[Rich]

All this talk about Boomers, X and Millennials doesn't do it for me. Who even remembers when these generations are supposed to begin and end? Has anyone even agreed when they begin and end? And they are not generations anyway, the time periods are too short. So why not flush the current schema, if its even worthy of the name schema, down the toilet and replace it with?

Early 20: Jan 1st 1900 - April 30th 1933
Mid 20: May 1st 1933 - August 31 1966
Late 20: 1st September 1966 - December 31st 1999
Early 21: Jan 1st 2000 - April 30th 2033

33 and a third years is a convenient notional generation length and is not far off the average generational gap between father and son. Looking back this was the more important figure.