Comments on: Generation Boom http://maryhanna.net/2008/08/generation-boom/ life just keeps getting funnier Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:29:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Evelyn Preston http://maryhanna.net/2008/08/generation-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Evelyn Preston Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:49:28 +0000 http://maryhanna.net/?p=145#comment-126 THANX--nice to know that at my advanced age, I can still identify with Boomer memories and mischief. Second half? I'll let you know when I get there. Great column, fun, funny and thought provoking as usual. Evie THANX–nice to know that at my advanced age, I can still identify with Boomer memories and mischief. Second half? I’ll let you know when I get there. Great column, fun, funny and thought provoking as usual. Evie

]]> By: Geri http://maryhanna.net/2008/08/generation-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Geri Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:12:26 +0000 http://maryhanna.net/?p=145#comment-125 Oh no, not another Boomer book!!! Well, at least it is not another book trashing the Boomers. Enough of those, thank you. Frankly, I hate these kind of books that use the premise, "You know your a something if you something." Yes, I'm a Boomer, towards the edge of the first wave. My take on us is that we will never get old. Just older. Big difference. We, and I, take credit for changing the politcial course of America in the 60s, for the better. We challenged hard, unlike the generation before us--the Silent Generation that went along. And, what I like even more is that we still challenged the status quo, we speak up and we continue to take an active part in society. Retirement for us is doing something new, something we always wanted to do--or to continue doing what we love. No golf, thank you. Frankly, I don't care about BenGay, my Girl Scout uniform, or Tea Pots. When I think of Boomers, I think of politics, challenges, and making a difference. My Second Half is louder than my first-- and I intend to break the sound barrier. Oh no, not another Boomer book!!! Well, at least it is not another book trashing the Boomers. Enough of those, thank you.

Frankly, I hate these kind of books that use the premise, “You know your a something if you something.”

Yes, I’m a Boomer, towards the edge of the first wave.

My take on us is that we will never get old. Just older. Big difference.

We, and I, take credit for changing the politcial course of America in the 60s, for the better. We challenged hard, unlike the generation before us–the Silent Generation that went along. And, what I like even more is that we still challenged the status quo, we speak up and we continue to take an active part in society. Retirement for us is doing something new, something we always wanted to do–or to continue doing what we love. No golf, thank you.

Frankly, I don’t care about BenGay, my Girl Scout uniform, or Tea Pots. When I think of Boomers, I think of politics, challenges, and making a difference.

My Second Half is louder than my first– and I intend to break the sound barrier.

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