My goodness,Alex.Could it be that you're a puritan? :o

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by Kiff '61

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

My old school was also much smarter on tests (which some certain posters here would say doesn't matter, but it does to me and I don't care what you think anymore).

Which tests are you speaking of? SAT's, ACT's or just your garden variety final examinations?

Why should group performance matter so much? Why not just concern yourself with your own performance?

(I do happen to care what you think, btw)

I was referring to their performance on the mandatory (not voluntary) state tests. My old town was in the top ten in the state on the Minnesota Graduation Tests. My school now is much lower than many area schools on the WI state tests. The people in my old school also actually tried (and succeded) in getting good grades, while here only a few people get that and the rest are so air headed that they are completely dependent on other people to help them pass the class.

When I was in High School Physics there were these kids who sat near me and, for some reason, decided it was easier to copy calcs and answers from my test papers than to actually pay attention in class and study the book after school (like I did-- it wasn't easy stuff).

So what did I do?

I started putting fake calcs and answers on my test papers, keeping the real ones on my scratch sheet until the last six minutes of the test, then switching them just before the teacher called time-up.

Needless to say they were forced to study. But to this day I am still amazed that no one ever figured out what I had done.

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by Kiff '61

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

My old school was also much smarter on tests (which some certain posters here would say doesn't matter, but it does to me and I don't care what you think anymore).

Which tests are you speaking of? SAT's, ACT's or just your garden variety final examinations?

Why should group performance matter so much? Why not just concern yourself with your own performance?

(I do happen to care what you think, btw)

I was referring to their performance on the mandatory (not voluntary) state tests. My old town was in the top ten in the state on the Minnesota Graduation Tests. My school now is much lower than many area schools on the WI state tests. The people in my old school also actually tried (and succeded) in getting good grades, while here only a few people get that and the rest are so air headed that they are completely dependent on other people to help them pass the class.

When I was in High School Physics there were these kids who sat near me and, for some reason, decided it was easier to copy calcs and answers from my test papers than to actually pay attention in class and study the book after school (like I did-- it wasn't easy stuff).

So what did I do?

I started putting fake calcs and answers on my test papers, keeping the real ones on my scratch sheet until the last six minutes of the test, then switching them just before the teacher called time-up.

Needless to say they were forced to study. But to this day I am still amazed that no one ever figured out what I had done.

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by Kiff '61

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

My old school was also much smarter on tests (which some certain posters here would say doesn't matter, but it does to me and I don't care what you think anymore).

Which tests are you speaking of? SAT's, ACT's or just your garden variety final examinations?

Why should group performance matter so much? Why not just concern yourself with your own performance?

(I do happen to care what you think, btw)

I was referring to their performance on the mandatory (not voluntary) state tests. My old town was in the top ten in the state on the Minnesota Graduation Tests. My school now is much lower than many area schools on the WI state tests. The people in my old school also actually tried (and succeded) in getting good grades, while here only a few people get that and the rest are so air headed that they are completely dependent on other people to help them pass the class.

When I was in High School Physics there were these kids who sat near me and, for some reason, decided it was easier to copy calcs and answers from my test papers than to actually pay attention in class and study the book after school (like I did-- it wasn't easy stuff).

So what did I do?

I started putting fake calcs and answers on my test papers, keeping the real ones on my scratch sheet until the last six minutes of the test, then switching them just before the teacher called time-up.

Needless to say they were forced to study. But to this day I am still amazed that no one ever figured out what I had done.

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by Kiff '61

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

My old school was also much smarter on tests (which some certain posters here would say doesn't matter, but it does to me and I don't care what you think anymore).

Which tests are you speaking of? SAT's, ACT's or just your garden variety final examinations?

Why should group performance matter so much? Why not just concern yourself with your own performance?

(I do happen to care what you think, btw)

I was referring to their performance on the mandatory (not voluntary) state tests. My old town was in the top ten in the state on the Minnesota Graduation Tests. My school now is much lower than many area schools on the WI state tests. The people in my old school also actually tried (and succeded) in getting good grades, while here only a few people get that and the rest are so air headed that they are completely dependent on other people to help them pass the class.

When I was in High School Physics there were these kids who sat near me and, for some reason, decided it was easier to copy calcs and answers from my test papers than to actually pay attention in class and study the book after school (like I did-- it wasn't easy stuff).

So what did I do?

I started putting fake calcs and answers on my test papers, keeping the real ones on my scratch sheet until the last six minutes of the test, then switching them just before the teacher called time-up.

Needless to say they were forced to study. But to this day I am still amazed that no one ever figured out what I had done.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who wasn't there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who wasn't there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who wasn't there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who wasn't there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who was there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.
I am not in the Collumbine generation.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who was there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.
I am not in the Collumbine generation.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who was there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.
I am not in the Collumbine generation.

Originally Posted by Libertine65

Mellow Yellow---

And yet this particular room is about "Generational Boundaries".Someone in High School in 97-98 would have been 16 or 17.....That would make them 22 or 23 today.That would certainly not be Gen-X proper.I've put the younger wave at 1978.And even if time does see fit to put that group "where they belong",that stereotype does not define Gen-X.And anyway,a pothead/wino stereotype has NOTHING to do with any Gen-X archetype.A generational identity is defined by the oldest to mid wave of a demographic,something Leados has no problem claiming for her/him self when wanting to "change society" as a group.Do potheads & alkys exist in my tribe? You bet.They exist in every tribe.The 80's is the decade that defines Gen-X.Decadent though it may have been,it was was one of the most "clean-cut" eras around.I saw more Gen-Xers turn "smoke" down than partake.....Remember,I keep emphasizing that there was a youth-Cult going on at the time.There was no real movement to "change society" at the time,except to maybe bring about more *individualism*;Teetotaling(sp?) was not the rage.

