who do you think grew up in the best generation

[Landy Smurf]

im sorry i dont know what was before baby boomers

[bblaze]

I am 48 and feel we may have had it the best in modern times, always seemed to be plenty of work if you wanted it, never had to do the back braking work of my parents, seen a lot of technoligy that has made life easier. The sad thing is that it is also my generation that is suffering health problems because of all the chemicals and processing of food. I feel I would have been happier if born earlier with less technology, yeh, dont know its a tough call.
cheers
blaze

[JDNSW]

I think it is almost impossible to answer that question.

1900-1930 Grew up in a marvellous rapidly changing world - radio, aeroplanes, motor cars, gramophones etc. But grew up in a world where many infections we don't even think of today were a death sentence. Where infant mortality figures were what we would now call third world. Many fathers died in the Great War.

1930 - baby boomer Grew up in a world that continued to change rapidly - antibiotics and other rapidly improving health care. Radio broadcasting became everyday and cars became affordable. But overshadowed by depression and a war that affected more civilians than ever before.

Baby Boomers Grew up in a world that continued rapid change - computers, television, booming economy. But overshadowed by wars (Korea, Malaya) and the fear of nuclear war.

Generation X Grew up in a world that was rapidly shrinking, with jet air travel becoming affordable, satellite television relay, a television and phone in almost every home. But still the threat of nuclear war, the Vietnam war, ever more intrusive red tape and government interference in everyday life, predictions of catastrophic shortages of fuel etc by 2000.

Generation Y Growing up in an ever smaller world, with marvellous new communications - internet, mobile phones, etc. But while the threat of nuclear war has receded, in its place we have terrorism and global warming, and the increasing threat of overpopulation. And there are wars all over the place.


I think that most people will believe that they grew up in the best possible world, looking back through rose coloured glasses, but there are so many factors that I don't think an answer is possible - so I am not going to vote.

John

[Sleepy]

Great answer John,
I feel much the same way. I always wish I was born 10 years earlier, that way I could have experienced the 60's/70's in my teens/20's; free love;), great music, hippies and all that (and leaf sprung 4wd's:D). Which all sounds great, but the reallity may well have been "Birthday Lotto" and a trip to south east asia on a 707. :eek2:

[Bush65]

Yes, good reply John.

But as far as using and enjoying 4x4's in this land, gen X & Y have little to no idea about what has been lost :mad:

[dobbo]

Yes, good reply John.

But as far as using and enjoying 4x4's in this land, gen X & Y have little to no idea about what has been lost :mad:


Some of us do, we've heard the stories and seen the photo's, thats when we weren't watching MTV, playing console games or getting intoxicated listening to grunge music or techno.


pulled off the net

The newer generations slide into and over lap each other since there are many definitions and terms for the people in those generations.

note: these dates are only approximate.

1901-1913: Interbellum Generation
1914-1929: The G.I. Generation
1930-1941: The Silent Generation
1942 to around 1953: The Baby Boom Generation
1954 to 1965: Generation Jones
1965 - 1980 Generation X
1975 -1986 MTV Generation
1980 to mid 90's Generation Y, or "Millennial"
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.

[richard4u2]

ahhhhh the late 50's and 60's :TakeABow: those times will never come around , ever :( you could catch a feed of fish from the ocean anywhere :BigThumb: camp on the side of the road no matter what journey you were on with out any fear or worries :D

[disco2hse]

Since I was not born at any other time I cannot answer that question. I have only experienced one birth and only know of the time that I was born into and subsequently grew up in.

By the way, I don't there is much difference between these "X" and "Y" monikers. You need to realise they are only marketing terms defined by marketing types to work out how they can differentiate and segment markets. The problem they faced was that for those people born into the late-70's, 80's, and 90's there was no real distinction that marked them out. There were no depressions, no world wars, and no major new movements. They had to come up with something to label market segments and so they defined them according to, for example, buying patterns, emotional responses to stimulae; that kind of thing.

I suppose since the late-80's people have been born into a world of mediocrity and consumerism - no wonder young people go to such extremes to get their kicks (whether it is through drug taking - P, etc. - extreme sports, etc.).

Alan

[D-Fender]

I wish I was born when all the old cars weren't old, like Kingswoods and stuff.

[Sleepy]

I wish I was born when all the old cars weren't old, like Kingswoods and stuff.

