POST BOOMERS/PRE X - finally, a thread just for us - Thread 6

[WIMom]

Last night, there was an anti baby boom thread that started with a rant, and before some disruptor trashed it, some of us who were born at the tail end of the baby boom - from 1956 to 1964 - were having some nice recollections. The things that we seem to have in common are the following:

1. We were too young to serve in Vietnam, but remember the news.

2. As far as we're concerned, the music, television and popular entertainment and heroes of the 60s were and still are a matter for personal taste, and don't represent the shining apex of all civilization, icons to be revered by generations to come - in short, the Beatles were just a band that some might not like, and old Trek was cheesy and not well written.

3. Old boomers came into adulthood at the ideal economic circumstance - we've had to work for ours.

4. Our clothes and music tended to be lighthearted, and we are more conservative/libertarian as a whole than the older boomers.

So post your memories of tunes, movies, shows, fashions, school stuff, etc.

And enjoy yourselves!

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Thanks to one_particular_harbour for the fantastic idea!

[WIMom]

THE BRADY BOOMERS!

[TheLionessRN]

Looks like I am a few days late for this thread but it has made me smile so often as I have read it. I had a barbie that had gripping hands. Thought it was soooo cool. Remember the Airplane and the cruise ship that barbie had? I used to make houses for barbie with albumn covers and turn a kleenex box over and use it for a bed. Imagination was at a premium when we were kids. Don't think kids nowadays understand that anymore.