11:45 PM |
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Older Gen-X who loves Green Day |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-09-07 11:53 PM |
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i was trying to figure out today what generation i am |
kagehime |
Nov-10-07 12:14 AM |
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What you refer to as the Korean War generation is generally referred |
BullGooseLoony |
Nov-10-07 02:14 AM |
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Younger Generation X, 1973 |
nonconformist |
Nov-10-07 02:58 AM |
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Reppin' 1991 and the younger milennial gen. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Nov-10-07 09:04 AM |
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Older Baby Boom, born 1952 |
michreject |
Nov-10-07 09:15 AM |
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I think a lot of folks born in '53 identify with the older baby boom group more than the younger |
onenote |
Nov-10-07 11:05 AM |
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What is the purpose of labeling generations? Census! |
hedgetrimmer |
Nov-10-07 11:37 AM |
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'87 wha! |
The_Warmth |
Nov-10-07 01:38 PM |
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lol! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-10-07 01:43 PM |
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WOW!! ~~ 240 ~~ Baby Boomers on DU!!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-10-07 01:42 PM |
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Currently, 52% of those expressing a preference... |
Buns_of_Fire |
Nov-10-07 02:27 PM |
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1967 |
eggman67 |
Nov-10-07 01:49 PM |
#128 |
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