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Grandpa

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Spent a lot of time reading:
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My dad was addicted to it, and that went before the Alfred E. Neuman years. I was a happy kid when he brought it home.
 

Sigmund

Waiting in Uber.
Jan 3, 2010
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In your mirror.
And remember when the TV knob would break? And you'd have to turn the channel with a pair of pliers gripping that little metal stub? I turned into my dad's clicker (he was so ahead of his time!)

"Dana, will you turn the channel?"
"okay."
"No, not that one, turn again. No, turn again. No turn again. No turn again. No, turn again. No, turn..."
"DAD!"

Like you said, 3 channels and he would be in his recliner having me channel surf for him with a pair of pliers!


:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Don't complain. It's not like he had you on the roof adjusting the antenna.


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Grandpa

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Cool.

What about black light posters?

Lava lamp?

Tell the truth and shame the devil...did you wear silk/satin shirts, bell bottoms and platform shoes?

:)

I had blacklight posters. No lava lamp. No silk or satin shirts (except one that my in-laws got me, and it was weeeiiiird. Never wore it). Went for the flair at the bottom, not full bell bottoms. Never platform shoes. Ever.
 

Kurben

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This painting of Van Gogh we did as puzzle when i was a kid. It hangs in my kitchen now. Somehow, inspite of all the hard work that is done in the painting, it fills me with peace just looking at it. Very difficult puzzle with all nuances all over the painting. The only thing that was easy was the two head bonnets of the two to the left, Orange and blue of a nuance nowhere else to be seen but otherwise really difficult but beautiful.
 

DiO'Bolic

Not completely obtuse
Nov 14, 2013
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Cool.

What about black light posters?

Lava lamp?

Tell the truth and shame the devil...did you wear silk/satin shirts, bell bottoms and platform shoes?

:)
In high school, my friend’s converted garage (our hangout and music room) was dark purple with a monster sized American flag covering the garage door. Florescent stars & planets were painted on the walls and ceiling, and on the walls hung black light posters (with 2 black lights to illuminate them). To this day I still have 2 black lights hanging in my rec room that are utilized around Halloween. And lava lamps have made the occasional appearance.

For my 19th birthday, as a gift, I did get a complete “current” wardrobe consisting of a black corduroy leisure suit, one of those god awful flowered silk/satin shirts, and platform shoes. I think I wore the outfit a total of 3 times before it was buried way back in the closet for all time.

And I was a hippie... Did I wear bell-bottoms? Well duh! The bell bottom jeans were always frayed, and when the bottoms were too far gone, bric-a-brac was added. They went well with the tie dyed, eastern Indian, flannel, and skin tight knit shirts. In cold weather it was Baja jackets. And footwear consisted of my painful but cool-looking Beatle Boots, converse sneakers, earth shoes, buffalo sandals, and often I just went barefoot. And I sometimes wore headbands girls had made me from their own hair.
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
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The High Seas
In high school, my friend’s converted garage (our hangout and music room) was dark purple with a monster sized American flag covering the garage door. Florescent stars & planets were painted on the walls and ceiling, and on the walls hung black light posters (with 2 black lights to illuminate them). To this day I still have 2 black lights hanging in my rec room that are utilized around Halloween. And lava lamps have made the occasional appearance.

For my 19th birthday, as a gift, I did get a complete “current” wardrobe consisting of a black corduroy leisure suit, one of those god awful flowered silk/satin shirts, and platform shoes. I think I wore the outfit a total of 3 times before it was buried way back in the closet for all time.

And I was a hippie... Did I wear bell-bottoms? Well duh! The bell bottom jeans were always frayed, and when the bottoms were too far gone, bric-a-brac was added. They went well with the tie dyed, eastern Indian, flannel, and skin tight knit shirts. In cold weather it was Baja jackets. And footwear consisted of my painful but cool-looking Beatle Boots, converse sneakers, earth shoes, buffalo sandals, and often I just went barefoot. And I sometimes wore headbands girls had made me from their own hair.
Good lord, how did you end up republican?
 

DiO'Bolic

Not completely obtuse
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Good lord, how did you end up republican?
We rejected established institutions and values, and sought idealistic principles. We didn’t want our boys to keep dying in Vietnam if our government had no intention of winning the war. We cherished spontaneity and a willingness to stand for what we believed in. We valued personal relations and expanded consciousness - sometimes through nefarious means. We refused to conform to societal norms. And we held a deep appreciation of music.

Any perceived contradiction is attributed to the stereotypes of Republicans. And believe it or not, quite a few old hippies have found a home in the Tea Party because it stands on principles, not just party affiliation.