ExiledInIllinois

Very close. You are more Millennial than Xer. I am 51, more Boomer than Xer. Generation X is a hard to define generation. Almost a "Lost Generation." It probably should be called that if the Lost Generation didn't already exist. My parents were "Lost Generation." If Millennials are echoes of Baby Boomers... Maybe Xers are Generation v.2.0. Lost Generation is defined by the Counter Culture... And that my parents were... Let me ask you this? Are your parents Boomers? If they are, you are probably more Millennial. Yet... Some research defines pinning Millennials all the way back to 1977 birth year. I like to define it more on when your parents were born. Just saying. Great topic OP! Luv it! Are your parents Boomers. Then I would pin you as a Millennial... There is a "cusp" here. No hard lines. I would say anybody born between 1977-1984 can be Millennial, depending on their parent's tendencies. Generation X is really Lost Generation v.2.0.

Let me guess. @ScotSHO backs in, the wife pulls in! ? Heck! I don't even allow that... I am the only one that puts it in. The wife is only allowed to pull it out! ?* *Hope nobody misses the innuendo, double entendre but I betcha @BringBackFergy & @Gugny will! @Cripple Creek would never... He's the master at this stuff... It's all that BearCam® watching!

+1. I laughed at the bolded part! Wise call. I am dealing with a son with time management short-comings so sorry if I come across pulling planning totally the other way, leaving a ton of room to spare! ? But... It was totally funny, my co-workers British in-laws... They touch down at ORD and say (serious): "We'd like to go to Disney World." My friend was beside himself... LMAO...

I think you missed the memo Meadster: Millennial = Echo Boomer Echo Boomer is another name for Millennial because they echo their Baby Boomer parents. Cut them (30 somethings... Hey wasn't their a show about them in the 1980s) slack Jack (I know you're really NOT Jack... But you know more than "Jack")! Their just still kids! Go easy on them.

Totally rent a car. Can't do much in expansive US without own car. Funny story @BritBill I worked with a guy who was married to a lady from the London area. Her family came to visit them in Illinois (Chicagoland area). They flew into O'Hare/ORD. Two things they noted: 1. Go to Disney World. (Orlando is 1,000 miles from Chicago)...There I would agree, grab a flight. 2. They were amazed by all the trees in the US. LMAO... NYC is only a 375 mile trip. That's a nice day trip via car... By the time you get to airport security, etc... It will take longer. Stay rolling, you'll see so much more and have so much more felxibility and freedom. IMO, you'll be waiting around, doing a lot less if you are waiting for transportation. Just my two shillings. Now... If you want to go to Orlando... Hop a flight! LoL...?

Fair enough... My parents were not Boomers, my children not millennials... Thank heavens!

1990. Wow... Such a millennial thing to do. Lop off 10 years of a generation. ?

He's a millennial. Can even go as early as 1977. But, I think that is too early. Xers are really a small splintered group defined by being closer to how Boomers behave or how Millennials behave. But, like I said... Those two are echoes of each other. I think you really do see thr shift with the kids being born in the 1970s... SO much radically changed during the years, namely the way children were educated at the elementary education level... 1980 is definitely millennial. So much changed that year. LoL... 1984 is a millennial!

I ain't. Then again... Another name for millennial is: "Echo Boomer" because they echo their boomer parents. Your post rings true I suppose. Doomed to repeat the mess.

You're in OK. Doesn't get down -25° F there. Is garage heated, insulated? 25 year old are still the good old ones. It's the ones in last 10 years that are crap.

It is nice... But kinda sterile and cookie cutter. But quaint in a Bougie way. Not that's bad.

No. Not that I know of. But there are "Guido Dust Collectors." Ie: Mineral oil rain lamp:

http://www.winstonchurchillcanada.ca/ac_TorontoCanada.php Not sure if it's in there... Didn't comb through it.

