You might be a baby boomer if...

You might be a baby boomer if...

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January 30, 2008
The Norman Transcript

You might be a baby boomer if:

You get tired just looking at the exercises for slimming your thighs
in Self magazine.

You didn't know Britney Spears had a younger sister.

You don't care.

The presidential candidates and football coaches are all about your age.

The retro styles have no appeal whatsoever. Been there, worn that.

Tim Russert reminds you of Howdy Doody.

You remember when public schools were a good thing.

People walking around talking to themselves look crazy, even if they
are holding a cell phone.

You don't know your own cell-phone number.

You don't care.

You thought hair was supposed to be "frosted," not "highlighted."

Paul Newman is still your favorite movie star.

You send your thank-you notes by regular mail.

You send thank-you notes.

Young men act as if you're invisible, slamming doors in your face in
public places.

You don't care.

You've figured out that there's no such thing as your Permanent Record.

You've had at least three career tracks and two marriages.

You've realized that all work is prostitution.

You know how to diagram a sentence.

One of your favorite movies is "The Women," the first one.

You remember the point of the Women's Liberation movement.

You miss Barbara Jordan's voice in politics.

You believe wrinkles add character to a face.

You use candlelight whenever possible.

Nobody asks to see your ID anymore.

You don't care.

You look forward to the arrival of the AARP magazine.

You actually read it.

You ask for the aisle seat, not the window seat on an airplane.

You'd just as soon stay home as go out New Year's Eve.

Willie Nelson means more to you than you can articulate.

You remember watching the "Huntley-Brinkley Report."

You once owned a coonskin cap.

You've begun to choose your battles carefully.

You think of Bob Dylan as a poet.

You'd argue about it.

Motown music makes you dance.

People wish you wouldn't.

You don't care.

You have less to say, more to think about.

There's a line at your discount pharmacy.

You've been on a family vacation to Florida in an un-air-conditioned
car and thought it was fun.

You've been to Florida before Disney World.

You've watched an entire show on a black-and-white television.

You still have your first and only Barbie doll.

Your grandmother made most of the clothes for her.

You once had a uniformed man who brought milk to your door.

You miss him.

You read newspapers, even though everyone else seems to get their news online.

You don't care.
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Rheta Grimsley Johnson writes for King Features Syndicate.

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