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Paladin

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38. I'll never forget that night.

Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:48 PM

Aug 2021

I had school friends who got numbers like 4 or 8; they withdrew from the university the next day and faced the inevitable. Both of them made it home safe.

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"...it's like a mid-life crisis for a lot of white males for whom they want it to be 1969 again." [View all] marmar Aug 2021 OP

Conservative and brilliantly do not compute. pwb Aug 2021 #1

Middle aged white males weren't alive in 1969. Sympthsical Aug 2021 #2

You think someone born in 1962 is a senior citizen at 59 yrs of age? MichMan Aug 2021 #4

I don't think a lot of 7 year olds . . . Sympthsical Aug 2021 #6

No, but they all saw the same TV shows that depicted how their world was suppose to be. Biophilic Aug 2021 #26

Bingo! A HERETIC I AM Aug 2021 #62

TV in the 70's and 80's was a lot of reruns from the 60's NickB79 Aug 2021 #61

3 ages: maxsolomon Aug 2021 #8

I prefer ageless Sympthsical Aug 2021 #24

Ambrose Bierce put it nicely. ChazInAz Aug 2021 #34

Man, that sure hit the nail on the head. Mr. Evil Aug 2021 #53

Thank You. Good Lord. cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #27

The anger has been carried over True Blue American Aug 2021 #37

People who are nostalgic about 1969 are not at mid-life age. MineralMan Aug 2021 #3

I think those following some recent so-called "movements" of the '80s, '90s, etc...... George II Aug 2021 #5

Still, people who were adults in 1969 are seniors now. MineralMan Aug 2021 #10

True. I was 21 at the time and more interested in my classes than doing all the things.... George II Aug 2021 #15

In 1969, I was 24 years old, and just finishing up my USAF enlistment. MineralMan Aug 2021 #41

Keep in mind memories fade as you get older. What you True Blue American Aug 2021 #39

and the civil rights act of 1964. he refers to 1965 in his theory too. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2021 #52

People aren't nostalgic about growing up ? MichMan Aug 2021 #9

Sigh LanternWaste Aug 2021 #66

it's fiunny as a lot of these people "hate" the 60's and 70's DonCoquixote Aug 2021 #7

When Was America Great? GopherGal Aug 2021 #19

America was & still IS great. Thats why millions try to come here every year. oldsoftie Aug 2021 #44

I it was economic opportunity as much as anything. nt Ligyron Aug 2021 #56

In 1969, I still had some hope for peace, love, democracy, and equality. Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2021 #71

I was in college in 1969. I remember the year with pleasure. Paladin Aug 2021 #11

I was too, but mine was 116. George II Aug 2021 #16

People tend to forget the importance of those little numbers to guys, in '69. (nt) Paladin Aug 2021 #21

Well Rebl2 Aug 2021 #31

That's how I feel about it, to this very day. Damn lucky. (nt) Paladin Aug 2021 #35

I was a univ student and remember vividly moonscape Aug 2021 #36

I'll never forget that night. Paladin Aug 2021 #38

Draft Lottery Numbers Dave in VA Aug 2021 #42

Thanks for that. I always wondered what mine would've been if i'd been old enough; oldsoftie Aug 2021 #46

I never had to register. VGNonly Aug 2021 #47

I'm very familiar with this group. griffi94 Aug 2021 #12

Good analysis. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Sherman A1 Aug 2021 #14

Horse Hockey Sherman A1 Aug 2021 #17

I agree with you that the bottom line is economics. griffi94 Aug 2021 #18

I was in Jr. high school. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #20

1969? Try 1959 Retrograde Aug 2021 #22

This Jimbo S Aug 2021 #55

or 1859 JI7 Aug 2021 #64

It was a country ran by white males. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #23

Tom Nichols is 60 years old blogslug Aug 2021 #25

1969? Hell...I was worried about the damn draft !,, ashredux Aug 2021 #28

These are the same men who continue to insist the election was stolen dlk Aug 2021 #29

Think about Rebl2 Aug 2021 #32

Two very different types of people dlk Aug 2021 #50

Very true! Rebl2 Aug 2021 #51

The couples in their 70s-80s, women walks behind the husband. Jon King Aug 2021 #30

If he thinks we're living "longer and healthier" in 2021, he hasn't seen the statistics. n/t malthaussen Aug 2021 #33

+1 leftstreet Aug 2021 #45

If I thought the world was falling apart Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #40

I remember assassinations in 1968, the moon landing in 1969, and Kent State in 1970 struggle4progress Aug 2021 #43

i was still a child in 1969. AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #48

Me too.but i.remember.the racism and sexism Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #60

Standard of living falls as wages stagnate, yet there are more and more essentials to buy bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #49

I see much of that is true with TFG-humpers, but it goes far deeper ffr Aug 2021 #54

My take is older men identified with their job, and many had rough times trying to earn a paycheck lindysalsagal Aug 2021 #57

I know a lot of these people. Initech Aug 2021 #58

40 years of Reaganism destroyed their repuke foo-foo land. They outsourced everything American traitorsgalore Aug 2021 #59

That's exactly right FakeNoose Aug 2021 #65

Because Raygun and Limpballs radicalleft Aug 2021 #69

I'd like to be physically the way I was in 1969 again DavidDvorkin Aug 2021 #63

Naw, I was only 13. 1974, though... n/t malthaussen Aug 2021 #68

Dudes gotta quit livin' in the past Blue Owl Aug 2021 #67

Sure, it was a great time. The Women's Movement . The Civil Rights Movement. niyad Aug 2021 #70

Guess what? In 30 or 40 years, today's youth will be complaining Steelrolled Aug 2021 #72