Thanks Spaw -- I was just checking that thread out. The "generations" could splinter indefinitely, of course. Alex (who started that thread) is three years younger than me, and on reading his post I realize it's a big three years. I'm old enough to remember JFK's assassination (barely), to have formed opinions about the Vietnam war while it was still going on (although I am fortunate enough to have been too young to participate), to have fallen in love with 1960's rock and roll as it was happening, and to have admired and emulated older siblings and friends who were more directly involved in the political/cultural events of the late 60's. I voted for Jimmy Carter twice, reaped the benefits of the sexual revolution before AIDS made it dangerous, and had a lot of fun with drugs. I'm officially classified as a boomer (born in 1958), but more than anything I consider myself to be the one and only member of Generation ME.