"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 13 Aug 2017 08:47:46a, Cheri told us...
>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 8/12/2017 10:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Sat 12 Aug 2017 06:27:49p, Cheri told us...
>>>>
>>>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 17:16:12 -0700, "Cheri"
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The baby boomers are no longer relevant as far as tracking
>>>>>>>> trends goes. How can they be? Mostly they wish to live in
>>>>>>>> the latter half of the 20th century - before all this
>>>>>>>> "stuff" happened. They reminisce while the rest of the world
>>>>>>>> have moved on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's mostly true of every generation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, in 40 years dsi2 will be saying the same thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think in 40 years he will be reminiscing about this
>>>>> newsgroup. ;-)
>>>
>>>> If he's lucky enough to have lived that long.
>>>
>>> My mother was a member of a senior center where they had all
>>> kinds of exercise classes, etc, and had a cheap lunch. She was
>>> 88 and felt left out because all the other seniors had smart
>>> phones they used for all kinds of things. I got her one, of
>>> course.
>>>
>>> Point is, all these pre baby boomers aren't necessarily sitting
>>> around thinking about the olden days. Plenty of them are with it
>>> and still curious so why should their next generation be any
>>> different.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>>
>> I didn't see anyone say they were sitting around, but the
>> definitely talk about their younger years, their music, their
>> parenting style etc.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>>
>
> Virtually every generation talks about "their younger years, their
> music, their parenting style etc." Do you not yourself?

Of course, that's why I posted "That's mostly true of every generation."
Dsi1's assertion that boomers are no longer relevant to trending is
absolutely true and has nothing to do with excercise etc. They are not
looked on as the trendsetters they were 40 years ago, and many do harken
back to the "good old days" at every opportunity. Do you not yourself?

Cheri