This is true. The 1980s are OUR decade. Everything in my schema of the world can be traced back to something I saw, read, or did in the 1980s.
For your information, I was in high school in 1997 -1998, and I was 18 as were many of my peers.
I understand your concept of youth cult, although I believe that it ended in April 1994 when Kurt Cobain blew his brains out.
After that pop culture drifted through such horrible things as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Macarena until 1997 dawned with Spice Girls and the birth of marketing to a new generation, be them Blink 182 fans or whatever. The "generation too young to see an original star wars flick in the theaters" hence the generation born prior to 1980, who was there in 83 to welcome the Jedi.
Hence me.
I am not in the Collumbine generation.

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by mmailliw 8419

And I suppose the class of 2001 is off your radar?

Well... at least you're not the worst anti-drug person on the forum :-)

Yeah, the C2001 graduated before I moved here. Who is the most anti-drug person n the forum?

Tristan "ban all caffeine, even chocolate" Jones '83 from Australia

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by mmailliw 8419

And I suppose the class of 2001 is off your radar?

Well... at least you're not the worst anti-drug person on the forum :-)

Yeah, the C2001 graduated before I moved here. Who is the most anti-drug person n the forum?

Tristan "ban all caffeine, even chocolate" Jones '83 from Australia

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by mmailliw 8419

And I suppose the class of 2001 is off your radar?

Well... at least you're not the worst anti-drug person on the forum :-)

Yeah, the C2001 graduated before I moved here. Who is the most anti-drug person n the forum?

Tristan "ban all caffeine, even chocolate" Jones '83 from Australia

Originally Posted by AlexMnWi

Originally Posted by mmailliw 8419

And I suppose the class of 2001 is off your radar?

Well... at least you're not the worst anti-drug person on the forum :-)

Yeah, the C2001 graduated before I moved here. Who is the most anti-drug person n the forum?

Tristan "ban all caffeine, even chocolate" Jones '83 from Australia

Originally Posted by Libertine65

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

99; I think they did 4/20 to match either Hitler's birthday or the marijuana stuff

but with the 'decade proper'? Even though the eighties wasn't *really* my decade, it was more so than this decade (which sucks so badly it hasn't even earned a NAME yet :-))

those of us around my age consider ourselves "children of the eighties" (or at least late eighties/early nineties) and "teens of the nineties" and pass this sorry excuse for a decade onto our younger brothers and cousins

Incidentally... have you seen the "Class of 1981" video arcade machine celebrating the 20th birthday of Ms. Pacman and Galaga? I can't wait until 2008 so I can see the "Class of 1988" machines featuring tetris...

Originally Posted by Libertine65

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

99; I think they did 4/20 to match either Hitler's birthday or the marijuana stuff

but with the 'decade proper'? Even though the eighties wasn't *really* my decade, it was more so than this decade (which sucks so badly it hasn't even earned a NAME yet :-))

those of us around my age consider ourselves "children of the eighties" (or at least late eighties/early nineties) and "teens of the nineties" and pass this sorry excuse for a decade onto our younger brothers and cousins

Incidentally... have you seen the "Class of 1981" video arcade machine celebrating the 20th birthday of Ms. Pacman and Galaga? I can't wait until 2008 so I can see the "Class of 1988" machines featuring tetris...

Originally Posted by Libertine65

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

99; I think they did 4/20 to match either Hitler's birthday or the marijuana stuff

but with the 'decade proper'? Even though the eighties wasn't *really* my decade, it was more so than this decade (which sucks so badly it hasn't even earned a NAME yet :-))

those of us around my age consider ourselves "children of the eighties" (or at least late eighties/early nineties) and "teens of the nineties" and pass this sorry excuse for a decade onto our younger brothers and cousins

Incidentally... have you seen the "Class of 1981" video arcade machine celebrating the 20th birthday of Ms. Pacman and Galaga? I can't wait until 2008 so I can see the "Class of 1988" machines featuring tetris...

Originally Posted by Libertine65

mmailliw---

I would think that this decade that we are now entering would be the "millie" decade proper;The 00's is the coming-of-age-decade for the *millenial* generation.....When did Columbine happen? 98? 99? I forgot.I really think it starts there for them.Sadly,that was the shift from youth-Cult to ...paranoia in the culture at large.No more *Sixteen Candles*/*Breakfast Clubs* to attend/No more *Heathers* with their arching,elitist eyebrows,painted on of course. 8)............I'm drifting.I feel so melancholy these days.Each year of this decade is a 20 year anniversary/return to OUR decade proper.Notice all the "80's are back" talk? Same thing happened in the 80's for boomers with their decade proper,the 60's.Usually a decade does not kick into gear until the third or fourth year of a new decade.Let us see.I sure hope alcohol is not banned,despite Alex's best wishes........."Our house,in the middle of our street our house".

99; I think they did 4/20 to match either Hitler's birthday or the marijuana stuff

but with the 'decade proper'? Even though the eighties wasn't *really* my decade, it was more so than this decade (which sucks so badly it hasn't even earned a NAME yet :-))

those of us around my age consider ourselves "children of the eighties" (or at least late eighties/early nineties) and "teens of the nineties" and pass this sorry excuse for a decade onto our younger brothers and cousins

Incidentally... have you seen the "Class of 1981" video arcade machine celebrating the 20th birthday of Ms. Pacman and Galaga? I can't wait until 2008 so I can see the "Class of 1988" machines featuring tetris...