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PoindexterOglethorpe

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17. Read Generations by Strauss and Howe.

Reply to alfie (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 8, 2019, 04:37 PM

Jun 2019

They start the baby boom generation at 1943 and end it in 1960. They use those years because the feel that it's the generational experience that matters a whole lot more when the demographic boom happened.

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Talking 'bout your Generations [View all] Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 OP

Baby Boomer here! EOM TruckFump Jun 2019 #1

Old millennial here! Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #2

Gramps! Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #13

I don't have a generation! snowybirdie Jun 2019 #3

Seconded! Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #5

Pick the one you like better. marybourg Jun 2019 #8

Boomer, tho technically area51 Jun 2019 #4

We're all Generation Jones... Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #6

Ditto. Born in 11/20/61. n/t Different Drummer Jun 2019 #11

You might want to read the book Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #7

With the remembrance of D-Day and the Greatest Generation, it re-sparked my interest in it... Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #9

It is simply the most informative thing I've ever read. I have to be careful PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #16

Yikes...I am not in any of the listed generations alfie Jun 2019 #10

I think you are, technically, a Boomer. Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #12

You're just old :) Amishman Jun 2019 #14

Read Generations by Strauss and Howe. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #17

You're on the cusp as with astrology zodiac signs; pick one you like. appalachiablue Jun 2019 #18

I wish there were more younger folks here, but I don't think that is going to happen. demmiblue Jun 2019 #15