You didn't miss much , they weren't any better when they were new! :lol2:

[disco2hse]

You didn't miss much , they weren't any better when they were new! :lol2:

haha just what I was about to say, except there were a lot more of them. Most dissolved in showers of rust :D

Alan

[keith]

haha just what I was about to say, except there were a lot more of them. Most dissolved in showers of rust :D

Alan

Yes I agree, and they were too expensive so you had to drive an austin A30 or hillman minx
Cheers Keith

[disco2hse]

Yes I agree, and they were too expensive so you had to drive an austin A30 or hillman minx
Cheers Keith

Or a Vauxhall Velox or Standard 10 if you had a big family ;)

[Landy Smurf]

i brought this up as i dont see a very bright futrue for the y generation.and even my dad(47 today) is going through it abit tuff and not knowing what is goin to happen with retirement.the way i answered this question is if i could be born in any period what would it be
i chose around the 1930s because you will miss the 2nd world war and the depression(kid) and the world was open for opportunity life was so much simpler (not easier) there wasnt ****ty food everywhere and alot of people did there own jobs(as in building houses repair work and farming) and if you look into retirment they have it pretty good there to.
things i hate about today
fast food
OH&S
rules
gangs
freedom
peoples attitudes
national parks getting locked up

just to name a few

[blitz]

Not gunna vote - all I can say is I'm just bloody happy to be alive.

I think what one generation loses the next gets something better and if you want to relive the older times GO BUY A SERIES I, I will when I have the money spare

[Bush65]

I wish I was born when all the old cars weren't old, like Kingswoods and stuff.
If my memory is correct, I was driving my 1st rangie when Kingswoods came out. :D

[Sleepy]

i brought this up as i dont see a very bright futrue for the y generation.and even my dad(47 today) is going through it abit tuff and not knowing what is goin to happen with retirement.the way i answered this question is if i could be born in any period what would it be
i chose around the 1930s because you will miss the 2nd world war and the depression(kid) and the world was open for opportunity life was so much simpler (not easier) there wasnt ****ty food everywhere and alot of people did there own jobs(as in building houses repair work and farming) and if you look into retirment they have it pretty good there to.
things i hate about today
fast food
OH&S
rules
gangs
freedom
peoples attitudes
national parks getting locked up

just to name a few

Nah, every generation has it's pluses and minusus. I am about the same age as your Dad.

What I faced at your age:


Unemployment :(
Pubs that close at 10pm and ALL day sunday.:o
Racism - still here today though. :mad:
Peoples attitudes - this one is timeless - a lot of people didn't like the Romans 2000 years ago.
National Parks getting created (Alpine Nat Park)
Gangs (Moorabbin Boys :eek2:)
Drugs - Heroin was the BIG drug back then - scary stuff - screwed up a few of my friend
Rules - for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.:angel:


I think we only remember the fun stuff though.


Passiona
Chicko Rolls (Yeah I love fast food)
Long Hair
Sandman Panelvans (I s'pose that's a Kingwood :lol2:)
Pre-aids lovin' (:D;):angel:)
Petrol at 16 cents/litre
Real aussie rock. (Pretentious and Sparkly :lol2:)
Taking a BIG esky to the cricket, sitting in Bay13.
Z80 computers
Topless bathing at Kerford Road.:angel:
When you ordered a pot you got Carlton Draught.:cool: (It's a Melbourne thing!!)




You would never fit in the 30's - they used punctuation:p

[stevo68]

Well at 41..........I'm still growing up :D....so have seen the 60's...well not really...was to young. Done the 70's, 80's, 90's and now the 2000's. There's good and bad in any generation.....though I do feel the information age has bought about it's own negativities that could bite us in the ass. Common courtesies, manners, parenting, schooling etc are not what they used to be and that was not around when I was growing up.....so not so much best generation...moreso changes in culture and attitude is what I find and don't get me started on how PC, nannied and strangled we have become :twisted:

Regards

Stevo

[Jeff]

Sleepy you missed:
Polio, conscription, food rationing, no Sunday trading, low apprentice wages, asbestos and its long term side effects, your dad going off to war then trying to fit back into the family, hairy vaginas.

I was listening to radio today and they were talking to two 16 year old girls and asked what are the things you worry about. They both seemed to think the worlds problems were too much and the world will probably end in a couple of years. This seems very much like people when I was that age (mid 80s) as we had the likelyhood of nuclear war hanging over us.

Jeff

:rocket:

If you want to be scared by technology clicky:
YouTube- Did You Know?

[d2dave]

Nah, every generation has it's pluses and minusus. I am about the same age as your Dad.

What I faced at your age:



Pubs that close at 10pm and ALL day sunday.:o


Gangs (Moorabbin Boys :eek2:)

Pubs closing at 10pm was not such a bad thing. We coped ok and we did not have the violence we have today which I believe is caused a lot by all night bars and clubs.

Hey, I lived in Moorabbin:thumbsup:

Dave.

