Baby Boomer, Generation X, Millenial or Digital go-getter?

The Florida part wouldn't interest me in the slightest.

 

Nor me, but it wouldn't hurt either.

 

All relevant to eras Sterling, I remember leaving School mid 70s, first job my salary was just under £80 per month. Even if I had wanted to go to Uni, not an option, had to start earning to help the family as my dad had died when I was young and mum worked all hours god sent to keep our house and food - cue the violins! We all had Saturday jobs, school holiday jobs to help but we were lucky my grandparents, us and my aunt/uncle/cousins all lived within 4 doors of each other, always running round down the tenfoot, in and out of each other's houses helping each other. It was the time of the innocent in the 60s, didn't have to lock your doors, no phones, technology, just playing outside down the tenfoot, Belly fields, very happy innocent days.

This was what motivated me and drove me on to do better for myself.

 

Mixed feelings about being a baby boomer...I had a full grant to go to University but at the time, I saw it mainly as a possible ticket out of the Council Estate. Our family had nowt, had suffered fatalities and was bombed out during the war and was then was later horribly split by emigration at a time when communication was very difficult, travel was expensive and having a sibling leave tor distant parts meat they were pretty much lost to you. I did an "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet", working in Germany at a time when it was Brits having to trawl Europe for work. How times have changed.

Music was great and I had a brilliant time in the late sixties, early seventies (and beyond): I have nothing to complain about but I have little time for those millenials who expect to waft into a highly paid career after their third gap year on the basis of some flaky degree or other and then, when they struggle, blame the selfishness of the generation which went before them.

 

A year older than you and can relate to all you say. An added bonus was that there was plenty of work around. On leaving school I had job offers (apprenticeships) at British Aircraft Corporation (now BAe Systems), I.C.I., British Nuclear fuels and others despite only having average intelligence!

 

Left school just in time for the summer of '76 - fantastic first few weeks spent largely in East Park lido face down to mask an almost permanent erection. As mentioned previously in the thread, lots of variety in terms of music and style - also an edginess that meant going to football or town drinking was always tinged with the threat of violence - exciting for young daft lads. Didn't do well at school so had to take night school to improve qualifications, eventually fortunate enough to get a grant for University to cover cost of young family following redundancy in 80's. Having to work and wait for degree made me value it more I think, still in favour of free HE and think it's appalling that those people (the majority) that benefited from free HE are the ones that voted to get rid of it. Bastards the lot of them.

 

Do you just take one package to a Columbian bloke, and bring another one back?

 

The key is doing sod all but making it appear you're doing loads.

 

To be fair most people born in the late 80s or 90s have this problem:

Can I get some experience please? No I don't have a degree.
(3 or 4 years later with a degree in hand) - Can i have a job now? No I don't have any experience..

 

Cheers mate.

Of course I'm bringing some back too, what would be the point otherwise?

Though I'm flying back on United Airlines, so I may be dragged off the plane...

 

At risk of blowing my own trumpet (me? never...), I'm a ****ing master at making myself appear both busy and important.

 

Being just useless enough not to be trusted with much works for me.

I've never grasped why being called lazy is seen as an insult.

 

Wake up ya buggers I aint finished.

 

Bollocks it deleted all what i wrote. Bugger cant be arsed to write it all again.

 

Couldn't agree more about the last part.

 

Born in '63, left school in '79 at 16 with just one GCSE in geography as they were called back then. Spent the rest of my time travelling the world for work commitments. No not the forces as i suspect many might have guessed, i went straight offshore in the oil and gas industry. Hours getting too long now though, as sometimes can be up for days, depending on whats going on at the time, average work day is 18 hours. Money is great and time off is awesome, got rid of the mill stone around my neck a few years back. Spend time off with kids and grandkids, who i missed growing up, the one downfall i guess !

 

GCE they were then. Or CSE's to some of us

 

General Certificate of Secondary Education.

 

CSE spelling?