http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4285473Oh my.
The part-time taxi-cab driver in upstate New York.
shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-22-08 06:24 AM
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Chalk up another early death for Generation X
Another old classmate of mine died last night at the ripe old age of 41. I can't even count how many of my old friends aren't around anymore. Tim wasn't a close friend but one of those guys that remembered you from school and instantly befriended you because of that. We didn't really know each other well in school as he was a year ahead of me but in later days we used to frequent the same watering holes and became pretty good aquaintances then. Tim was just one of those positive beings in the universe who was genuinely nice to just about anyone he'd meet. He leaves behind a fiance. I don't even know how he died as the obit didn't say, but that's just too damn young for any reason. Good journey to you my friend. Sleep in peace.
shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-22-08 10:11 AM
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Thought I might get at least one "virtual hug" around here for mourning a friend.
Guess not. Thanks DU.
After which the primitives finally fall into line, offering condolences.
shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-22-08 10:38 AM
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8. less my loss than his family's but as I said Tim was a good guy
It's just not fair that evil men seem to get to live out their years in this world.
Yeah, one thinks of Vast Teddy for one, and Fidel for another.
After which the primitives squibble-squabble about the meaning of "Baby Boomer" and "Generation X," the dividing line.
None of the primitives get it right.
baby boomer = born 1946-1964, although those born during the latter part are nothing like those born during the earlier part.
generation x = born 1965-1980.
generation y = born after 1980, and that generation on whose shoulders the future of America lies, the baby boomers have sucked it dry and generation x having been too small, too impotent, too unenergetic to do anything about it.