the next generation of questions

[funkyboogalooo]

ok heres one.
Our generation?
their generation?
that generation?
what the feck is a generation? how long? how big? how measured?
baffled me for years that one.

[stc_bennett]

A generation from what i understand is each set of offspring you have:-

for example

You 1st generation
your Kids 2nd Generation
Your Kids Kids 3rd generation

and so on
there is no finite limit to how long a generation can be is just a number used to either say how many levels of parents and parents parents are alive

forexample
in my family at the moment there are 4 generations alive

My parents Parents (1)
My Parents (2)
ME (3)
My son (4)

so 4 generations alive. hope this helps
steve

[funkyboogalooo]

ok, sounds good in theory but..........
take an eg say from the world of media.

The journo says "they put this kind of behaviour down to todays generation"

who is that then?

[stc_bennett]

I would put that down to the older people i.e. parents age writing about what we do. or what we act like.

its one of those quotes that people use and can be taken in many ways...

[PetrolTed]

Do you want me to set up a philosophy section?

[essexboyracer]

Rude i know, but im new here and interested in the age of people acxtually on here. You lot are quite clearly not as my namesake suggests. Just wondering...

I will start off, I`m 28 y/o.

oli

[funkyboogalooo]

ah well then i must be a different generation to you im 35.
no im not i'm 36 so that must make me a different generation to you and 35 year olds then.
See i knew it no-one knows the true meaning.
Bet Kev 456mgt knows!

[dennisthemenace]

Im 27 going on 28 and refuse to grow up although its going to happen one day and am slowly turning into a victor meldrew

[nmlowe]

I've just turned 22.

[Simonelite501]

Hey Mike! Do people try to put you down, just because you get around? Your talking bout my Generation.

[funkyboogalooo]

Simon

Who are you, who, who, who, who,?

[DanL]

I thoought a generation was about 30 years or so, although I may be making this up...

Dan (26)

[Simonelite501]

Why, Happy Jack of course!

[dennisthemenace]

Look out for boris the spider

[CarZee]

I think a generation has always been used to express an arbitrary period of time. I suppose it depends on the expected age of a mother in the period of history.

So if the average mother was 20, then a generation would be 20 years.

This period became shorter during and immediately after WW1 and WW2 as procreation became a major imperative but as time moved on, the period lengthened during the 60s and 70s towards 30 years.

Tragically, with the rate of teenage births today, the figure is erring plane crash style towards 15.

[funkyboogalooo]

Carzee that theory sounds about the best so far!
Dont know whether its true but it sounds very intelligent.

[pdv6]

Sounds like one of those magical moving numbers that statisticians can use to helpfully prove any point they so wish.

[mondeoman]

quote:

Does anyone know her name??

oh, and back to the topic - IMHO a generation is between 20 and 30 yrs......

[Alex200mph]

probably charlotte
ask carzee

[incorrigible]

Generation is routinely defined as 25 years

But any other definition is probably just as useful. Avergae mothers age is ok but will change constantly, so a guess is just as good

33 going on 18 BTW

PS Carzee, teenage mothers can be ofset by the odd nutter Granny who wants IVF @ 70