The FORD Lounge

[salans7]

For my own edification, I had to look up Gen Y and Gen Z. Here's what I found here:

Baby Boomers: Baby boomers were born between 1944 and 1964. They're current between 55-75 years old (76 million in U.S.)

Gen X: Gen X was born between 1965 - 1979 and are currently between 40-54 years old (82 million people in U.S.)

Gen Y: Gen Y, or Millennials, were born between 1980 and 1994. They are currently between 25-39 years old.

Gen Y.1 = 25-29 years old (31 million people in U.S.)

Gen Y.2 = 29-39 (42 million people in U.S.)

Gen Z: Gen Z is the newest generation to be named and were born between 1995 and 2015. They are currently between 4-24 years old (nearly 74 million in U.S.)

My daughter, SiL, wife, and I just had a conversation about these groups. Our daughter and SiL were both born in 1980. But his parents are 10 years younger than Janey and I. Apparently some studies have shown that our daughter is more likely to be a Gen X than a Gen Y, but our SiL is firmly a Gen Y.

Now, to Shaun's question. I think not telling you they aren't going to make it is a serious lack of understanding of common courtesies. And somewhere our collective training of children has failed to impress courtesy upon them.

Personally, I view electronic communication, such as this, email, and text as interpersonal communication. And when you provide information to people there is a response required - at least a "thank you". But it isn't unusual at all for such exchanges to lack that final response. I don't understand. You wouldn't do that face-to-face, so why would you fail to do so electronically?

It's really a sign of where society is headed and in my opinion, it's not in a good direction.

[Gary Lewis]

It's really a sign of where society is headed and in my opinion, it's not in a good direction.

Amen, brother!

[Dorsai]

For my own edification, I had to look up Gen Y and Gen Z. Here's what I found here:

Baby Boomers: Baby boomers were born between 1944 and 1964. They're current between 55-75 years old (76 million in U.S.)

Boomers are universally understood to have been born starting in 1946, not 1944...not sure how that page came up with 1944, they even mention that the Boomers are the post-WWII generation. The war ended September 2, 1945 which means that if mom & dad celebrated the news by getting busy right then and there, the baby would be born no earlier than June of 1946.

Just for fun I recently worked out which generations I still have living family in:

• G.I./Greatest Generation - Grandmother #1
• Silent Generation - Grandmother #2, father, aunts & uncles
• Boomers - mother
• Gen X - me, my brother, cousins, etc.
• !% Millennials - my nephews
• Gen Z - my son
• Gen ?? - my nephew's sons

[Rembrant]

It's really a sign of where society is headed and in my opinion, it's not in a good direction.

Amen, brother!

Gentlemen,

Always remember that when traveling, there is more to pack than clean undies and your toothbrush...

Hotel reading for this evening. I shall sit back with my notepad and pen and work on my want/need list;).

And, while you're here...do you see anything wrong with either of these covers???...lol.

[Dorsai]

And, while you're here...do you see anything wrong with either of these covers???...lol.

The grille on that bullnose is hideous, that's for certain.

 

[Rembrant]

The grille on that bullnose is hideous, that's for certain.

Yeah, I'm with you on that.

I was just curious of the dentside Bronco on the front of Carpenter catalog looked as out of place to anybody else as it does to me?...It is after all, a 1980-1996 parts catalog.

I assume that is a 1979 Bronco...didn't they have round lights in 1978? Any dentside experts on here?

 

[Gary Lewis]

The grille on that bullnose is hideous, that's for certain.

Yeah, I'm with you on that.

I was just curious of the dentside Bronco on the front of Carpenter catalog looked as out of place to anybody else as it does to me?...It is after all, a 1980-1996 parts catalog.

I assume that is a 1979 Bronco...didn't they have round lights in 1978? Any dentside experts on here?

Not an expert by any stretch, but most 78's had round headlights. The exceptions were high-end trucks.

[Dorsai]

I was just curious of the dentside Bronco on the front of Carpenter catalog looked as out of place to anybody else as it does to me?...It is after all, a 1980-1996 parts catalog.

I assume that is a 1979 Bronco...didn't they have round lights in 1978? Any dentside experts on here?

I noticed that...but I suspect that bottom section of the cover ("Higher Quality, Lower Prices") is an overlay that was applied to all their covers. It's going to be *really* out of place on whichever catalog has the 1948 trucks in it...

 

[Ray Cecil]

For my own edification, I had to look up Gen Y and Gen Z. Here's what I found here:

Baby Boomers: Baby boomers were born between 1944 and 1964. They're current between 55-75 years old (76 million in U.S.)

Boomers are universally understood to have been born starting in 1946, not 1944...not sure how that page came up with 1944, they even mention that the Boomers are the post-WWII generation. The war ended September 2, 1945 which means that if mom & dad celebrated the news by getting busy right then and there, the baby would be born no earlier than June of 1946.

Just for fun I recently worked out which generations I still have living family in:

• G.I./Greatest Generation - Grandmother #1
• Silent Generation - Grandmother #2, father, aunts & uncles
• Boomers - mother
• Gen X - me, my brother, cousins, etc.
• !% Millennials - my nephews
• Gen Z - my son
• Gen ?? - my nephew's sons

Im not a fan of this Generation labeling garbage, as if all people born in a certain time frame are the same. Give me a break. I was born in 86. Im nothing like a stereotypical "millenial" skinny jean wearing, black frame glasses wearing, snowflake lumbersexual. I dont care what people think of me, the narcissistic peers of my "generation" DO care what people think, and worry too much about their projection of personality. Do what you like, say what you think, tell me what you know, dont tell me how you "feel" because nobody cares.

[Dorsai]

Im not a fan of this Generation labeling garbage, as if all people born in a certain time frame are the same. Give me a break. I was born in 86. Im nothing like a stereotypical "millenial" skinny jean wearing, black frame glasses wearing, snowflake lumbersexual. I dont care what people think of me, the narcissistic peers of my "generation" DO care what people think, and worry too much about their projection of personality.

Do what you like, say what you think, tell me what you know, dont tell me how you "feel" because nobody cares.

I feel your pain - for a long time we Gen Xers were considered the 'slacker' generation, which wasn't any more fair of a generalization than what you're putting up with.

But in one respect I do have it easier; Gen X was a relatively small generation. And sandwiched in between the train wrecks that came before and after us, we've been largely forgotten.