#3 - If you were born in 1959 you turn 64 this year. People who were 64 when you were born were themselves born in 1895. The movie "Gone With The Wind" is older now than the Civil War was when the movie was made. The High School class of 2003 will have its 20 year reunion this year. Elvis has been dead longer than he was alive. I have more.
Yup, Sept 59, I really think the Boomers were from 1940 to 1958. My inlaws were born in '40. They got everything good about the 50's and 60's. Never had to compete for a job, ever. The real child boom years were '55 to '59. After that the birth rate collapsed. My high school class was the largest and 4 years later they closed one of the two high schools. College was a mess of too many kids and not enough resources at the state school I attended. This forced me to learn to improvise, adapt and overcome. I attained the American Dream because I was willing to put in the 12 hour days, year in year out and defray instant gratification for the long game. TPB don't realize that there is a very large silent cohort that did the same thing and are quietly pissed off about the direction the country is headed. We just wanted to be left alone to enjoy our golden years. We are not going to be eating the bugs but are going to make sure that those who perpetrated this will be eaten by the bugs. The "night of the pillow" is going to be a permanent slumber party.
There's long been the idea that the younger Boomers and older Xers form a sub-generation, more like each other than their respective generations. As a Greybeard Xer, I agree.
Wow! Same here, December’59 for me. I find that I have little in common with “boomers”. It’s annoying when someone refers to me as a boomer, mostly my daughters. JFM
Aug. 59. Don’t know why it’s said that Boomers had it easy. I had to work hard for everything I’ve earned. I feel it’s been downhill since the 70’s oil crisis. It’s the lazy fucks of gen Z that are going to have to learn to get their hustle on.
#1 really needs to be a chia pet.
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The man, the legend.
Delete#3 - If you were born in 1959 you turn 64 this year. People who were 64 when you were born were themselves born in 1895. The movie "Gone With The Wind" is older now than the Civil War was when the movie was made. The High School class of 2003 will have its 20 year reunion this year. Elvis has been dead longer than he was alive. I have more.
ReplyDeleteWell, yeah. But I was born late in 1959.
DeleteI do that same thing. It is amazing to think like that.
DeleteIt was better to be 20 in the 70's than 70 in the 20's?
DeleteI've got them both covered.
February 1947. Yah, I'm THAT old. Nemo
DeleteI'm this side of 60!
ReplyDeleteOctober 59, I don't like being included in the "boomer" generation. I feel like we have been the fucked over generation.
ReplyDeleteJuly 59 here (just like our host!) and feel the same. By the time we got there everything was wrecked by the massive population surge just before us.
DeleteExactly! (Late May, 1959, here…) I often look at my older (Boomer) “peers“ and think about how I never had ANY of their experiences or opportunities…
DeleteYup, Sept 59, I really think the Boomers were from 1940 to 1958. My inlaws were born in '40. They got everything good about the 50's and 60's. Never had to compete for a job, ever. The real child boom years were '55 to '59. After that the birth rate collapsed. My high school class was the largest and 4 years later they closed one of the two high schools. College was a mess of too many kids and not enough resources at the state school I attended.
DeleteThis forced me to learn to improvise, adapt and overcome. I attained the American Dream because I was willing to put in the 12 hour days, year in year out and defray instant gratification for the long game. TPB don't realize that there is a very large silent cohort that did the same thing and are quietly pissed off about the direction the country is headed. We just wanted to be left alone to enjoy our golden years. We are not going to be eating the bugs but are going to make sure that those who perpetrated this will be eaten by the bugs. The "night of the pillow" is going to be a permanent slumber party.
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#9 - ever seen Todd Browning's 1932 "Freaks"?
ReplyDeleteIn a few decades they'll do one on the transies.😁
There's long been the idea that the younger Boomers and older Xers form a sub-generation, more like each other than their respective generations. As a Greybeard Xer, I agree.
ReplyDeleteEarly January 59. I don't know,I don't remember. After 1973 things get fuzzy.
ReplyDeleteWow! Same here, December’59 for me. I find that I have little in common with “boomers”. It’s annoying when someone refers to me as a boomer, mostly my daughters.
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09-1959 We're only "boomers" because no one cared enough to give us our own classification.
ReplyDeleteHold my beer - Oct '42
ReplyDeleteAug. 59. Don’t know why it’s said that Boomers had it easy. I had to work hard for everything I’ve earned. I feel it’s been downhill since the 70’s oil crisis. It’s the lazy fucks of gen Z that are going to have to learn to get their hustle on.
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