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Created on: June 03, 2007
You might not be a baby boomer if:
You have never used the word "groovy".
You have never owned a pet rock or at least wanted one.
You have never been to a drive-in movie.
"Mary Poppins" and "Herbie the Love Bug" have always been classic Disney to you.
You think that "Woodstock" is just the name of the bird in the "Peanuts" comic strip.
You only remember the day JFK was shot because you read about it in your history book.
You have never seen gas prices below $.50 per gallon.
A Volkswagen bus is just a vintage automobile.
The term staging a demonstration describes what a vacuum cleaner salesman does when he wants to sell vacuums.
You think the word "Beatles" is just a misspelled word that means: "any of a variety of insects...".
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