The Last enrty hit the spot for me in slotting me - born in 1960 - to a group I feel more aligned with. It started me thinking of generational groups as a whole and wondering if those born in that period felt comfortable with the ‘tag’ they have been given.

Anyway here are the generations as per Wikipedia …. 1900 to present day.

Note: The following generations are listed in chronological order, but without specific birth year ranges.

* Interbellum Generation - those born at the dawn of the 20th century and who grew up during the 1920s.

* The Greatest Generation, the generation of veterans that fought and won World War II. They were born between World War I and the mid-1920s. Journalist Tom Brokaw dubbed this the Greatest Generation in a 1998 book of the same name.

* The Silent Generation was the generation who was too young to join the service when World War II started and prior to the end of the war. Many had fathers who served in World War I.

* The Baby Boom Generation was the generation born just after World War II, a time that included a 14-year increase in birthrate worldwide. Baby Boomers in their teenage and college years were characteristically part of the counterculture of the 1960s, but later became more ideologically divided, although the generation remained widely committed to keystone values such as gender equality, racial equality, and environmental stewardship.

* Generation X is the generation connected to the pop culture of the late 1970s to early 1990s they grew up in. Other names used interchangeably with Generation X are Reagan Generation, 13th Generation, and Baby Busters. Most of this generation are children of The Baby Boomers and The Silent Generation. Those born before 1973 spent most of their teen years in the 1980s.[2] The last of those in Generation X were born in 1981 and graduated high school in 1999.

* The MTV Generation are typically conceived as a “cusp” generation between Generation X and Generation Y that possess definable traits of both. While the music video and MTV rose to prominence during this generation’s formative period, it is also notable for being the last generation able to compare hardwired and analog technologies to wireless and digital technologies based upon personal experiences. They are also the last generation with personal memories of the Cold War era.

* The Generation Y, or the Millennials, are said to be dependent on digital technology. The start of this generation is marked by those born in 1982, or graduated high school in 2000. The end is far less clear, and can range anywhere from 1994 to 2003. It is in this generation that mobile phones, PCs and portable entertainment devices became affordable and readily available when the Gen Y-ers were in their teens or early 20s.

* Generation Z are modern children, born from somewhere in the second half of the 1990s to the present. In the early- to mid-2010s, the yet-to-exist generation after this will be born.

I think this comment deserves its own space…………. as I think it more accurately describes what I was driving at in my previous post about Baby Boomer Or A Cusper. So thanks rwty800 for the comment - and here it is;

Interesting blog you’ve got here. Congrats. Like you, I was also born into the generation between the Boomers and Xers, and relate strongly to it. This generation has finally got a name which has caught on in a big way, but it’s not “cuspers”! (Cuspers is a term which is used to describe those in between any two generations. It’s most often used these days to describe those between GenX and GenY. While Saltzman isn’t the first to use the term for those between Boomers and Xers, she is virtually the only expert who uses that term this way. Take a look on Google and you’ll see this is true.)

By contrast, The term “Generation Jones” has developed a big national (and international) following as a moniker for our long lost generation between Boom & X. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term.

Here is an op-ed about GenJones as the new generation of leadership in USA TODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

Here’s a page with a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

And here’s a five minute video featuring dozens of America’s top political commentators discussing the importance of Generation Jones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ta_Du5K0jk

Now should I change my blogs name to Generation Jones Lifestyle!!??

I have been out of action for a while with injuries but feel nostalgic about kayaking and throwing a line out so thought it time for anothe plug for kayak fishing.

For all you guys out there it a great way to get away with the boys and have a few quality hours by yourself. Hey - the better half manages to slip away, right! So if you don’t have a shed - get one and rig up your dream machine. Its catch and release most of the time anyway!

Here are a couple more videos to keep you interested!!

Well maybe this is best avoided!

I have been to Kruger National Park and saw some amazing sites. A Hyena at 3 meters with nothing between it and me was something I will never forget!

This however is one of the most amazing pieces of footage ever ….

I have been posting for a while now and thought it prudent to remind us all of who we are …….. So What’s a Boomer …………….I think bbhq.com puts it so well I am just going to copy there definition. Having said that I am am a now a self proclaimed ‘Cusper.’

Glad you asked. Stated very simply, the demographers, sociologists and the media define baby boomers as those born between (and including) 1946 and 1964. (There is no law or constitutional amendment so stating; and other boundaries have been suggested. But this is the time frame most commonly used.) In 2009, that would make us between 45 and 63 years old. There are about 75 million boomers in the U.S.; we currently represent about 29% of the U.S. population. (In Canada, we are sometimes known as “Boomies”; there are 6 million of us there. In Britain, our generation is known as “the bulge.”)

The term is used (nobody knows who coined the phrase) to define the “boom” in births after WWII. Our Boomer Stats page identifies the number of U.S. births during the 40s, 50s and 60s.

The 1960s is the decade that defined the boomers. The music, events, and the social changes made a permanent impression on us. Those of us born during the “peak” boomer years, ‘52-’57, were in our formative years during the sixties. There were so many changes in the sixties that how old you were during the decade greatly affected how you turned out. 1961 was a whole lot different from 1969!

Those born at the early end of the spectrum were in our early 20s by 1970. The deaths of President Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King; the Vietnam war and related protests; and the Watergate scandal… all made deep impressions on us.

At the other end, those born after 1959 have no direct recollection of the assassination of President Kennedy; most were not yet listening to rock music by the time the Beatles broke up. Buddy Holly, the Shirelles, Peter & Gordon, Leslie Gore, Dion, Nat Cole, Herman’s Hermits, the Mamas & Papas, Frankie Avalon, the Platters, the Drifters, the Everly Brothers, the Four Tops, and other great music artists of the 50s and 60s are not part of the foundation of their music tastes. They were more likely to use illegal drugs…. often to a great and disturbing excess. And they were never subjected to the military draft. So any attempt to lump us all together probably won’t work. We can tell, by the e-mail we receive here at BBHQ, that there is much that ties us together, but also much that separates us.

Our e-mail indicates that many of us are committed to marriage and are still happily married to our high school sweethearts. And many of us have been married and divorced… more than once. We are the generation that pushed the divorce rate up to 50%… and made it seem “normal” and thus acceptable.

Many of us went to work for a company, worked our way up the ladder, and are now enjoying the fruits of our labors. We will retire in a few years, and live a life of leisure, or embark on a second career. But many of us are entrepreneurs, and have never worked for a big company. Many of us plan never to retire.

For more - including a picture of the first recognised baby Boomer please visit bbhq.com