tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post4520094593595129155..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: uncannyAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-61793199807911777762010-05-30T15:32:00.884+01:002010-05-30T15:32:00.884+01:00Putting aside DD's objections to the phrase, s...Putting aside DD's objections to the phrase, stopped clock, twice a day and all that...<br /><br />They gain some accuracy over the usual purveyors by thinking in a slightly more fine-grained (and less in thrall to round numbers) way when they define generations...<br /><br />But... I was born in 75 and you're not telling me (in the British perspective) that I have lots in common (for example politically) with someone born in 82. The first political struggle I was really aware of was the Miner's Strike - and I'm not saying I understood it all, but I saw my part of the world devastated by Thatcher. Someone born in 82 never even knew that that world I saw devastated even existed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com