-Removed-Boomer here. Parents were The Greatest Generation - and we were never allowed to forget it! I spent my first 18 years on earth hearing how they: 1. Shoveled 3 tons of coal before breakfast every morning, 2. Walked uphill to school 5 miles a day through a blinding snowstorm (even in June) 3. The wind always blew in your face never at your back, 4. They didn't have food back in those days, 5. When WW2 came along, they built the tanks with 1 arm and fought the war with the other - AND THEY WON! 6. And you kids don't know what "tough" is!! Grrrr 😠
-Removed-Me too, I feel I’ve experienced the best years and now enjoy a comfortable and simple life, enjoying the same things that my parents did like walking, gardening and trying my best to live in harmony with nature . The UK is a great place and my parents were always thankful that they were invited to work and live here in 1947.
@mchill said🙂
Boomer here. Parents were The Greatest Generation - and we were never allowed to forget it! I spent my first 18 years on earth hearing how they: 1. Shoveled 3 tons of coal before breakfast every morning, 2. Walked uphill to school 5 miles a day through a blinding snowstorm (even in June) 3. The wind always blew in your face never at your back, 4. They didn't have food back in ...[text shortened]... fought the war with the other - AND THEY WON! 6. And you kids don't know what "tough" is!! Grrrr 😠
@the-gravedigger saidWOW.....124 years old approximately depending on the day. Impressive, but does explain a lot. 🙂
I was born in the same year as GBS, 1900.
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@very-rusty saidI would have lived longer if I hadn't drank so much.
WOW.....124 years old approximately depending on the day. Impressive, but does explain a lot. 🙂
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@the-gravedigger saidLOL😁 Well there was a 19 in my year of birth and also a 46, which would make me a Boomer and one of the first. I actually, today “celebrated” (very low key) 78th birthday. I have enjoyed a great life and hope 🤞to continue to do so.👍
I was born in the same year as GBS, 1900.
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I'm from the generation that is not here yet. The stork delivered me way too early. Besides getting the address wrong, it got the year wrong too. The stork was dyslectic.
It seems that Dive may be using the thread to get the approximate age of anyone posting, which generation they belong to. The only info I'll provide is that I was born before my time, and the clues below. We ought to discuss generations gaps. It seems with each successive generation the gap is getting wider and wider.
Playing a side game with the generation gap. Anyone here know which generation Jesus was referring to when he said: "Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened." ???????
I'm from the generation which, as a young teenager, I was able to listen to this music as it was being aired for the first time. I had a little transistor radio that I kept under my pillow, and fell asleep listening to it.