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I haven't done one of these in a while...

We were sitting around the living room talking last night about the conference that David had just returned home from. The management people were discussing issues involved in hiring Generation Y young people--reliance on the cell phone, instant messaging, text messaging, short attention span, no grounding in reality. [and as an editor's note, please understand that our conversations at home don't always have a clear transition from one person speaking to the next.]

David said, "So, people are really scared of hiring people from Generation Y."

Alyssa asked, "Is Gran's generation Generation X?"

David replied, "No, Generation X is your mom and my generation."

Alyssa said, "Oh, so what is Gran's generation."

David: "The Baby Boomers."

Elizabeth: "Who is Generation A?"