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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 12:22:11 GMT -5
"Hippies" never referred to themselves as "Hippies". That was another dumb-arse media designation. I know. I was there. It was a term coined by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Herb Caen. I didn't like it. No one I knew did... but we were too high to do anything about it! Keep on truckin'...  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 12:29:36 GMT -5
I hear you Martin...  |
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 12:35:53 GMT -5
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 12:39:23 GMT -5
...what a long, strange trip it's been...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 12:42:21 GMT -5
As the saying goes, "Pics or it didn't happen," Dramatwist. |
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 12:44:35 GMT -5
As the saying goes, "Pics or it didn't happen," Dramatwist . ...don't hold yer breath, dude... |
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 12:49:50 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Dec 14, 2018 13:04:37 GMT -5
I never knew that about Herb Caen.... I used to deliver to the Washbag... (Washington Bar And Grill) that guy was a fixture there.
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 14, 2018 13:46:24 GMT -5
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 14, 2018 13:49:22 GMT -5
...what a long, strange trip it's been... I was from the Coconut Grove division.....and yeah, what a long truly strange trip it has been. |
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Post by puffy on Dec 14, 2018 14:04:45 GMT -5
Strange times back then. I've never smoked any thing other than pipe tobacco.Back in my young days though I had a thing for hippie girls.Though I didn't marry one.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 14:19:48 GMT -5
Strange times back then. I've never smoked any thing other than pipe tobacco.Back in my young days though I had a thing for hippie girls.Though I didn't marry one. That was my problem, I married an ex-hippie in 2002. Her brain was “ fried “ as far as common sense, though very intelligent. Still moved like those “ hippie bunnies “ did back in the day.....lol. She had serious issues dealing with reality. Our life together was “ all about her “! When I became ill in 2011 and was not there for me, by 2012 I wanted a legal separation than divorce. From the last day I saw her on March 23rd of 2014 I never looked back.......didn’t even say goodbye. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 14, 2018 14:24:44 GMT -5
I remember the first time we saw "Hippies" in Houston. We were taking inventory in a small grocery store in the Montrose neighborhood, and FOUR of them come strolling in. What they must have thought of us following them around the store staring at them like a bunch of hicks. I was 17, so 1967.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 14, 2018 14:37:19 GMT -5
I had the pleasure of teaching High School Psychology, Sociology and History in 1967. Had in for our student body some of the folks who put on Woodstock...Artie Kornfeld, Michael Lang and a few others...also had the local BDAC (Bureau of Drug Abuse Control) Feds. come in and talk about the dangers of amphetamines...that was the big thing back then particularly for truck drivers who were eating them like candy to be able to stay on the road. Some very heady times back then.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 14:42:30 GMT -5
Yup ^^^^^^ some extremely heady times back then!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 16:27:24 GMT -5
Cool - what was the name of your band? Please tell me it was something psychedelic involving food, like Peanut Butter Conspiracy, or Vanilla Fudge! |
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 16:40:03 GMT -5
Cool - what was the name of your band? Please tell me it was something psychedelic involving food, like Peanut Butter Conspiracy, or Vanilla Fudge! ...we did mainly "Cream" tunes, and called ourselves "Badge", after the George Harrison/Eric Clapton song... |
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Post by Matthew on Dec 14, 2018 17:01:37 GMT -5
In 1967 I was four years old.Ran around nekkid
as much as I could.I do remember the girls selling
flowers on the corner.I also remember my Mom buying
e few.Back then,going to McDonalds was a "Special
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 17:08:47 GMT -5
In 1967 I was four years old.Ran around nekkid as much as I could.I do remember the girls selling flowers on the corner.I also remember my Mom buying e few.Back then,going to McDonalds was a "Special Occasion". I’m not a McDonald’s person, but I’ll try your way next time....nekkid.....maybe the food will taste better....I do like their coffee.......nekkid might just work out👌👍👍 |
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 17:12:59 GMT -5
In 1967 I was four years old.Ran around nekkid as much as I could.I do remember the girls selling flowers on the corner.I also remember my Mom buying e few.Back then,going to McDonalds was a "Special Occasion". I’m not a McDonald’s person, but I’ll try your way next time....nekkid.....maybe the food will taste better....I do like their coffee.......nekkid might just work out👌👍👍 HA! Let's go! We'll start a club and scare the hell out of everyone! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 17:16:41 GMT -5
I’m not a McDonald’s person, but I’ll try your way next time....nekkid.....maybe the food will taste better....I do like their coffee.......nekkid might just work out👌👍👍 HA! Let's go! We'll start a club and scare the hell out of everyone! I’d betcha many would stand up and applaud.......once we’re all hauled out of there....lol |
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 17:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Dec 14, 2018 17:44:58 GMT -5
The first time I saw a hippie was my cousin Ron, he was also a member of an outlaw motorcycle club called Rosemary’s Babies.... they were rough as they come. I had heard something went down big time with the club, and he made a hasty exit.... saw him years later at the family reunion with a hot wife, he was cleaned up and doing taxidermy.
