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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:06 PM Original message |
Generation X: what was your childhood like? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. You should probably define your terms a little more precisely |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. don't forget Generation Jones. |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I consider you Generation X |
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StrongbadTehAwesome (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. wasn't aware that one had a name |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Same here, exactly. Born in 62, never felt like a Boomer, feel more like an Xer |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. X'ers |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. We belong to the Blank Generation... |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Same here, born in 1960. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Baby Buster n/t |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good idea (1962-1975) |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Perhaps as part of the cynicism, I once used the "how many Kennedys" rule... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. The date's I've read are 1961-1981 |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 04:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
108. I'm 1976.... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. very, very poor |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Wow, that is very brief |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
57. i Loved the smurfs |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Way better, but... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. ok... |
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wildflowergardener (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Good childhood |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Born 1972 |
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CharmCity (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Rust Belt Gen Xer |
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Babette (810 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. I grew up in military housing.... |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Re: the Tubman play - *W.O.W*.... |
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Babette (810 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I don't remember Freddie Prinze... |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
53. I cried so much when John Lennon died |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ok. Here goes. |
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vogonity (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. A few random references |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. OMFG, the RIF van LOL |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. I was born in 1969 |
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bluedogyellowdog (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. The definitions vary |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. Is it okay for a parent of a gen Xer to reply? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. since i am 61 boomer and hubby 65 gen X |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Is 61-65 boomer? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. you just said above 62-75 is gen x. i dont know what |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. OH LORD I AM STUPID - YOU MEANT YEARS |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. i was soooooo confused. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. dont you hate when they throw you into lounge. but..... in having one |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yeah, I get tossed in the lounge a lot |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
73. The Silent generation are the people who were born between 1926 and 1942 |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
96. My 'rents are Silent Generation - 41 and 42 |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. Hey Heather, what do GenXers have in common--besides the years of birth? |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Uh oh... you may be opening a rant! :) |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. OMG your list NAILS it |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Well, there is also... |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
76. #32 is so true! |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. What IS our monkey obsession???!!!! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #81 |
89. A desire to get in touch with |
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Bonescrat (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #76 |
87. Maybe 3 weeks ago I was at work... |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. LOL... and I ask again... |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
103. Nos. 12 and 37 really speak to me ... |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
104. Alot from both of your lists fits me to a "T" |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. These are quite large generalizations |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. A lot are from American Demographics mag |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I am always suspicious of studies until I know who did them and how |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There was even more in Am Dem |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:25 PM Original message |
I wonder what the traits of "people who tend to answer questionnaires" look like? :) |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. Thanks, Nikki! (hug enclosed) |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Now don't forget the little people when you hit that talk show circuit |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. .... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. Poor, working class New York |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm on the tail end of Gen X. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. I could write a book on my childhood alone |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. A carefree childhood with dark undertones |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. "Last generation to have a simple childhood" - YES |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
99. Oh, yes. |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
55. I think we are about the same age.. |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #55 |
86. I was born Oct 1968 |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. Damn. I'm Gen Y |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. There's going to be a poll for you guys too |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. happy until about age thirteen |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
52. Traumatic and abusive. So were my teenage years, and my young |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Thanks for tarring a whole generation with one brush! |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Totally, I agree |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #61 |
101. my parents were boomers but they don't know it. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:57 AM Response to Reply #101 |
106. ? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
97. That's why "X" = "Screwn" |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:54 AM Response to Reply #52 |
105. nice generalization there, asshole |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
54. Let's see... |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. You must be almost EXACTLY my age |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Having read your profile... |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. 1979 actually |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Thanks SJ |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Not a problem... |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. are we called the MTV generation? |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I think you are called MTV Generation... |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
56. Heather.. |
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carlydenise (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
58. 1964 here |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
60. I had a great childhood |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
62. ha, my father was a teacher and able to support |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
68. Star Wars. |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. Sure does! |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
69. What generation would I be? |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. How about the way more mature than the rest of us generation? |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Sounds cool...haha |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. It's kinda neat... you guys are supposed to have super powers |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Whoa...super powers! amazing! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
71. A weird mix of good and bad |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
74. Brief memories of childhood |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
75. Born 1966... |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. Sharon Tate OMG |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:28 AM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Ha ha...Freshen Up gum! |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Bock! Bock! |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:37 AM Response to Reply #75 |
92. Argh. |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
93. Born in 1962 ... |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. Thank you, 1962, and also because... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
94. born in 1970 |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
100. 1970 |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
102. 1974 |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
107. The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? |
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MysticalChicken (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
109. I think I'm too young... |
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