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[quote=Anonymous]1960, actually almost 1961 as I was born Dec 31, 1960.
I never felt like a boomer.  Boomers were late teens or older during the 1960's.

-The moon walk was a big deal.
-Don't remember JFK or RFK assassination. I remember MLK assassination due to the extreme riots in DC. Dad was taking a CPA class in DC proper and he managed to make it home through the riots and through fires and gunshots to our home in Bowie.
-Polyester clothing was big in the 1970's.
-Electronic calculators were very expensive and rare in the late 1970's. In high school we had to do all calculations with slide rules and the last year of chemistry in 12th grade we could finally use an electronic calculator.
-Our computer programming class in college was Basic and Pascal with bits and bytes on cards.
-College assignments were done on typewriters. 
-Long distance phone calls were very expensive.
-We were free range kids during the 1970's and road
our bikes everywhere.

Graduating from college in 1982 dumped me into the midst of a recession.  Most of my college graduates from the University of Delaware got jobs at the Chrysler assembly plant in Newark or trained to be dealers at newly opened Atlantic City. These jobs paid top dollar.  I ended up with a minimum wage job with my newly minted college degree.
My sister graduated 5 years later from U of Penn Wharton School. She also had to take a minimum wage job.

We were not boomers. I've never understood all of the ate on boomers.  Boomers really led the change in women's rights.[/quote]

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