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Mon Jan-04-10 10:31 AM
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| 16. Sounds quite similar to my experience, and that of my classmates. nt |
| -I'm thinking of composing a post about how baby boomers didn't have it so good. |
raccoon |
Jan-04-10 09:39 AM |
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It is impossible to generalize about an entire generation. |
femmocrat |
Jan-04-10 09:44 AM |
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True |
htuttle |
Jan-04-10 10:03 AM |
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Xers are a little young for Sex Pistols. |
juno jones |
Jan-04-10 01:44 PM |
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I guess I forget that I'm from that in-between generation |
htuttle |
Jan-04-10 05:38 PM |
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'63 here too. |
juno jones |
Jan-05-10 01:13 PM |
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"It is impossible to generalize about an entire generation." |
Stinky The Clown |
Jan-04-10 11:26 PM |
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my parents worked like slaves to care for four kids and we were |
roguevalley |
Jan-05-10 02:45 AM |
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I'm a proud boomer -- people don't like it can kiss |
xchrom |
Jan-04-10 09:45 AM |
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Well, taking pride in something you had nothing to do with is a little extreme, but |
Tansy_Gold |
Jan-04-10 09:48 AM |
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Me encanta tu sigline de Machado. |
Common Sense Party |
Jan-04-10 09:49 AM |
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Ah ¡muchas gracias! |
Tansy_Gold |
Jan-04-10 02:47 PM |
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I've got a book of Machado poetry around here somewhere. |
Common Sense Party |
Jan-04-10 02:54 PM |
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You reminded me. I have Soledades, purchased in 1969 |
Tansy_Gold |
Jan-04-10 05:38 PM |
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I didn't have anything to do with being man or gay |
xchrom |
Jan-04-10 10:04 AM |
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If pride is the opposite of shame, then of course I have no problem with it, |
Tansy_Gold |
Jan-04-10 05:45 PM |
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People can't choose the timing or circumstances of their birth |
slackmaster |
Jan-04-10 09:49 AM |
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Another boomer here who was/is many things, but privileged was not one of them! |
madmom |
Jan-04-10 09:51 AM |
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IMO its our CHILDREN who are spoiled, if any one generation. |
elleng |
Jan-04-10 09:52 AM |
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but who's fault is that? |
fizzgig |
Jan-04-10 03:16 PM |
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One thing I remember from my Gen-X youth |
Orrex |
Jan-04-10 09:53 AM |
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The reason they knew they couldn't solve those problems |
Frosty1 |
Jan-04-10 11:46 AM |
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That's a very reasonable suggestion and, sadly... |
Orrex |
Jan-04-10 04:58 PM |
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There are so many differences among boomers.... |
hlthe2b |
Jan-04-10 10:00 AM |
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We older boomers were lauded as the first generation |
Warpy |
Jan-04-10 10:14 AM |
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Great post. This bears repeating: |
raccoon |
Jan-04-10 10:18 AM |
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It's the class structure that does the oppression. CORRECT! |
mistertrickster |
Jan-04-10 10:39 AM |
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Right on, warpy!!! |
janet118 |
Jan-04-10 11:06 AM |
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Yes, Warpy, it frosts me when younger people accept the media characerization of boomers |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jan-04-10 11:40 AM |
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Every generation blames the one before |
Frosty1 |
Jan-04-10 11:54 AM |
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You're right , it is the class structure. |
blues90 |
Jan-04-10 02:48 PM |
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As a boomer myself, I think we actually did have it pretty good. Compared to today. |
mistertrickster |
Jan-04-10 10:26 AM |
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My dad was a steelworker who also had to moonlight as a bartender |
livetohike |
Jan-04-10 10:28 AM |
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Sounds quite similar to my experience, and that of my classmates. nt |
raccoon |
Jan-04-10 10:31 AM |
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We didn't have ipods, we had fields. |
Gregorian |
Jan-04-10 10:35 AM |
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We had food and clothing and shelter, but we weren't pampered either |
pipi_k |
Jan-04-10 10:47 AM |
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Sounds like some class warfare scapegoating. |
arcadian |
Jan-04-10 11:08 AM |
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So we are not allowed to talk about selfishness in the USA today? Shouldn't |
applegrove |
Jan-04-10 11:16 PM |
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Depression/Dust Bowl baby |
Thirtieschild |
Jan-04-10 11:11 AM |
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The other problem with the boomer generation . . . it seems as though |
mistertrickster |
Jan-04-10 11:15 AM |
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Mom made $1.00 an hour in 1963. Dad seldom paid the $30.00 / month child support |
havocmom |
Jan-04-10 11:19 AM |
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i think by definition, most of us come from large families. |
mopinko |
Jan-04-10 11:21 AM |
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entitled? baby boomers? Please! what about the Greatest Generation |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Jan-04-10 11:27 AM |
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Some things were possible in the 50s,60s, and 70s.... |
bvar22 |
Jan-04-10 11:43 AM |
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Most of that ended in the mid seventies, about the time my husband and I |
EFerrari |
Jan-04-10 11:52 AM |
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I never felt entitled, but we boomers were the generation given the promise |
elocs |
Jan-04-10 11:49 AM |
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Your elites had it better than their parents |
AllentownJake |
Jan-04-10 02:50 PM |
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4 of us |
robdogbucky |
Jan-04-10 05:05 PM |
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Kick &Recommended.. |
butterfly77 |
Jan-04-10 05:18 PM |
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I'm a boomer ... |
gleaner |
Jan-04-10 05:57 PM |
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The people showing up at teabagging parties and such are not young. They are boomers. Of course they |
applegrove |
Jan-04-10 11:13 PM |
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Thank you for saying that, "Of course they do not represent all boomers." |
raccoon |
Jan-05-10 08:46 AM |
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ah, all a lot of that generation did was try to change the world and stood up to patronage cops |
MisterP |
Jan-04-10 11:23 PM |
#48 |
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