Fiddlesticks! I seem to have missed out

My parents met and married after the war. My dad served in the navy during ww2 in the Pacific. We were not a "Leave It To Beaver" household by any means. My parents both worked..and bought their first house on the GI bill when I was 1 year old. I think there was a huge boom with babies born to returning soldiers and such. People wanted to get on with living. My parents both grew up during a depression and knew all about "doing without". I think their generation was indeed a great one.

Heres some interesting facts about the boomers :)

http://www.history.com/topics/baby-boomers
 

Karen99 said:
My parents met and married after the war. My dad served in the navy during ww2 in the Pacific. We were not a "Leave It To Beaver" household by any means. My parents both worked..and bought their first house on the GI bill when I was 1 year old. I think there was a huge boom with babies born to returning soldiers and such. People wanted to get on with living. My parents both grew up during a depression and knew all about "doing without". I think their generation was indeed a great one.

Heres some interesting facts about the boomers :)

http://www.history.com/topics/baby-boomers
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There's a LOT of us!
 
Another baby boomer here. I was born in 1950 and grew up in the days of Skiffle, Rock&Roll, Mods & Rockers, the Beatles, Pink Floyd etc..
I think the date range is based purely on the increased birth rate over that period, but culturally, I would have made it ending sooner, say 1946-1956.
 

Cookie said:
But why not just be ourselves and not label ourselves in any way at all, Georgia. I doubt if you missed out, looks to me like you had plenty.
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This just registered with me. What? This thread was intended to be merely light-hearted musing. Sheesh!
 
Boomer just a generation where there was a huge birthrate for a period of time, doesn't really mean anything more than that, as the generational gaps are way too wide for most to have anything in common other than rate of birth during a time period. As we can see, we can be the child or parent to other boomers, in some cases maybe even the grandparent.
 
We who grew up in the US think of the 50's and 60's as prosperous. I get a very different story from hubby who was growing up in Scotland. He claims I grew up in wealth (not by American standards - dad in navy, mom a housewife) because we had a car, central heating, a tv, a phone, indoor bathroom.

I remember reading about musician Alex Harvey. He grew up in Glasgow during the war years and it sounds like it was incredibly grim. Not only wasn't there indoor toilets, but families shared the few there were. Kind of childhood that will haunt you as an adult.

I agree though there is a big difference in being fifty and being seventy. Maybe instead of the blanket of "Boomers", just divide it by decade. More logical...your teen years are what shape you ultimately IMHO.
 
SifuPhil said:
Another Boomer here, but not by choice - I too would have preferred living long before my time.

I was a hippie at the tail-end of that movement, but never a yuppie, preppie or Lord forbid a Goth or hipster.
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This would be me also, but I admit to my punk faze lol Mum hit the roof when I wanted to put a safety pin through my cheek. Luckily I did not do it. How would I explain it to my kids, let alone my future grandson..haha pass the doobie please..
 
Here ya go...I rolled a few more in honor of the Midnight Special thread...for some reason "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" popped in my head. I had the record. Then some years later hubby worked security at one of their shows. His hearing was fuzzy for a week after. But I think there are advantages to being a late boomer.

My Mom grew up in the 30's. I grew up in the late 70's. There wasn't much in the way of cultural connection except Bette Midler...who she hated...singing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". With my kids we shared music even clothes to an extent. There was also more connection to the counter culture.

Basically I can't forbid you to smoke or get tattoos after a certain age but I want you to think over such things carefully. Oh and tats on your hands, face, or neck are going to limit your career choices. Ditto for piercings and any other painful procedure. My Mom didn't know I had my first tattoo for years.
 
What about the rest of us? You've got brownies and only sharing with fur? I'm not feeling very Silent Generation right now...I WANT BROWNIES, too.

Shalimar, those aren't called Donorcycles for no reason; just get some cool tats and be satisfied with those (I've got two). Maybe we could get a Greyhound bus and retrofit to suit ourselves for a road trip. Or even for living in. I bet Phil will be willing to drive so that we can party hearty...
 
Awesome Georgia! Can we paint the outside all funky? What shall we name our bus? I think Philly will drive us. I am happy to share my brownies with you, as long as you know what is in them. Lol. A party on wheels, so cool.
 
Wait I have an idea, I'll have several brownies then go out and do the detailing on the bus...it's gonna be AWESOME! Get your bags packed kids...Philly you can MapQuest Mexico...
 
We can paint it any way we like. As for a name, maybe we'll have to have a contest. I'm fresh outta ideas.

Of course I know what's in Brow Knees. Geez. Your generation invented them?

The wheels on the bus go round and round....
 
Ok. Let's roll. Fur, you get baked and do the detailing. I'll bring snacks, and excellent fake ID. Lol. Georgia, please bring some munchies. Could we call our new home The "Bitchmobile," or would Philly feel left out?
 
Phil would definitely feel left out and would feel used. How about we paint it green and name it Jeremiah? Jeremiah was a bullfrog...
 
How about the Depression Era Folks 1929 to 1939. I was a so called Depression Baby.


Or, according to another post, I am a part of the Silent Generation having been born in 1934.
 
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fureverywhere said:
Actually Philly might find Bitchmobile rather amusing...
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Hey, every time I drove with my wife I was driving a Bitchmobile - I'm used to it.

I'm just getting a contact high here ... I keep trying to get MapQuest but end up looking at green frog porn sites ... and I know I've seen that road sign before ... several times ... and OMG we're doing 15MPH!!!
 

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