I never really converted to cassette - oh, I used them to record stuff (like Dr. Demento) but I'm a cautious kinda guy and never trusted magnetic tape again. I went back to vinyl until CDs came out. Bought my first CD in 86 or so. (The Sting soundtrack)

Remember when gaspumps changed to measuring liters for a while because they didn't have a dollar thingy to show the price. I still think they upped the price so that every gas pump could be replaced.

Speaking of conspiracies - What about Swine Flu? How many got their shot?

My elementary school bus had a FM radio and played Steely Dan, the Eagles and the like on the way to school (that was in Southern Calif.

When I started working at Walt Disney World in 1985 - the ticket prices were $16.95. Today they are over $50.

What are the general year ranges do you think?

baby-boomer - 1945 to 1958? Gen. W - 1958 to 1970? Gen. X - 1970 to 1982? Gen. Y - 1982-1994?

It doesn't really work - it mostly dependes on your schooling and how early you got interested in the world. My girlfriend was born in 1978, but doesn't really remember the Reagan Years, yet I was born in 1966 and remember Vietnam and Nixon.

pax yall