Memories 1969 ?? Today

[Old Grinner]

"Turn on. . .Tune in. . .Drop out" famous words of the '60's by good 'ol Dr. Timothy Leary.

A bit of wisdom from a time when nobody worried about the forthcoming solar flareups that will roach the power grid. The focus was on overcoming things like war, poverty, and hunger. Remember LBJ's "Great Society"? Turbulent times indeed.

Oh. . .yes. . .on with the video.

What were we talking about?. . .oh yeah. . .thanks!

[Old Grinner]

A little something to cleanse the soul.

When life hands you a soggy shoe then it's time to walk in a dessert.

Fast forward to a more relevant activity that speaks for freedom and self control. . ..

[you you]

A little something to cleanse the soul.

When life hands you a soggy shoe then it's time to walk in a dessert.

Fast forward to a more relevant activity that speaks for freedom and self control. . ..

Your shoe will only get more soggy if you walk in a dessert

[Mel46]

Depends on the dessert.
Sand castle cake, anyone??

Kids make the darnedest things when they are playing in the sand.

[NADman]

Just $10.00 per day!! Did ya'll see that? Shazam!

You could go a long way on $10 back then.

To think you could go to a show featuring all those rock legends for so little $$$. Wow!!!

On another weekend you could take a date to a movie and still have enough for McDonalds on the way home, buy couple of 45 RPM records, and put gas back in the tank for Mom and Dad. Wow. . .times were good.

I'm going to guess gas was around 40 cents a gallon then. Somewhere in the early '70's I remember Sunoco 260 (102 Octane?) being 60 cents a gallon.

Shazam! Indeed!!!

My older bro, my good friend Mike (RIP) and I each saved up $900.00 and went on a 90 day adventure. Yes you could live and travel on $10 dollars a day. I was riding a 450 Honda Hellcat, my bro on a homemade VW trike and Mike on a CB250 Honda. Always seemed to have enough gas, smokes?, beer and met many-many wonderful people on the way. Camping, fishing and partying in general. Often didn't make any miles in a day. Winnipeg to Tofino, (yes a night@Blood Alley in Vancouver) south to San Diego and zig-zaged back through many states. We didn't record mileage, costs or take pics. Had to tow Mike's 250 the last couple of hundred miles home.
It was my house # and my phone # for 40+ years. Can't beat 1969.

[relic]

A year after my 1969 rock fest I was talked into this road trip. The problem was there was no road, just one step at a time.
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[gn2]

Science is a misnomer.

[you you]

Depends on the dessert.
Sand castle cake, anyone??

Kids make the darnedest things when they are playing in the sand.

Desserts backwards is stressed if that helps

[Old Grinner]

A little incense and peppermint may reduce stress. . ..

[easyrider]

Science is a misnomer.

Very correct.. Science is so far the only avenue we have to prove or disprove any conceptual theory. In this case it can neither be proven or disproven.

[cstruck]

I remember '69' was also in SVN so missed Woodstock. Went to a music festival in Wisconsin in '70 or 71 don't remember the name, drove a 57 chevi, remember the traffic jam getting into the place but not much after the music started
Kathy R from Madison and my Army buddy Fish and his gf were with us.

[gn2]

Science is a misnomer.

Very correct.. Science is so far the only avenue we have to prove or disprove any conceptual theory. In this case it can neither be proven or disproven.

What's proof anyway?
You can prove a glass is half empty AND half full.
But examining the glass and its contents wont tell you how pretty the girl was who drank the first half.

[JohnL]

Wow, beautiful eyes

[Old Grinner]

Wow, beautiful eyes

Oh yeah, X3!!!

She's (They've) got the look!



Where there's beer there should be music. . ..

[fish]

In ascending order - best thing about the 60's:
British Invasion
VW
Safe hitch hiking
Dylan
Watching young ladies in miniskirts climbing into the rear seat of a two door hardtop. (We never went anywhere in a 4 dr ----- eventually they began to suspect something....)

Ah me...

Fish

[easyrider]

Wow, beautiful eyes

There's something else you're missing ??

[Old Grinner]

In ascending order - best thing about the 60's:

Perhaps add "Patchouli" to the list?

[Old Grinner]

And before 1969 . . .. The Beach Boys were riding the wave of success.

Hard to believe it was that long ago. . .seems like just a few years. I still have my 45 RPM record of this.

Which makes me wonder. . .Whatever happened to Scooter Pies?

[Mel46]

Just FYI, when I started driving back in 1964 - 65 gas wars were common. I was stationed in West Texas where there were lots of oil wells. The refineries were in East Texas, but still in Texas.

Now that I have set the stage, let me tell you about the times. The Ford Mustang had been out for one year. Big engines were in. Choose a Boss car that you like or have heard about. It was out or would be out within a year or so.
Gas prices in West Texas ranged from 17 cents to 25 cents per gallon. We didn't make a lot of money at that time, but I could fill the gas tank on my Harley Sportster for change.

Yes, those were the days. There were problems such as Vietnam, but there were good things as well, like Woodstock.

[gn2]

Sportster tanks are normally ridiculously small though.