[Sleepy]

Classic Jeff!:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

[rovercare]

The problem now of course is that i am 60,and still want to be that 18 year old again:angel::D

Nah, you just want to feel that 18 year old again:wasntme:

[Bearman]

Nah, you just want to feel that 18 year old again:wasntme:

Every old mans dream Matt. They say you are only as old as the woman you feel. The problem with getting older is that the body gets old but the mind does not.:p:p:p

[Bearman]

I am a baby boomer (born in 1950) and have got to say that I think we were the luckiest generation (apart from Vietnam). Here's some reasons
1. We survived being born to mothers who smoked and drank (could explain the rum addiction)while they carried us and we lived in houses made of asbestos.
2. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products,loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from cans and didn,t get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer
3.after that trauma our baby cots were painted in brightly coloured LEAD based paint.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,no helmets or shoes when we rode our bikes and we rode in cars without seat belts or air bags.
4. We drank water from the garden hose, rain water tanks full of mozzie larvae and not from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips. No KFC, McDonalds, Subway etc.
5. We shared our soft drinks with our friends and no one actually died from this.
6. We collected old drink bottles and cashed them in at the corner store and bought lollies with the money.
7.We ate cupcakes,white bread,soft drinks with sugar in them and we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. On the weekends we would leave home in the morning and come home before the streetlights came on. No one could reach us all day but we were ok.
8.We didn't have playstation,nintendos X boxes video games ,sky TV,mobile phones,pc's or the internet BUT we had our friends and we were always outside playing with them.
8. Only girls had pierced ears.
9.You could only get easter eggs and hot cross buns at Easter time.
10.We were given air rifles and shangais for out teen birthdays.
11.Our teachers used to hit us with canes and rulers and dusters but we deserved it and held no grudge.
12.The idea our a parent bailing us out when we got into trouble was unheard of as they usually sided with the law.
13.Our parents didn't invent silly name for us like "Kiora,Blade,Ridge or Vanilla"
14.We had failure,freedom success and responsibility and we learned how to deal with it all.
So if like me, you are one of the baby boomers, I say congratulations.

[rovercare]

I am a baby boomer (born in 1950)

Old enough to be my father:p

Well, he was born in 1950 too:D

[Landy Smurf]

Old enough to be my father:p

Well, he was born in 1950 too:D
old enuf to be my grandfather

[Bearman]

Old enough to be my father:p

Well, he was born in 1950 too:D

Was a good year.!!!!!

[rovercare]

old enuf to be my grandfather

Well my eldest sibling, my sister is near 40;)

[rovercare]

Was a good year.!!!!!

Must of been, he can still outwork me to:eek:

[Bearman]

old enuf to be my grandfather

I was in Baghdad when you were still in dads bag.:D:D:D

[Landy Smurf]

I was in Baghdad when you were still in dads bag.:D:D:D
yes that is wat i was after, dont you love instant bites

[richard4u2]

and the drive in movies, parking in the back row in the panel van backwards with a mattrise and the back window up and no one could see in to see what was happening you and half a dozen friends :cool: a few beers , what a night out they were, then there was the midnight movies ;)

[disco2hse]

and the drive in movies, parking in the back row in the panel van backwards with a mattrise and the back window up and no one could see in to see what was happening you and half a dozen friends :cool: a few beers , what a night out they were, then there was the midnight movies ;)

Three day rock concerts, sleeping in the hay bales, waking up to find some sausages and eggs, or something/someone to eat for breakfast. Hitchhiking everywhere.

[slug_burner]

The best generation is the one you grow up in. You don't have a choice.

The grass is always greener and it would be easy to do an analytical piece on the pluses and minuses of all that has gone past, we have to live in the present and make the most of what we have.

I think the free love generation despite the nuclear bomb/cold war would have been good to have grown up in. This was the time when we had most of the infectious diseases issues sorted.

The here and now applies to all generations, the age of asbestos induced mesothelioma, depression and suicide, carbon warming and radical terrorists. I wonder how people will look back on these times in the future

[slug_burner]

I wish I was born when all the old cars weren't old, like Kingswoods and stuff.

You obviously did not get your legs burnt by the vinyl on the seats in summer or live through the non a/c days of hot sweaty travel.

[PhilipA]

You obviously did not get your legs burnt by the vinyl on the seats in summer or live through the non a/c days of hot sweaty travel. 23rd December 2009 09:02 AM

Thatr's what beach towels are for.

I remember driving around in an XA GT hardtop all day one January 72? in Brisbane with some friends because it was the first car I drove with aircon.
working for Ford Australia was great that day.
Regards Philip A

[D-Fender]

You obviously did not get your legs burnt by the vinyl on the seats in summer or live through the non a/c days of hot sweaty travel.

When I was a kid (since I was born to about age 12) my family had an old Humber and Holden Premier. And when I was little I was nearly always wearing shorts, ohh it burned, until the beach towel found it's way onto the seat. :D

Still then with the beach towel, the edge of the seat (the seam I think) still managed to get the back of my legs.

Those days, those black plastic shade thingys on the back window of the Premier were a godsend (even for what little shading they did).

