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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts) Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:34 PM Apr 2018

What the 60s really looked like!

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What the 60s really looked like! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 OP

Anybody who claims they remember the '60s wasn't really there. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #1

cliche jodymarie aimee Apr 2018 #3

or were totally sober, all the time RandomAccess Apr 2018 #5

Ditto. elleng Apr 2018 #6

I know that's meant to be ironic, but it's always struck PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #13

I remember the 60's. edbermac Apr 2018 #14

Anything I forgot wasnt worth remembering! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #17

whoosh... jodymarie aimee Apr 2018 #2

Had a similar experience. I couldnt get my image out of the mirror! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #18

Very cool! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2018 #4

Right on! ✌🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #19

Add more orange and red in big wedges, and that's how I remember the late 60s. Chemisse Apr 2018 #7

Strange good or strange bad? Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #20

Good - lol. At least good for that time in my life. Chemisse Apr 2018 #26

someone was trippin'!! barbtries Apr 2018 #8

They just giggle tazkcmo Apr 2018 #10

i quit doing it barbtries Apr 2018 #11

Tune in, turn on, Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #21

lol barbtries Apr 2018 #25

I came of age during the 1960's...... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2018 #9

Far out! ✌🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #22

Yup. We were way ahead of our time in the appreciation of pot. lunatica Apr 2018 #12

Pioneers! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #23

I miss the the giggles lunatica Apr 2018 #27

I turned 13 in 1969 LeftInTX Apr 2018 #15

Moi aussi malthaussen Apr 2018 #16

Bummer! Except making trails! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2018 #24

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,748 posts)

1. Anybody who claims they remember the '60s wasn't really there.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:41 PM

Apr 2018

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)

3. cliche

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:44 PM

Apr 2018

I was there and remember every single thing !! But, boy do I wish we had cameras.....

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

5. or were totally sober, all the time

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:50 PM

Apr 2018

Like me.

elleng

(130,980 posts)

6. Ditto.

Reply to RandomAccess (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:51 PM

Apr 2018

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)

13. I know that's meant to be ironic, but it's always struck

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:45 PM

Apr 2018

me as really dumb.

I came of age in the 60s, and trust me, I remember them quite well. Admittedly, I wasn't doing drugs then, and never did do acid. Very boring person here.

edbermac

(15,941 posts)

14. I remember the 60's.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:32 PM

Apr 2018

I just don't remember the 70's.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

17. Anything I forgot wasnt worth remembering!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:12 PM

Apr 2018

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)

2. whoosh...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:43 PM

Apr 2018

can't stop looking at it !! One time in 1969 I looked at myself in the mirror and did not recognize myself...so didn't do that again...

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

18. Had a similar experience. I couldnt get my image out of the mirror!

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:14 PM

Apr 2018

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,013 posts)

4. Very cool!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:48 PM

Apr 2018

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

19. Right on! ✌🏻

Reply to 50 Shades Of Blue (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:14 PM

Apr 2018

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)

7. Add more orange and red in big wedges, and that's how I remember the late 60s.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:54 PM

Apr 2018

Strange days indeed.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

20. Strange good or strange bad?

Reply to Chemisse (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:15 PM

Apr 2018

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)

26. Good - lol. At least good for that time in my life.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #20)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:16 PM

Apr 2018

barbtries

(28,799 posts)

8. someone was trippin'!!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:56 PM

Apr 2018

oops am i showing my age?

what do people do when they take acid these days?

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)

10. They just giggle

Reply to barbtries (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:14 PM

Apr 2018

I haven't dropped a decent dose of acid since 1974 and none since before 2000 cuz I quit doing that shit.

barbtries

(28,799 posts)

11. i quit doing it

Reply to tazkcmo (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:15 PM

Apr 2018

shit in the 1970s. i think i was 19 the last time i ever did.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

21. Tune in, turn on,

Reply to barbtries (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:20 PM

Apr 2018

post a selfie on Facebook!

barbtries

(28,799 posts)

25. lol

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #21)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:18 PM

Apr 2018

i'm old now. still a hippie after a fashion, but my partying days are over.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)

9. I came of age during the 1960's......

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:10 PM

Apr 2018

I remember The Beatles on Ed Sullivan Show.
Motown sounds of the Supremes, Little Stevie Wonder
Hullabaloo, Shindig, Dark Shadows
Chevy El Camino
Psychodelic rock
Haight Ashbury district
Hippies
Vietnam
Rattled Hair
Big Curlers
Star Trek
Mini skirts and Bell Bottom pants
3 channels on TV
Hi Fidelity
Bonanza being the first TV show to telecast in color
JFK, MLK,RFK assassinations
the Space Program
Fuzzy Dice on the rear view mirror

Just some of the many things the 60's meant to me.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

22. Far out! ✌🏻

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:21 PM

Apr 2018

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

12. Yup. We were way ahead of our time in the appreciation of pot.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:24 PM

Apr 2018

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

23. Pioneers!

Reply to lunatica (Reply #12)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:21 PM

Apr 2018

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

27. I miss the the giggles

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #23)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:26 PM

Apr 2018

It was so cool to be unable to stop laughing about every little thing. I could use some of that now.

True story: two of my college buddies and I went to a councelor to try and get our enthusiasm back about the status quo as seen by the non Hippies. We were depressed because of the “establishment” and the emptiness of life as usual, and we saw no purpose to life as our parents saw. We wanted guidance to find truth in life.

After talking for a while the counselor just looked depressed and said he hadn’t seen it that way before. He looked depressed. We realized all we had managed to do was convert him without giving him any safe haven. I don’t really know if that was a good thing or not. In all these intervening years, we have not fulfilled the promise of our dreams. But I wouldn’t change my belief in the potential of this country.

LeftInTX

(25,388 posts)

15. I turned 13 in 1969

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:05 PM

Apr 2018

But I had a bunch of kaleidoscopes throughout the decade...does that count?

I did acid in the 70s, it was never like that. We went to a carnival thinking all the sites and sounds would be cool...it wasn't. Instead the crowd just drove us crazy. It wasn't a very crowded event. The acid made it seem more crowded than it was. It seemed like everyone was in our faces, so we went home and watched our hands "make trails".

malthaussen

(17,205 posts)

16. Moi aussi

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 01:40 PM

Apr 2018

I remember the 60s perfectly well, although I will grant it can be argued I was never really "there."

-- Mal

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

24. Bummer! Except making trails!

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:23 PM

Apr 2018

It was best to turn off all the lights and do it with cigarettes or joints!

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