A man on Facebook named Tom Gibble perfectly describes what he calls "Generation Jones" who were kids born between 1954 and 1965.
We are neither Boomers nor Gen X as we don't quite fit in with either generation. We are a sub-category of our own.
I belong to Generation Jones … that unique group of people born between 1954 and 1965, tucked into the tail end of the Baby Boom and just ahead of Generation X. But lumping us in with the Boomers doesn’t quite tell our story.
We grew up with the optimism of postwar America, believing in possibilities, progress, and a future that seemed full of promise. But we were also young enough to watch that optimism collide with reality. We remember the assassinations, civil rights struggles, Vietnam, the riots, Watergate, and the growing uncertainty of the 1970s. We weren’t quite old enough to be the Woodstock generation, but we were old enough to understand that the world wasn’t necessarily going to turn out the way our parents imagined.
We’re also the generation that grew up listening to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, and Led Zeppelin, only to find ourselves dancing to the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, and disco before we knew what hit us. We remember eight-track tapes, vinyl records, rotary phones, television with three channels, and actually having to get up to change them.
We experienced childhood without computers, cell phones, or the internet, but then lived through the technological revolution that changed practically everything about how we work, communicate, and live.
We straddled two very different worlds, and I think that gave us a perspective that is sometimes overlooked.
I suppose what I’d really like is for Generation Jones to get a little recognition, but more importantly, for all generations to make an effort to understand one another. We’re not simply younger Boomers, and we’re not older Gen Xers. We have our own memories, experiences, cultural references, disappointments, accomplishments, and sense of humor.
We inherited some of the idealism of the generation before us, developed a healthy dose of skepticism along the way, and learned to adapt to a world that kept reinventing itself.
So, if you’re a fellow Joneser, let us know in the comments. And if you’re from another generation, get to know us before you decide who we are. Every generation has a story worth hearing. Ours just happens to fall somewhere in the middle.
Peace out! Tom Gibble
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The last living son of a civil war veteran died on June 7th, 2026 at the age of 101.
William Pool was born in 1925 when his father a Union soldier was 80.
William fought in WWII and was in the battle of the bulge.
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We lost a great singer yesterday.
Dennis Locorriere founder of Dr Hook and the Medicine Show.
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Gavin, a man's man.
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Kind of odd that nobody is talking about the fall from grace of the patron saint of the left in the US Cesar Chavez, who after his death has been accused of having sex with under aged girls and raping adult women.
Even Gavin Newscum had to admit it looks really bad.
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It appears that several states have a huge number of new voter registration attempts every week, especially swing states. The Social Security Administration keeps a database and public record of voter registration requests and checks the names against their database. In some states, there are thousands of requests weekly where the name doesn't match the social security number on file, or the request matches but that person is deceased. This is happening every single day in several states. I just ran the report for the last week of September, and it showed over 70,000 new registrations for Missouri, the most of any state.
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This sums up the differences between the left and right perfectly. facebook.com/reel/8278396832…
Scientists develop device that can generate electricity from humidity in the air. This could be huge. smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
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Is it just me, or does about 70% of new posts on X involve Canada? Don't get me wrong, I love Canada and the non-marxist Canadian people. It just seems like almost the entire country is fed up with everything, while their leader keep going deeper into the rabbit hole.
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So yesterday (August 9th) was the Nationwide Economic Blackout by American leftists to show us all just how much their outrage toward Trump and everything conservative matters to all Americans. They were hoping the country would shut down. Did anybody notice anything? I didn't.
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I found this extremely interesting regarding the autopen signatures.
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Four months after Joe Biden was sworn into office in 2021, 124 retired generals and admirals from the US military signed their names to a letter questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and warning all Americans about the threat from the new administration.
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I saw this walking along the beach this morning. I thought that it might be a political statement, but I wasn't sure.
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Excellent article in The Telegraph today on the failures of globalization, immigration and net zero. msn.com/en-us/money/markets/…