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Fri Nov-09-07 06:06 PM
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| 86. Yeah, so did I. Day on the Green, right? |
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...About a year ago, I saw the resurgence of those Zep 77 concert tour t-shirts. I was at work, and this young zygote, about 18 came to check in for a flight wearing one. I almost fell backwards, and I said to him: "I was at a lot of gigs on that 77 tour, saw 'em twice in the Garden, in the old LA Forum, and in the bay area. I even had the same shirt, once upon a time."
Kid just looked at me like, yeah, whatever, Grandma. But I merely felt sorry for him, cuz even though we didn't have IPods or downloads, we really did have some amazing rock and roll. And those young thangs can wear the shirts, own the catalogues, but (not to play the age card) they weren't THERE.
As for the x-ers, I love their music too. But that great '90s sound has also passed into time. Pearl Jam's latest disc has got nothing on "Ten". Nor will Live ever do another album like "Throwing Copper". Oasis's brilliant stuff is in the past as well, even if they could solve their fratenal issues.
Just waitin for the next great musical innovation. Cuz everyone knows that every generation has a soundtrack.
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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 |
#17 |
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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 |
#133 |
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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 |
#129 |
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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 |
#93 |
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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 |
#119 |
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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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