Years later, my sister told me to watch Dateline NBC: “Mystery at Chalk Creek”, that same cousin was a Sheriiff department detective tasked with solving a homicide.
Some people lived it and moved on, some burned out.
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 17:47:13 GMT -5
The first time I saw a hippie was my cousin Ron, he was also a member of an outlaw motorcycle club called Rosemary’s Babies.... they were rough as they come. I had heard something went down big time with the club, and he made a hasty exit.... saw him years later at the family reunion with a hot wife, he was cleaned up and doing taxidermy. Years later, my sister told me to watch “Mystery at Chalk Creek”, that same cousin was a Sheriiff department detective tasked with solving a homicide. Some people lived it and moved on, some burned out. ...a lot of my friends didn't survive the late 60s/early 70s... sometimes surprised that I did... reason for everything, I suppose... |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 14, 2018 17:52:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I talked to a medical researcher at ASU, and he spoke about the study of the people that “dropped out”, but came back to live normal lives, they were attempting to figure out what the health related issues visiting some older people, and how it related to drug use in the days of their youth.
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Post by puffy on Dec 14, 2018 17:57:36 GMT -5
A young fella 23 years old that I worked with every day.Took a bunch of stuff over the Christmas break and died in the back seat of a car on the way to get more drugs...What a total waste.
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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 14, 2018 17:59:42 GMT -5
A young fella 23 years old that I worked with every day.Took a bunch of stuff over the Christmas break and died in the back seat of a car on the way to get more drugs...What a total waste. ...I could tell a half-dozen stories like that... waste, indeed... |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 18:10:43 GMT -5
First time I saw a hippie was when I born and looked up at my mom ("that explains a lot" many of you are thinking....  ) |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Dec 14, 2018 18:11:25 GMT -5
 I’ve seen death, but the one that stands out in the hippie days after coming back from S Asia, I had a friend, came from wrong side of tracks, hell raiser, owned his own welding rig, did drugs, rode a Harley, one morning I get a call, Johnny is dead, thinking the drugs did him in, Sheriffs deputy says Bradley his family is gone cane you come down and identify him. Taking a deep breath I say yea, where is he, he’s by the post office I’ll pick you up. We went and their was the most bizarre scene, Johnny was wrapped around a fire hydrant, got tooted and rose hell for leather Into the fire hydrant.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Dec 14, 2018 18:14:11 GMT -5
Not saying it was anything like the 60s, but the early-mid 90s were somewhat similar... One night my teeth turned to metal, melted together, and there were beer commercials on a TV that was turned off. I was definitely dead, I was the only one who knew it, and I was permanently sentenced to remain in that state forever. The only thing that fixed the situation we're glow-in-the-dark stars on my buddy's ceiling that I found I could direct traffic with.
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I’ve seen death, but the one that stands out in the hippie days after coming back from S Asia, I had a friend, came from wrong side of tracks, hell raiser, owned his own welding rig, did drugs, rode a Harley, one morning I get a call, Johnny is dead, thinking the drugs did him in, Sheriffs deputy says Bradley his family is gone cane you come down and identify him. Taking a deep breath I say yea, where is he, he’s by the post office I’ll pick you up. We went and their was the most bizarre scene, Johnny was wrapped around a fire hydrant, got tooted and rose hell for leather Into the fire hydrant.
