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Old 12-14-2019, 06:50 AM   #1745 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk View Post
Early fifties. I was born after Coltrane died.
^ That's a nice way of placing yourself in time that has never occurred to me.

Without much thinking, I came up with this though:- I was born after WWII rationing had stopped* but before The Beatles had formed.

* Drummed into me at mealtimes: if I was served an egg, I was told what the eggs per family per week ration used to be: Baby-Boomer Post-war Guilt 101

How about anyone else? Where do you instinctively place yourself in time?
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