The Age of Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 112829

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:

> 
> Despite all Lexicon timelines, I insist on continuing to believe 
that
> Sirius and his year-mates were born in the 1957-1958 year (because 
I
> was, November '57) and therefore were Hogwarts class of '76. I
> absolutely totally see Sirius devoted to Led Zeppelin, bouncing 
around
> playing air guitar to their recordings. Lupin maybe liked Steeleye
> Span or Fairport Convention...    

Rita, I'm with you. And I wrote the timelines. 

You're a mere one month older than I am, and I can definitely see 
Sirius et al out at the wizarding equivelent of a kegger in a sand 
pit or getting a bit weird on second hand smoke at a Boston concert.

I was there. I think I saw him. 

Alternatively, I wonder if Rowling isn't subconciously making 
Sirius, James, Lily, etc. her own age. It would pretty much work out 
exactly from what she said. She said that Snape was 35 or 36 in the 
summer of 2000, if I'm not mistaken. That would make him about 40 
now, which is what she is.

Must have been Regulus I saw at that Boston concert.

Steve