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| A Generation |
| Author: | Lynn |
| Date: | Monday, 8th Oct 2001 16:04 |
| Views: | 2,128 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | People and Places | | URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b13265 |
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All right, here is another potential can of worms! I have children whose ages spread from 17 to 33 (the biggest gap is 12 years). They all SEEM to be of the same generation - except when I suggest that the younger ones shouldn't do something and that their older siblings didn't do it at that age! (In these situations I get the time-worn reply: "Yes, well times have changed since THEN!")
So, the question is: what exactly is 'a generation' in terms of years?
Lynn ;-) |
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 | A Generation | | All right, here is another potential can of worms! I have children whose ages spread from 17 to 33 ... |
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Lynn |
08/10/01 16:04 |
13265 |
 | Re: A Generation | | To simplify matters, take an analogy I have encountered during my DJing career.
The real life explination as to when a ... |
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Geraint Derrick BSc (Hons) DPS |
13/10/01 22:03 |
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| | Re: A Generation | | I REALLY like this answer! Based on this, I'm the SAME generation as my children! Thanks - you ... |
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Lynn |
14/10/01 11:28 |
13370 |
| | Re: A Generation | | Forgive my serious reply -- I like the others better!
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (©1996) offers as one definition:
"A single step ... |
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J.B. |
11/10/01 16:33 |
13327 |
| | Re: A Generation | | The length of a generation is probably a multiple of the length of a piece of string..:)))
It's 'horses for courses' ... |
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Patrick Wallace |
09/10/01 12:07 |
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| | Re: A Generation | | Great reply, Patrick! It confirms a lot of what I think! I have usually used 16 years as ... |
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Lynn |
09/10/01 13:12 |
13281 |
| | Re: A Generation | | I've always assumed a generation was 25 years. I think that this was based on the reporductive life span ie. ... |
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Arthur Weiss |
11/10/01 00:31 |
13317 |
| | Re: A Generation | | I wouldn't be surprised if you eventually find that at this stage they are quite happy to differentiate themselves from ... |
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Patrick Wallace |
10/10/01 10:29 |
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