# Where were you during the most important historical events of your lifetime?

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**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-during-the-most-important-historical-events-of-your-lifetime/954351 "2021-11-15T01:13:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-during-the-most-important-historical-events-of-your-lifetime/954351/9 "2021-11-15T03:44:30Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> Then the professor said, “Spoons, thank you, don’t answer. I want to hear from somebody born _after_ 1980.”

There’s a thread for that;

> [@Are you “The Old Man” at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-old-man-at-work/953906):
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> Where I work, there are several of us over 50 and a few over 60 years of age. We typically pick up young folks as temps, and if they’re good enough offer them a job. We use a lot of temps, the work is often strenuous and usually somewhat stressful. The last few weeks we’ve been successful at hiring a few new guys. By that I mean really young and inexperienced men along with a couple of slightly older (but still young, in their twenties) fellas who moved to the area and worked as movers where…

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