What would your 1960's hippie self say to your 2013 self ?

[steve2470]

(Inspired by WW2 thread) Have fun !

To answer my own thread, I'd say I wish I could have gone to Woodstock, I was only 11 and parents were too strict.

[olddots]

1. My hippster self would have asked me for some medical pot

we would then proceed to eat fritoes and watch the food channel .

[DFW]

2. My 1960s sellf wasn't a hippie

I hung with them, played the right music, was in the right bands, but never was a hippie, myself.

I caught all sorts of grief for it, too. My hair wasn't long enough, I didn't smoke anything, didn't wear the right clothes. And then I got blamed for not being "non-conformist" enough. A bunch of kids my age or a little older, who all looked the same and dressed the same were telling ME I wasn't non-conformist enough. Well, I'm still not, after all these years. The others are all either dead or insurance executives who, you guessed it, all look the same and dress the same. I'm still doing my "none of the above" thing, and have no regrets.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Don't accept an invitation from the Donald to a hockey game.

Oh and don't get married ... [img][/img] three times.

[steve2470]

4. ok I have to ask....

Trump ? Invited you to a hockey game ?

[In_The_Wind]

5. yes

1972

[steve2470]

6. interesting story no doubt

I won't pry

[In_The_Wind]

7. Think nothing of it. I truly enjoy chatting with a gentleman like yourself.

My best friend and I took turns picking the spot in NYC to go drinking on Friday night.
I usually suggested The Village. But Joanie liked the upper east side.
We were at Maxie when Donald invited us to Les Club.
We danced the night away. He was a perfect gentleman the entire night. He drove us home. Dropping Joanie off at her apartment near Brooklyn College. Then he drove me to Sheepshead Bay (my home). As he walked me to my door that night he ask me out to a hockey game the next night.
I hate violence. Perhaps I should have suggested a play or the opera.
Then I wouldn't have stood him up the next night. How could I be so rude.

[union_maid]

11. You knew in advance?

Think of it as being ahead of your time. He more than deserves it now.

[In_The_Wind]

15. Thank you!

It's been an interesting life without him in it.

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[Art_from_Ark]

8. In those days, "Woodstock" to me was Snoopy's bird friend

I had no idea why "Woodstock" was such a hot topic. He didn't seem like such an interesting character to me

[KG]

9. 'man, you've put on some weight...'

[UncleYoder]

10. 'you've changed, man.'

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. My 60's self wakes up everyday and says

"you know all that shit you were fighting for back in the day? You are still fighting for all of it! What the fuck! But DAMN, you looked good back when!

[LeftInTX]

27. Still fighting without the energy!!!

[union_maid]

13. Radio silence from my 60's hippie self has not been my main problem in life

It's more that she wouldn't shut up. Now if I could talk to her, I'd say, "A fine mess you've gotten us into." But then, this has not been the best week for either of us.

[In_The_Wind]

14. A fine mess you've gotten us into

But then, this has not been the best week for either of us.

I'm sorry. Send me a PM if you feel like chatting.

[union_maid]

16. Thank you

I may do, if I can get my thoughts together tonight. No guarantees of that. Right now I have to leave for work. I do want you to know how much I appreciate it, though.

[randr]

17. Buy more Apple stock

[cyberswede]

18. "You look like my mommy."

I was born in '66.

[Waiting For Everyman]

19. "How the hell did THIS happen?"

I know of course, but I have a hard time believing it myself.

[Z_I_Peevey]

20. "Good job, man."

Probably. Maybe. Yeah, I think so.

[Wounded Bear]

21. Quit fucking around on that computer and get a job....

I guess I've turned into Dobie Gillis's dad.

[tabbycat31]

22. my WW2 and 1960s hippie were not around

All of this was before I was born.

[LiberalEsto]

23. "Wow, bummer!"

"You're such a suburban housewife freak."

[Boomerproud]

24. Did you sell out like everyone says you did, or were our values killed off?

Too late to ressurrect.

[kudzu22]

25. My 1960's self hadn't learned to talk yet

So probably a mixture of crying and curious utterances.

[LeftInTX]

26. "I told you not to move to Texas"

It is still saying this to me. In 1980, I was living in Madison, Wisconsin. I was unemployed and broke. There were no career prospects either. I could go to graduate school, but wasn't committed enough. My parents had moved to Texas and I could move there and go to nursing school. (Nursing school at UW-Madison wasn't going to work out for me either)

I could have stayed in Madison and lived on unemployment and odd jobs indefinitely, but I came to Texas.

I still grapple with this on an almost daily basis!!! I'm still plagued with guilt.

[livetohike]

28. I've connected on FB with so many of my friends from those days.....they say I haven't changed but,

I think my 60's hippie self would say to me now: "Keep on keepin' on." Still have the same politics and outlook on life and my relationships with people and nature .

[lunatica]

29. Want some weed?

[jcboon]

32. That's what I'd say

[livetohike]

35. Good one!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. "One day my sperm will come."

Said the egg.

[RebelOne]

31. Move to Canada. n/t

[Bertha Venation]

33. You were too young in the 60s . . . you now have my permission to get high.

(I would if I knew where to find it.) <--- edit: sounds like a bad narc line, doesn't it?

[Major Nikon]

36. You got papers?

[Moondog]

37. You did WHAT for a living?!?!

[4_TN_TITANS]

38. Keep the weed, don't ever touch the bottle.

[warrprayer]

39. I had a chance

I had the chance to go back there, a few years ago. I didn't recognize myself, it was like "who is this old fart and what is he doing here"?

Pay before we start...

[Sanity Claws]

40. If I were old enough to have been a 60s hippie

my 60s self would say, "see, I was right. Don't you regret trying to follow the path that the establishment was success?" And I would say, "Yes, you were right."

[LuckyLib]

41. "I'm glad to see you are just as radical in 2013. I'm proud of you. Still a

liberal, still railing against corporate power, and still moved by the plight of folks who struggle against an unfair system. Let's have a drink together and you can tell me what you should have done differently."

[rrneck]

42. Do your own thing, man. nt

[zanana1]

43. Just keep enjoying yourself. Life is short and so were the 60's. nt

[ohiosmith]

44. You're not dead?!

[Go Vols]

45. twist one up man.