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You are a treasure, my dear DonRedwood! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1
Very kind Miss Peggy! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #13
Forever Young Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #181
... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #183
It's HIPPIE, by the way Warpy Feb 2013 #2
thank you for keeping me from humiliating myself DonRedwood Feb 2013 #5
they share some of those stories too DonRedwood Feb 2013 #6
I certainly did do the go-go boots thing! But they were not allowed in cotillion! calimary Feb 2013 #52
My mother had refused her coming out party Warpy Feb 2013 #84
I'm remembering tear gas in Harvard square. RILib Feb 2013 #153
I was there Warpy Feb 2013 #162
Welcome to DU, RILib! calimary Feb 2013 #167
We certainly flocked to the web starting in the 90s Warpy Feb 2013 #187
We'd love to hear your account! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #199
some morons set a car on fire, smashed store windows of small shopkeepers RILib Feb 2013 #212
Awe yes those were the good old days. I don't know how old you are but stop southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #3
We seldom appreciate what we are right now. Granny M Feb 2013 #87
My father-in-law use to say "Every day you wake up in the morning and put your feet on southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #118
Welcome to DU Granny M! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #123
Thank you, DonRedwood Granny M Feb 2013 #182
Life is like a roll of toilet paper - the closer you get to the end the faster it goes. CrispyQ Feb 2013 #201
Hahahaha now that is funny. Love your humor. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #203
that toilet paper saying is awesome DonRedwood Feb 2013 #205
That's so sweet TuxedoKat Feb 2013 #4
I'm married to a most wonderful woman madokie Feb 2013 #7
My husband is similarly married. :-) WinkyDink Feb 2013 #24
lol! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #29
You have "cute ways"! TexasProgresive Feb 2013 #89
I was 16 in 1966 and my wife was 13 in 1966, talk about wild times! xtraxritical Feb 2013 #142
No offense here... Contrary1 Feb 2013 #8
Hey! I want to know if you did it! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #31
Nah...My poor dad couldn't have taken that. Contrary1 Feb 2013 #64
Hey, sequins take care of all kinds of things!!!! calimary Feb 2013 #166
No, they are hippie chicks Gman Feb 2013 #9
Gman, you are someone who understands that it's a state of mind as well as a time or place. Yes. The Wielding Truth Feb 2013 #81
Absolutely! Gman Feb 2013 #100
GOOD one, TWT! It IS a state of mind. That really nails it. calimary Feb 2013 #168
And it's a truly sweet state of mind. Don't you think? It would be great if everyone knew the The Wielding Truth Feb 2013 #196
k/r limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #10
Aww, that's so sweet. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #11
My wife was a hippie chick... derby378 Feb 2013 #12
You did it for her. DonRedwood Feb 2013 #42
Thank you. I hope some people can still see the hippie chick in me at times. gateley Feb 2013 #14
After today, I have no doubt they can! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #49
I danced on the side of the stage OKNancy Feb 2013 #15
remember the pencil test? dhol82 Feb 2013 #16
OMG! I'd forgotten about the pencil test! Divernan Feb 2013 #27
yeah, pencil test? DonRedwood Feb 2013 #43
uh RILib Feb 2013 #155
Love the Mamas and the Papas, but gotta credit Scott McKenzie for that song. Scuba Feb 2013 #82
Loved this song, and Scott McKenzie just passed away on August 18, 2012 a kennedy Feb 2013 #107
A sad loss pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #145
The video of him singing the song alfredo Feb 2013 #140
Awesome. Thanks for that. Two comments... nilram Feb 2013 #170
I saw the Merry Prankster's bus. Some of them pass through town to see Ed McClannahan and alfredo Feb 2013 #192
Pencil test?... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #37
The pencil test was how you could tell Demobrat Feb 2013 #55
Nifty info. Thanks. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #111
Ok- thanks. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #125
the pencil test was to remind us that gravity is no longer our friend. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #172
Welcome to DU, dhol82! calimary Feb 2013 #54
We had to pass a nun-review before going to formal dances. Divernan Feb 2013 #114
borderline hippie! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #124
Thanks calimary dhol82 Feb 2013 #216
LOL - yep, I remember that. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #66
I flunked it from about 14 on.... Granny M Feb 2013 #86
ROFL!!!!!!!!! calimary Feb 2013 #169
Wild Child!! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #32
Remember Mothers? And how Paseo used to be? n/t jtuck004 Feb 2013 #95
Paseo OKNancy Feb 2013 #98
From an old white man,,,, Oldfolkie Feb 2013 #17
Me, too! ChazInAz Feb 2013 #21
Hey Chaz, welcome to DU! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #33
+1000 regnaD kciN Feb 2013 #38
Good on you and thank you for help leading the way. n/t countmyvote4real Feb 2013 #83
... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #121
yes, some young people RILib Feb 2013 #157
I'm gonna be 60 this year and the same is true - I'm more progressive now than ever before. calimary Feb 2013 #171
To me and their other contemporaries they still are pretty little hippy chicks Dragonfli Feb 2013 #18
Aw, thanks! Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #19
God Bless us all... lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #20
I sure hope i'm fighting right up to the end :0) DonRedwood Feb 2013 #36
I may have been there with you... namaste2 Feb 2013 #44
Welcome to the DU! happynewyear Feb 2013 #79
Thanks for the welcome happynewyear~ namaste2 Feb 2013 #110
Namaste, namaste2 DonRedwood Feb 2013 #126
Thanks for the welcome~ namaste2 Feb 2013 #177
"Remember when Joints were something you enjoyed"?!!! Spewing coffee! TexasProgresive Feb 2013 #90
This made me weep a little..... a kennedy Feb 2013 #108
I'll admit I wept a little when I wrote it DonRedwood Feb 2013 #127
Ah, yes! The Rock Hall of Fame in Cleveland. A Must See, not only for Old maddiemom Feb 2013 #112
"Remember when Joints were something you enjoyed" ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! calimary Feb 2013 #164
I was a hippie chick in the '70s, RebelOne Feb 2013 #22
And we STILL aren't the "Lawrence Welk" generation! (Did you hear that Led Zeppelin will tour?) WinkyDink Feb 2013 #23
watching lawrence welk on pbs is like taking a hit of acid DonRedwood Feb 2013 #50
Then you will love this ! Morning Dew Feb 2013 #73
That is....surreal. truebluegreen Feb 2013 #93
Welk got surreal for real! stlsaxman Feb 2013 #102
Holy shit! Holy shit! They had no idea what it meant? OMG, that's just...beyond comprehension! I Nay Feb 2013 #136
Kinda like when the teabaggers came out calling themselves teabaggers. valerief Feb 2013 #99
HOLY COW DonRedwood Feb 2013 #129
ROFLMAO! They clearly had no clue WTF they were singing about! Tracked this down.... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #174
I admit to enjoying it tremendously! Like time traveling! Divernan Feb 2013 #116
i watch it once or twice a month... DonRedwood Feb 2013 #130
I assume most of his musicians were baked DBoon Feb 2013 #190
My best laugh was when my nine yr. old grandson tavernier Feb 2013 #25
"Wiglet" is a term I haven't heard in many years... CBHagman Feb 2013 #26
I am being 100% truthful when I say it is one of the funniest words I know of DonRedwood Feb 2013 #39
Yeah, and some of the hippie guys are feelin' a little older now too, Baby Blue NBachers Feb 2013 #28
That song of Cash with Dylan has always given me truedelphi Feb 2013 #149
My dad, born in 1913, was one of the original '50's jazz freak sound system mainacs NBachers Feb 2013 #188
What a great thing to have going on in one's childhood home. truedelphi Feb 2013 #200
I had a great encounter with one of my "hippie chik" contemporaries..... socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #30
Checking in. femmocrat Feb 2013 #34
This hippie chick is fine Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #35
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #40
Too young to be a hippie... Rozlee Feb 2013 #41
My sr picture has parted in the middle feathered hair and photogray glasses DonRedwood Feb 2013 #53
Ditto. TDale313 Feb 2013 #68
I'm too young too. DevonRex Feb 2013 #180
Thanks for looking beyond our old bodies Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #45
they are so hard working i forget their age DonRedwood Feb 2013 #209
Yes we are libodem Feb 2013 #46
You mean like Grace Slick? Jefferson Airplane? Ask Alice? That Hippie Chick? Leslie Valley Feb 2013 #47
Ahh, the Voice that Launched a Thousand Trips! calimary Feb 2013 #60
Remember Melanie: Lay Down-Candles In The Rain, from Woodstock? DevonRex Feb 2013 #179
That was an excellent rendition of her song... MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #193
It was DevonRex Feb 2013 #194
I liked that story, too. I was a guitar player.... MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #198
Oh, yeah. SheilaT Feb 2013 #48
20 years ago, the last of the hippie chicks taught me the most valuable lessons of my life Nevernose Feb 2013 #51
Yes...and I'm a grandpa. Liberal In Texas Feb 2013 #56
Hippie chick ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #57
I LOVED bell bottoms because they counter-balanced a big butt. calimary Feb 2013 #62
I just liked them ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #65
Well, you could certainly have some of mine! I still have more than enough down below. calimary Feb 2013 #159
Thanks! ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #160
I was the first guy to wear a pink izod to my high school... DonRedwood Feb 2013 #70
LOL - it could be worse. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #131
My girlfriend and I were the first to wear backless long dresses (that we sewed ourselves) Nay Feb 2013 #137
I know what you mean. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #144
I was never a traffic stopper except RILib Feb 2013 #158
Nuff said OldHippieChick Feb 2013 #58
Ahhh, memories Hekate Feb 2013 #59
Thank you from this grandma. 840high Feb 2013 #61
