Tag: random
group name: thesixties
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April 07, 2006 05:44 AM EDT --
Lunch counter sit-ins at Woolworths
JFK elected President
Peace Corp program announced
Yuri Gargarin, first man in space
Bay of Pigs
Alan Shepard, first American in space
16,000 U.S. advisors sent to Vietnam . . . more
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February 28, 2007 10:50 PM EST --
I remember when we lived in conowingo ,Maryland .I was almost 16. My name is tom. I'm one of seven children . I am nex't to the oldest. We rented an old farm house with a dairy in the back. . . . more
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February 09, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
This story starts out when I was about two. That was in 1952. My mom said they used to wash the car down at the creek. Yes they even used soap. Can't do that now a days. Well she said I would . . . more
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December 05, 2007 12:10 AM EST --
The following is the first of a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom!
Preface to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend . . . more
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February 21, 2007 11:00 PM EST --
I was born in the 60's. Early enough to be alive when JFK was shot, but not old enough to remember anything about it. I do remember the original TV show Dark Shadows and the complete lyrics . . . more
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August 30, 2006 11:09 PM EDT --
I love my mama. She's a very simple, homegrown kind of lady that comes from the backwoods of SW Louisiana (and SE Texas later on). She says things that my kids get a kick out of sometimes without meaning . . . more
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February 21, 2007 05:23 PM EST --
You sit there and you watch it go.
When young , It seemed to move too slow.
A lot of it was spent on play.
The darkness came and took the day.
To lay at night and watch the stars.
And hear the sound . . . more
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September 25, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
I'm a cranky 40 something female who longs for the good old days. My longing to go back to the 60's/early 70's is so intense. I loved the music: Pictures of Matchstick Men, Wild . . . more
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September 08, 2006 02:08 PM EDT --
Sure there was a war going on, the protesters were in full swing but there were some great memories of those days..
My daughters were little..We used to take them to Love-ins in the parks..does anyone . . . more
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March 10, 2007 11:30 AM EST --
Bob Dylan a false prophet?
Over the years of his career, countless books and articles have been published about Dylan's spirituality and what he himself called "the saving grace that's . . . more
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July 17, 2006 01:43 AM EDT --
In this day and age when the TV is criticized for contributing to many of society's ills from obesity to low SAT scores, I have the TV to thank for providing me with my greatest pleasure. . . .
Reading. . . . more
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September 08, 2006 05:53 PM EDT --
Ok, I admit it...I'm a geek, a nerd...a Star Trek fan. ~yeah, I even have the whole Spock/Vulcan greeting hand thing down to fine science~
Today marks 40 years since the Enterprise launched its maiden . . . more
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April 01, 2006 04:13 AM EST --
The morning Sue Hapenny was born, circus elephants danced, lions jumped through rings of fire, and choirs of angels sang throughout the heavens. Or so she was told.
After hours of labor in which . . . more
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February 02, 2007 04:02 AM EST --
The winter without a blanket
For the homeless soul forsaken,
A shivering body, with an empty wallet,
Whose spirit has already been broken.
The winter without a blanket
The homeless . . . more
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February 05, 2007 08:12 AM EST --
Goodness, thinking way back to the 1960's, back to a tijme when I used to be young.
I graduated from High School in 1963, back when the war in Vietnam was going on. I loved the water so I decided, . . . more
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February 24, 2007 12:57 PM EST --
This started about a year ago. I had put a 1953 bsa motorcycle on line to sell.
It was on one of those free classifieds. I got two hits just after posting. I was only asking 200.00 dollars for the bike. . . . more
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December 09, 2006 10:06 PM EST --
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! There are so many new members of the Old Hippie’s Corner (OHC); I thought it might be fun to compile Colonel Possum’s ramblings and tall tales from 2006. . . . more
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June 09, 2007 01:08 AM EDT --
Phew, I’m back! Just a faulty Heisenberg Compensator* in the old Maytag Star Cruiser. Time travel is hell on those old coin-op washers.
This might not make a lot of sense unless you’ve been . . . more
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December 06, 2007 11:30 AM EST --
The following is the next in a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom!
Part I to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend in . . . more
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October 23, 2006 09:15 AM EDT --
May she R.I.P ~
I never really ever watched this 1950 t.v show that has aired however from the sounds of it, she was very loved and well known actress.
Wyatt Passed away on Friday in . . . more
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