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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:12 PM Original message |
Question for younger babyboomers. How old were you when you |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. By the time Watergate came along |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yep, right around then - born in '57 |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Me too - born in '56 |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Wow.. me, too. I was born in '59 and watched all the WG hearings nt |
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SW FL Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Yep = born in 58 |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was born in 66... |
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skylarmae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. born in 49 - knew as it was all happening . n/5 |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Born in 50....... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. When Oswald got shot--(I witnessed it live on TV) |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. That was the point for me too |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. I'm sorry for you and your mom..... |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Born in 49 -- I didn't |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. born in 48 |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was born in 1948. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Born in '69 |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Welcome to DU, Dora! We need more like you |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I was born in 1950 and got it pretty much connected by |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Me, too (I was born in '64, though) |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Poppy Bush was in Dallas that day, once said he couldn't remember |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Born in '57 - About the time that MLK and RFK died, but I had help |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well Wallace, Reagan were shot and Ford was shot at. Maybe |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I think that Hinkley and the woman who shot at Ford were insane and not |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Squeaky was part of the Manson Family... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Ever read this about Hinkely and Neil Bush? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
57. The man who shot Wallace, Arthur Bremer, was insane, too |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. What would you think if you knew, as is the case, that |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. born in 51 & i knew it was not as the powers that be wanted us to believe |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. when i was 30. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder if telling a senator |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. I was born in 1951 |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm an old boomer but I think a lot of younger ones were moved by |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. To this day... |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. Born in '63 - Learned it by age 10 |
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proReality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Only the good die young." |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Don't quite buy your argument |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I don't think that anyone close to Martin |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. 42 |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Both MLK and RFK were assassinated after they began |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
60. Wellstone's popularity was just a part of his "problem" |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Try re-read my original post. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. 1917 |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Gee,I didn't know the Czar was in America in the 60's. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I didn't mention Vietnam. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
61. If you'll read this book about JFK, you'll get some answers |
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nine23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. I may be an "old fuck", but my father left me this: |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. ouch |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
62. So true, and so well said |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. All I knew was that I wanted to move to Australia, or |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. this may be embarrassing but - |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. Around the age of 13... |
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lgardengate (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
39. Younger Boomer here.was in my teens before i even knew... |
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lgardengate (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. P.S. born in 1958. no memory of JFK |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. Born in 1951 |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. also born in 56 watched watergate with my dad n/t |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. I was in elementary school when these events happened |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. probably the 1970s, when i was in high school |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. 1972 |
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Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. I Was Born... |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. I was 8 years old in 1968. I remember watching the reports |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Born in 1964 |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-04 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
55. Born in 1948. For me? When Oswald was murdered in the police basement. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. You are so right |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
56. born in '55 into a fundy repig family.... |
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Technowitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. Born in '63, February |
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Trailrider1951 (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. Born November 28, 1951 |
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devinsgram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
66. Born in '46 |
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itcfish1 (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
67. In my 30's |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
68. probably @1976..my first year of college |
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