Talkin' 'bout my Generation

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:46:36 +0000

Writing this on my PDA, sat in a restaurant in Oxford.

What generation am I? I can see a family sat opposite: ma, pa + 3 daughters. The parent look, what, late 40s or so. The kids look like they've just finished their GCSEs, the A-levels + their 1st degree.

Both parents and daughters seem like my generation to me.

Similarly, I had a conversation today with a member of client staff. His daughter has just done A-levels and is going to Cambridge. She's doing science but also has a strong musical talent - sounds like me 15 years ago. He was looking for advice from me, but both as a contemporary of his and as one of hers.

Confused? I was.

But it's been the same when I've been in Edinburgh for, I don't know - 10 years now. The new crop of Freshers due into Edinburgh this October will mostly have been born in 1985. When I was a (20 year old) Fresher, they weren't even at Infant School...

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Talkin' 'bout my Generation