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02-16-2011, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
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Scored 33, but I'm definitely a boomer in terms of actual age.
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02-16-2011, 04:30 PM
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#22
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,681
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I got a 57 but I'm a Baby Boomer from 1955.
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Married, both 69. DH retired June, 2010. I have a pleasant little part time job.
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02-16-2011, 04:40 PM
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#23
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 17,774
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17 (I knew that daily newspaper would come back to age me one day).
50 text messages in the last 24 hours? Tattoos? Piercings other than earlobe? I have to get busy.
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02-16-2011, 04:43 PM
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#24
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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I scored 89 and am 53.
"Confident. Connected. Open to change."
Take that, you young whippersnappers!
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02-16-2011, 04:57 PM
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#25
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
Posts: 805
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I'm 38 and a GenX'er but I scored a 56! So, I am apparently "hipper" than I thought! 
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I can only be nice to one person today! Today is not your day...tomorrow doesn't look good either.
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02-16-2011, 05:04 PM
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#26
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 9,343
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Born the last year of the baby boomers (1964), but based on my score of 8, I should be in a wheel chair already.
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02-16-2011, 05:06 PM
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#27
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 5,214
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I scored 73 and am 52. On the cusp of Millenial.
I didn't text in the last 24 hours or play any video games. I do have a landline at home. No piercing or tatoos. I do have a profile on linkedin...
Maybe it IS the daily newspaper that hugely sways your status...
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02-16-2011, 05:08 PM
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#28
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,698
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Holy Crap! What kind of quiz is this LOL!?!?!?! I scored a THREE and I was born in 1963! And although I am technically a Baby Boomer, I consider myself more of a Gen-Xer because my father, born in 1931, was too young to have served in WWII. [The definition I heard years ago of a "Post-War" Baby Boomer is someone born shortly after WWII whose parents, or at least father, served or was old enough to serve in WWII.]
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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02-16-2011, 05:17 PM
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#29
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 9,343
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by scrabbler1
Holy Crap! What kind of quiz is this LOL!?!?!?! I scored a THREE and I was born in 1963! And although I am technically a Baby Boomer, I consider myself more of a Gen-Xer because my father, born in 1931, was too young to have served in WWII. [The definition I heard years ago of a "Post-War" Baby Boomer is someone born shortly after WWII whose parents, or at least father, served or was old enough to serve in WWII.]
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+1! I dont think people born in the 60's are true baby boomers. But based on my score I dont know what I'm talking about anyways.
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02-16-2011, 05:36 PM
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#30
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,603
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Scored a 9 and I'm 55. Baby Boomer creeping into the "silent" age
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02-16-2011, 05:45 PM
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#31
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 9,343
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tmm99
I scored 73 and am 52. On the cusp of Millenial.
I didn't text in the last 24 hours or play any video games. I do have a landline at home. No piercing or tatoos. I do have a profile on linkedin...
Maybe it IS the daily newspaper that hugely sways your status...
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I bet your right on the newspaper. As a general rule do you ever see anyone under 30 reading a newspaper? I'm afraid they will quit delivering it someday soon, and I really enjoy reading it with coffee.
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02-16-2011, 05:47 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mulligan
I bet your right on the newspaper. As a general rule do you ever see anyone under 30 reading a newspaper? I'm afraid they will quit delivering it someday soon, and I really enjoy reading it with coffee.
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I only read the obits to see how old the people are that died - I'm trying to get an idea how much time I have left.
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02-16-2011, 06:17 PM
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#33
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,440
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Scored 62 and I'm a late boomer (1961). Think the tatoo and multiple piercings upped my score. 
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02-16-2011, 06:48 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Score: 27
Age: 60
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02-16-2011, 07:20 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,250
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59 - but technically am a Gen-X...maybe if I had done this on a Sunday after reading the paper I'd be on the Gen-X scale! Like Calgary Girl, maybe I'm hip? Woohoo!
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02-16-2011, 07:29 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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I 'm an early Baby Boomer and I scored 65 .
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02-16-2011, 10:37 PM
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#37
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 270
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I am an early Baby Boomer and got a 47 on the test. The question about reading a newspaper was iffy for me...actually I read the freebie paper yesterday that comes in the mail along with the grocery ads...does that count? Otherwise, I don't read the newspaper...get my news on TV and internet. Also, the question about the importance of a high paying job...when I was working, you bet; retired, no importance.
I took the test again and changed the answers for just those two questions: 1) from no importance to very important (but not the most important) on the job question, 2) changed the yes to reading a newspaper to a no. Those two changes resulted in a score change from 47 to 78. Personally, I associate myself more with the silent generation, but with an attitude.
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02-16-2011, 10:51 PM
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#38
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nova
....Also, the question about the importance of a high paying job...when I was working, you bet; retired, no importance.
I took the test again and changed the answers for just those two questions: 1) from no importance to very important (but not the most important) on the job question, 2) changed the yes to reading a newspaper to a no. Those two changes resulted in a score change from 47 to 78. Personally, I associate myself more with the silent generation, but with an attitude.
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I took the test again and changed my answer to the question (#6) about the importance of one's career. I was wavering between the middle two choices - Important but not the most important versus Somewhat important. When I switched from the latter to the former, guess what happened to my score: It went from a THREE to a FOUR! I am nearly ecstatic LOL!
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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02-17-2011, 12:37 AM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 28
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Your Millenial score is 95! Born 1988... pretty close. Average score for my age is around 80.
No tatoos, no piercings, yes to newspapers, 'high' importance on career. Only 1-9 text messages... surprised that the number is so high.
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02-17-2011, 01:01 AM
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#40
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WM
35, almost right on the dot for Gen X, which I am.
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Also 35 but I am a boomer. Have to get rid of that Facebook profile.
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