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slater71

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26. I would like to add myself to the post.

Mon Feb 6, 2023, 11:28 AM

Feb 2023

I am also turning 70 in a couple of months, I can remember the Beatles coming to America and my Dad seeing them for the first time and saying "What in the hell is that saying they need a hair cut." He was a WWII vet and fought in the south pacific.
I remember coming home one day after high school graduation and telling my parents that I was leaving for the Air Force. My Mom said no your not and I am not having my son killed in Vietnam, She said she would not sign for me. I said I was 18 and she did not have to. Finally my Dad said to my mom to be quite and let the boy do what he wants to do. He shook my hand and my mom cried. They are gone now. I miss them.

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Rambling thoughts as I approach 70 years old [View all] nightwing1240 Feb 2023 OP

Please continue! Easterncedar Feb 2023 #1

thank you! nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #9

You and I are the same age and you pretty much chronicled what I experienced as well. Solomon Feb 2023 #2

Same age, same life experiences. Chainfire Feb 2023 #25

Post World War Two Blues lapfog_1 Feb 2023 #3

I heartily encourage you to go on, please EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #4

Ramble on please... old as dirt Feb 2023 #5

The infamous weekend in 1963 flor-de-jasmim Feb 2023 #6

That was a Friday, thank you nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #12

Your's is pretty close to my tale as well. The music of that era, Motown and protest, helped us... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2023 #7

oh wow Motown was awesome! nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #11

We are the same age.. PCIntern Feb 2023 #8

Yes I remember that too nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #10

Being 3 years younger than you, I can parrot many of your general feelings. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #13

On the brighter side,... flor-de-jasmim Feb 2023 #14

I had a book like that. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #34

Beautiful writing! sunnybrook Feb 2023 #15

wow thank you so much :) nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #29

Womens rights won and then stolen away by christofascist SCOTUS. lark Feb 2023 #16

I can relate... ewagner Feb 2023 #17

73 and often sad/furious that there are days we seem to be racing backwards in time. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2023 #18

Thanks for sharing your memories. quabbin Feb 2023 #19

Thank you nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #30

Same age, same experiences Doc Sportello Feb 2023 #20

I have a couple of years on you but share similar memories. Lonestarblue Feb 2023 #21

Thank you! nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #31

Dr. Thompson wrote a lovely elegy for Those Times. kgray96057 Feb 2023 #22

Wow! Thats your own writing before the Thompson quote? Nice, kgray! 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #24

I saw Bobby Kennedy when I was 9 or 10. He flew into our airport when he won the Senate seat. 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #23

I would like to add myself to the post. slater71 Feb 2023 #26

My father had a similar reaction to The Beatles nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #32

I grew up during the 60's, 70s, I loved the culture back then, I miss it. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #27

If you're about to be 70, you're actually approaching your eighth decade on this planet Polybius Feb 2023 #28

Same here. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #33

Another 1953 birth, turned 70 less than 10 days ago. kr PufPuf23 Feb 2023 #35

I turn 70 this year GenThePerservering Feb 2023 #36