Little Hippie Chicks generally don't have Tramp Stamps slackmaster Feb 2013 #63
I was a hippie chick, too. murielm99 Feb 2013 #67
No offense, but it sounds like your friends were wannabe hippies. Zorra Feb 2013 #69
Amen sister! dooner Feb 2013 #72
I didn't wear any of those things either Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #88
What you said. tilsammans Feb 2013 #120
Embroidered, mirrored Indian cotton tunic over torn bellbottoms frazzled Feb 2013 #138
I am very grateful to all the "hippie chicks". Beacool Feb 2013 #71
Yep, I'm now with my second hippie chick GliderGuider Feb 2013 #74
Thank you for sharing your beautiful story DonRedwood Feb 2013 #132
Y'all are breaking my heart, in a good way. cliffordu Feb 2013 #75
DAMN, I missed that! pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #78
Also, a current friend was a member of Danny & the Juniors ("At the Hop") pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #80
Blimey dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #97
After serving in Vietnam, Bill later married a Vietnamese woman whom he met on a visit there pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #122
Hippie Chicks forever! Are_grits_groceries Feb 2013 #76
. struggle4progress Feb 2013 #77
THAT's the Joan I remember! Met her, and her lovely sisters, in '65 in Carmel FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #146
Knr from a Granny Hippie Chick. pecwae Feb 2013 #85
A close mental association I have with hippie girls is the girl from The Party anAustralianobserver Feb 2013 #91
One of my all-time favorite movies. Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #109
NUM-NUM anAustralianobserver Feb 2013 #173
I know one that's a great grandma now. And she's still pretty. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #92
K&R TexasProgresive Feb 2013 #94
You should check out Yellow Springs OH sometime. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #96
What a place! pecwae Feb 2013 #119
Beautiful!!! I loved the 60's (and the 70's). n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #101
My mom had a wiglet! we can do it Feb 2013 #103
Nice piece of writing, MadHound Feb 2013 #104
H.S. Class of '66 here! Greybnk48 Feb 2013 #105
Good ol days marlakay Feb 2013 #106
Before my time, but an interesting read. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #113
I haven't changed much LWolf Feb 2013 #115
I think I'm one, too. H2O Man Feb 2013 #117
GASP! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #134
I was also a pretty little hippie chick. tblue37 Feb 2013 #128
I didn't know that Hippies had baby birds! n/t RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #133
I loved those years Blue4Texas Feb 2013 #135
And yes, they did change the world. alfredo Feb 2013 #139
Here's a Pretty Little Hippie Chick Who's Now a Grandmother On the Road Feb 2013 #141
I loved my mini-skirts rhiannon55 Feb 2013 #143
Not all the hippie chicks made it as far as San Francisco. DonRedwood Feb 2013 #150
Hey, I never made it to San Francisco either, and I live in L.A.! calimary Feb 2013 #161
Love your post. llmart Feb 2013 #214
I think the first time I heard the term "hippie chicks" MineralMan Feb 2013 #147
Mod Years (1964/67) versus Hippie Years (1968+) HockeyMom Feb 2013 #148
Did both. calimary Feb 2013 #163
Very good summary HockeyMom Feb 2013 #175
Graduated in 1967.. We made the newspaper.. SoCalDem Feb 2013 #195
I was more of a hippie chick wannabe.... llmart Feb 2013 #208
Your singing my song Don. Those were the days and they go by way to quickly. sigh...... Little Star Feb 2013 #151
This hippie chick thinks you're far out! nolabear Feb 2013 #152
Well, you already know I think you're far out too! DonRedwood Feb 2013 #154
Another old hippie chick, checking in. love_katz Feb 2013 #156
This post and thread have been the ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #165
Thoroughly agree, ohheckyeah! calimary Feb 2013 #176
Wish I could recommend it twice. ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #184
It has been a most enjoyable conversation. I'm gald so many people joined in. DonRedwood Feb 2013 #189
My bellbottoms & fav peasant blouses came from Different Drummer in NYC.... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #178
These days the "Hippie Chick" is a costume to be slutty in.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #185
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #206
Actually, there was another group back then that were the anti-hippie chicks... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #207
what were the Hippie GUys like ? JI7 Feb 2013 #186
Very long hair, HockeyMom Feb 2013 #197
I'm sharing this thread with my mom. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #191
What a delightful post & thread! And it brings back memories! CrispyQ Feb 2013 #202
K & R a great thread. pengillian101 Feb 2013 #204
Here's something interesting I found today: ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #210
Makes perfect sense. calimary Feb 2013 #211
I was amazed that 70% ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #213
I look at pictures of my grandmother when she was 40 and she looks older than my mom DonRedwood Feb 2013 #215
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