Nothing was worse than having to touch the chrome door handles to open the door on the toasty day. Oh, and putting my arm on the windowsill of the car, that usually got a swearword out of me.

Oh the memories. Good times, good times :D:D

[Jeff]

Cars of that era generally had smaller glass areas and the windows were more upright than todays cars. Even EKs with their wraparound windscreen let in little compared to the glass houses people drive today. I don't remember burning my legs in the HT, but Dad would leave the windows down (it's probably illegal now).

Wanting to be born in a different era is like wanting different parents, or wanting to live in outer space, you can dream but you have to accept what you get eventually, even if it takes a while.

Jeff

:rocket:

[green_disco]

I
6. We collected old drink bottles and cashed them in at the corner store and bought lollies with the money.


We also used to bundle up newspapers and sell them to the butcher.

[Bearman]

We also used to bundle up newspapers and sell them to the butcher.

Yes I missed that one. I remember doing that also. That was in the days where the butcher and the fish and chip shops were allowed to wrap the goodies up in newspaper. Then it became illegal when someone got the idea that you would get lead poisoning from the print.

[olbod]

ahhhhh the late 50's and 60's :TakeABow: those times will never come around , ever :( you could catch a feed of fish from the ocean anywhere :BigThumb: camp on the side of the road no matter what journey you were on with out any fear or worries :D



Add the late 40's and early 50's to that and you are spot on.
At most about 7 million people, no toll's, no permits required.
National service was great. We had 34 Fords and MG TC's, 56
Triumph Thunderbirds and the Easter bike races at Bathurst,
Bill Haley and Johny Ray and the big shows at the Stadium.
Oh and Chief Little Wolf and Willy Fennel.

Today is CRAP, believe me !!!

[rick130]

It's all moot if the Buddhists and Hindus are correct, we are all doomed to samsara, the cycle of birth, death and re-birth, so you get to experience successive generations, you just don't remember it :D

[greg smith]

I am in my 50s' born in the 50s' voted ---Y and why? Lets all start again!!!!!!

[longreach]

[/LIST]Pubs closing at 10pm was not such a bad thing. We coped ok and we did not have the violence we have today which I believe is caused a lot by all night bars and clubs.

Hey, I lived in Moorabbin:thumbsup:

Dave.
:(I remember when the pubs closed at 6.00pm......Ha Ha

[midal]

It may be crap by comparison,but if you are lucky enough to have good friends and someone to love then it is still fabulous.:DDon't let the no-hopers and losers win.;)


Top marks to that man:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:

Cheers
Mick

[olbod]

That's true Cooper.
Friends and loved ones make it good to be alive in any age.
Young people today, if they survive, will look back fondly and recall
these times with pleasure.

I watch the news and see the long traffic delays, the congestion. the dog
eat dog mentality, the violence, the police brutality, the fact that you have to spend months planning and reserching permits and permission as to where I can lay my swag etc: just to take a simple trip across across the country.
It's against the law to stay over night at a roadside truck stop, in your
caravan, if you are within 50 k's of a caravan park. For heavens sake !!!

I ask myself, is this as good as it gets ?

I look forward to every new day and make the most of it and I am content with simple pleasures. Anything else is more trouble that it is worth.
One of those simple pleasures, is this Forum.

Cheers.

[jonesy61]

And no-one mentioned Sunday Sessions????

Me? born in 1961 and enjoyed growing up in country Victoria and Seaside Brisvegas. Just missed out on cheap fuel, first car was an XP 2door before they were in vogue, who needed a 4wd with that much clearance!

Compared to my kids and their playstations and satellite TV...I know...I got it for them...I never spent much time inside a house when I was growing up either bikes and flying...girls didn't even enter the picture to way after I started working...My bikes got motors and went faster and faster...and the crashes and the pain got bigger and bigger...I got a job looking for oil and they paid me so much that the future looked so bright I had to wear shades...the world would never end....hahahbloodyha... I bought a truck and that was the end of all that. no more bikes, no more flying and back to crap cars...I think my Disco is some sort of mid-life crisis...thank gawd!...A Girl a family and not much bucks to spare but...wouldn't swap it for quids....yet my Dad always worries for us because his life was simpler with more promise to get ahead. Hard life for him..left school in grade6 to work in his Dad's timber mill..he was running it at 13 with men working for him heaps older. He just missed out on Korea and too old for Viet-Nam and I was just too young for that by more than a few years. His childhood was in the bush of the pioneers. Gold mines and selections and land ballots. They literally cut a farm from the bush up the Rose River..still there today...although I get a kick every time Dad tells me about this steep grade out of the property that only Thornycroft tank transporters could ever make it out with a descent load of timber..When I see it as an adult I just laugh so hard. My Trucks would not even get into low gear on them, but that's progress.