Flower Power - The Firearms Forum

22WRF · 01-30-2010, 01:08 PM

Who'd thought that the Hippies from Haight-Ashbury and Woodstock would someday be running the country.

mrkirker · 01-30-2010, 01:22 PM

You'd be surprised where we might turn up!

petesusn · 01-30-2010, 01:38 PM

Times change and sometimes people change.

Bobitis · 01-30-2010, 03:21 PM

During the mid 70's I had a 1957 27 window VW safari bus.
It was repleat with paisley window curtains and a twin size bed in the back.

I didn't go to Woodstock cuz my parents wouldn't have agreed.

People do change. I'm a perfect example.

Damn, I wish I still had that bus. It'd be worth 50-70K nowdays.

I'm still a hippie at heart. Does that make me bad?

mrkirker · 01-30-2010, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobitis

During the mid 70's I had a 1957 27 window VW safari bus.
It was repleat with paisley window curtains and a twin size bed in the back.

I didn't go to Woodstock cuz my parents wouldn't have agreed.

People do change. I'm a perfect example.

Damn, I wish I still had that bus. It'd be worth 50-70K nowdays.

I'm still a hippie at heart. Does that make me bad?

I'll admit that woodstock sounded like a grand party! I made it as far as the bus station! The clerk called my DAD (insert want to DIE icon, here!) under the pretext of setting up the ticket! Dad does not remember this, now, but I DO!

"Hippie" was coined by the media to define the undefinable. I bet you always took baths, never stank (unless after a day at work), had a job, and didn't do the drug thing (scared of that s+++!), and would have 'gone' if drafted (my agreement with Dad).

They needed a narrow defination. 'Hippie' was that defination. Like most of what the media (then and now) conjures up, it bears little resemblance to what was actually happening.

'edit' - Hell, you're not 'bad' we just believed that the world could be changed. In the years following our youth, we've learned otherwise. (mods, sorry 'bout the 'hell', but it fits the context of the thought, and the years since.)

noslolo · 02-01-2010, 01:51 AM

My Dad dodged the draft, bought a motorcycle and moved to Canada. Where he now works for the Government. Odd very Odd. I don't agree with him but I do love him. After my parents split I moved from Canada and went to Military School in his home town of Waynesboro VA. Ironic to say the least. I was born in Canada and have lived in the U.S.A since 1983. I think that this is the greatest country in the world. My Dad was born here and has lived in Canada since 1969 and he wouldn't leave Canada for anything. I will turn the ramble off for now, I must be getting tired.

Terry_P · 02-01-2010, 03:07 PM

You see a lot now 40 years later that are trying to glamorize that period of time but what you don't see is people spitting and dumping blood on our soldiers, many of them wounded returning from Vietnam, rioting and the cities burning, SDS bombing those they disagreed with. The anarchy and lawlessness resulted in the election of Nixon who ran on a law and order campaign. There is a sweet irony there.

red14 · 02-01-2010, 03:11 PM

I was/am a hippie, but I served, and worked for almost 40 years before being disabled. Those people who spit on our troops weren't hippies, they were scum.

01-30-2010, 01:08 PM	#1
22WRF Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pea Ridge, FL Contributor Posts: 4,255	Flower Power Who'd thought that the Hippies from Haight-Ashbury and Woodstock would someday be running the country. __________________ NRA GOA CCRKBA Happiness is a warm barrel -->

01-30-2010, 01:22 PM	#2
mrkirker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,067	Re: Flower Power You'd be surprised where we might turn up! __________________ *I don't know if dogs have a heaven, but there will be dogs in mine.*

01-30-2010, 01:38 PM	#3
petesusn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Joaquin Valley, Ca. Posts: 614	Re: Flower Power Times change and sometimes people change. __________________ Self Defense: A basic human right The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which was created 130 years later, in 1917. A man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile...can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the U. S. Navy." John F. Kennedy VFW Life Member

01-30-2010, 03:21 PM	#4
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Re: Flower Power During the mid 70's I had a 1957 27 window VW safari bus. It was repleat with paisley window curtains and a twin size bed in the back. I didn't go to Woodstock cuz my parents wouldn't have agreed. People do change. I'm a perfect example. Damn, I wish I still had that bus. It'd be worth 50-70K nowdays. I'm still a hippie at heart. Does that make me bad? __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all

02-01-2010, 01:51 AM	#6
noslolo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Johnstown PA Posts: 1,558	Re: Flower Power My Dad dodged the draft, bought a motorcycle and moved to Canada. Where he now works for the Government. Odd very Odd. I don't agree with him but I do love him. After my parents split I moved from Canada and went to Military School in his home town of Waynesboro VA. Ironic to say the least. I was born in Canada and have lived in the U.S.A since 1983. I think that this is the greatest country in the world. My Dad was born here and has lived in Canada since 1969 and he wouldn't leave Canada for anything. I will turn the ramble off for now, I must be getting tired. __________________ I'm a heck of a "obesito illegitimo"

02-01-2010, 03:07 PM	#7
Terry_P Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NH Posts: 2,513	Re: Flower Power You see a lot now 40 years later that are trying to glamorize that period of time but what you don't see is people spitting and dumping blood on our soldiers, many of them wounded returning from Vietnam, rioting and the cities burning, SDS bombing those they disagreed with. The anarchy and lawlessness resulted in the election of Nixon who ran on a law and order campaign. There is a sweet irony there. __________________ NRA and NAHC Life "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -Aristotle

02-01-2010, 03:11 PM	#8
red14 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N FLA Posts: 3,915	Re: Flower Power I was/am a hippie, but I served, and worked for almost 40 years before being disabled. Those people who spit on our troops weren't hippies, they were scum. __________________ I never argue, I state my opinion, and support my position.