That's a Plimsoll Line. They are different load marks for various water temps, conditions, etc... It's so they don't overload and the insurance companies lose their shirts. The AB Mark is so it can be loaded evenly bow to stern. They keep that parallel/level to the waterline. ...It keeps my load even when I am navigating treacherous waters like the North Atlantic ie: @BringBackFergy ,Tropical Freshwater ie: @Gugny or Winter North Atantic ie: @Cripple Creek...YOU DOOO NOT want to deal with Winter North Atlantic and have a full load. CC is brutal. I am not sure. Will look it up. Remember reading it. I am thinking after war? This was before Automobiles: "International Churchill Society Canada. Winston Churchill had a deep affection for Canada, which he referred to as "the linchpin of the English-speaking peoples." The City of Toronto played a special role in this Canadian connection. Churchill first visited Canada in the winter of 1900/1901."

Hello, Mr.Ebola calling from the Congo on Line #1!

Thnx! Better than any of the canned bear cams @Cripple Creek is pedaling as RealNews®!

Did NOT read it yet... Was she just oblivious to the Bison. If so, I guess we can cut the young lady some slack... She should be a little more situationally aware though! Taking a horn to the thigh can be life threatening!

Used condoms on the beach? ... No thanks! Sorry... I got the theme stuck in my head. LoL... J/K Carry on!

Opium den? Go with the: Kill two birds with one stone! ??

I'd rent a car. One of Winston Churchill's favorite drives was on the Canadian side from Fort Erie (opposite BFLo) to Niagara Falls via the Niagara Parkway. You'll have your passports, so do the loop around. Go American Side, take in American Falls. Cross @ Rainbow Bridge in Falls and take in Horseshoe Falls on Canadian Side. Drive the Niagara Parkway back south to Fort Erie, cross the Peace Bridge @ BFLo... One of my favorite drives. Good luck... So many choices!!!

Not this much poo! 10 million people live in area. That's too much poo! You like to swim at a beach, don't you? Milwaukee sells theirs as "Milorganite." @BringBackFergy likes cholera epidemics! /smh

I am just doing my job... It's the biz. One of the controlling works (lock & dam) primary mission is poo/aid in flushing and pollution control. It is why they were built... They keep bacteria levels on Southern Lake Michigan's beaches low by flushing nasties south. Those beaches & the environment are the number one benefactor of the flushing. When we close or get "reverse" flow towards the Lake (Mutha Nature's intended route that Fergy & Gugny just love to tout ad nauseam)... They almost always close the beaches (after testing of course) on Southern Lake Michigan due to public health concerns. Ecoli is the big one I believe. That's poopy in layman's term I believe. I am part buzzkill and yet with the other hand making the situation BETTER for area beaches. Take the good with the bad. At least 4 out of 10 beaches in the US aren't poo infested. I am doing my part, contrary to what BS @Gugny & @BringBackFergy say. Those two would want to live in a poo infested world. Just pick beaches with good flow. And stay away from the storm sewer outfalls. The coasts are so overcrowded nowadays... People's doodoo has to go somewhere when storms make it back up. FWIW, I am sure the EPA does allow for emergency releases of untreated sewage during storm events. Where else is it gonna go? Back up the toilet? ESSAYONS!

Worst thing is to put a modern era refrigerator in a garage. Sure way to possibly kill it, get the freezer to not play nice: "Most refrigerators will have seasonal problems if used in an unheated garage. ... If the temperature outside is cooler than therefrigerator needs to be (generally under 35 F degrees), the freezer will no longer turn on to cool the system, so anything in the freezer may thaw."

Enjoy your fecal matter. 60% of US beaches have been found to be contaminated: https://weather.com/science/environment/video/fecal-bacteria-found-at-nearly-60-percent-of-us-beaches?pl=pl-the-latest Good thing Guys like @BringBackFergy @Cripple Creek and @Gugny got me reversing the flow and flushing the poo away from the beaches of Lake Michigan... They'd want more poo on the beaches with less flushing... /smh

Same here. Wonder what a trip like that costs?