I used the eraser shield to scrape off the ink on mylars, we never got exacto blades for that.
Wikipedia has an interesting chart listing several generations with overlapping date ranges. I guess you can use this to argue or convience yourself or others you belong to what ever generation you want to belong to.
1860–1882 Missionary Generation
1883–1900 Lost Generation
1900–1910 Interbellum Generation
1900–1924 G.I. Generation
1911–1924 Greatest Generation
1929–1956 Jazz Age
1925–1945 Silent Generation
1946–1964 Baby Boomers
1948–1962 Beat Generation
1954–1965 Generation Jones
1964–1984 Consciousness Revolution
1958–1968 Baby Busters
1961–1981 Generation X
1975–1985 MTV Generation
1981–1986 Boomerang Generation
1977–2003 Generation Y
1986–1999 Internet Generation
2001– New Silent Generation
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