Texas, right...nuf said.
-- Don Keenan Boulder, CO 303-530-4033
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From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Well, the bad part is that, whereas I was about the median age in the last such
> survey, I'm now, at 56, several years over the median, both because the median
> has dropped and due the the inexorable march of time.
>
> As to the boomer generation, you're more optimistic than I. Our generation
> talks a good game on the environment, but most of us still drive a gas-guzzling
> SUV two blocks to the convenience store and crank up the home/car air
> conditioner/heater rather than open a window or dress appropriately. I'm afraid
> most members of the generation of peace and love are now just as bought into
> materialism and consumerism as any other generation. Our words deny it, but our
> conduct confirms it. Even the cyclists among us tend to arrive at the start of
> the ride with the bike atop a two-ton SUV.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> Bianca Pratorius <biankita@comcast.net> wrote:
> I was rather happy to see that most list members are about my age (52)
> or a tad younger. I was shocked to find out that there are no members
> older than 75. I feel pretty healthy nowadays. What am I supposed to do
> when I turn 76? Am I supposed to give up collecting and repairing
> classic bikes and just drive my classic car up to Pebble beach and play
> shuffleboard? With all humility, I believe the boomer generation will
> continue to lead the world into ecological and geopolitical sanity up
> to our last dying breath. I love the Beat generation that came right
> before me, but few of them fell in love with tubes and lugs the way the
> frisbee throwing, dope smoking, anti war rallying free lovers like me
> did. Rest in peace Allen Ginsberg.
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Fl.