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Post #49,985 by ben_tilly 8/20/02 9:59:22 PM Reply	Nope I miss Gen X by nearly a decade. Gen X happened when all of those teenagers in "The Summer of Love" grew up, settled down, and got serious about having kids. I was born in a baby bust. And I have even less in common with Gen X than most people my age. My father served in WW II (I was his last kid), and I grew up without a TV. Neither of which left me in sync with the kids around me. Cheers, Ben Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002)
Post #50,061 by mmoffitt 8/21/02 4:54:30 PM Reply	Oh yes you are. Google it ;-) Mostly X'ers are defined w/birthdays from 1960 or 1961 through 1980 or 1981. That's you, buddy :-) Generation Born Builder 1920-1942 Baby Boomer 1943-1960 Generation X 1961-1981 Generation Y 1982-2000 [link\|http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cafamilies/generations.html\|Example 1] Tulgan defines Generation Xers as those with birthdates falling between 1963 and 1977 ... [link\|http://www.gca.org/attend/2000_conferences/Spectrum_2000/note3.htm\|Another Example with different dates]
Post #50,069 by snork 8/21/02 5:13:20 PM Reply	Square peg -> Round hole While I don't dispute the validity of your dates and categories, I don't think that those of us born in the sixties ('65 here) fit with the GenX'ers. The term [link\|http://www.tweeners.org/\|"Tweener"] has been thrown around to describe those of us caught between the Boomers and the X'ers. I'm not sure how well it has caught on, but I think it works nicely since I'd rather not be associated with either, thankyouverymuch. "With the bravery of being out of range." - Roger Waters Cliff
Post #50,081 by ben_tilly 8/21/02 6:59:26 PM Reply	Exactly There was a baby boom after WW II, that is generally known as "The Baby Boom". Then there was a baby bust, which is when I was born. Then the Baby Boomers had kids and you had another Baby Boom, and that is what I think of as generation X. The people in the middle don't share that much with either baby boom, and in my experience don't like being associated with either. Cheers, Ben Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002)
Post #50,166 by inthane-chan 8/22/02 12:08:35 PM Reply	Guess that's something we have in common... Born in '71, I never felt like part of the "hard rock"/disco is dead croud growing up in the '80s - but then I didn't really fit into the Gen-X Seattle Grunge scene, either. There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #50,171 by mmoffitt 8/22/02 12:57:19 PM Reply	Ben, Cliff, it's called "denial" ;-)
Post #50,175 by snork 8/22/02 1:32:10 PM Reply	Isn't that a river in Egypt? It isn't just denial, its "plausible denial."* I say that I'm a "tweener" and not an Xer. That's my story and I'm a-stickin' to it. So there. :) *Note: I've seen it work before. . . "With the bravery of being out of range." - Roger Waters Cliff
Post #50,419 by mmoffitt 9/4/02 4:14:03 PM Reply	Good one. You should run for office ;-)

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