Ya Know... Time... Is Less Fair To Some, Than To Others... (See If You Can Guess)

... most of the politicians graduated high school ten years after you did!

-- Mal

... you've gotten old.

The only recent politician they couldn't do this for is Reagan -- since he graduated high school before cameras were invented.

-- Mal

Who's high school year book was carved on stone tablets!

The plot thickens...

It's an amazing picture, though. There are three pretty normal-looking dudes sitting to the left of the pic, and then... white sox, plaid pants, saddle shoes? Oh, god. If I'd dressed like that in my HS, I would have been thrown out of the front door -- without it being opened.

-- Mal

...then you don't EVEN wanna see what I dressed like in HS!

Two things though: I never would have been caught dead in white sox, and saddle shoes with plaid pants... oi! And did you dig the heels on those shoes?

There is a lovely little site called "retrospace" that posts a lot of yearbook pictures from back in the late 60's/early 70's. And has a series called "miniskirt monday" which definitely deserves wider attention. Ah, for the simpler days...

-- Mal

...with black Oxfords and blue jeans. That lasted only for a while, fortunately.

Another real fashion atrocity was those skinny ties. I can't really complain, though, as my color palette at the time was quite atrocious itself.

I can only say, in our defense, that we had that music. That kinda made up for all our faults.

My cohort may have had some silly styles, but that was certainly not one of them!

Okay, okay, so did some of the guys. I mostly wore those side-zip or side-buckle half-boots on my feets.

-- Mal

Did you have a dress code? In '68, I was instrumental in getting ours thrown out of JHS. By the time I got to high school, the only code was "wear clothes."

My music wasn't so bad. Hendrix, Neil Young, Zeppelin... Top song of my Prom in '73 was "Take a Walk On the Wild Side."

"And the colored girls go doop-da-doop, doop-da-doop." Lou Reed couldn't get away with that crap now.

-- Mal

I know you're familiar with that music, too.

When I got to Vietnam in '69, the #1 favorite song there still (naturally) was this one from '65...

... and not just by us old guys. Virtually every 60's classic on YT has remarks from some 15-16 year old kid that thinks it's great.

I avoided "that place" by the skin of my teeth. It's kind of a good news/bad news thing having been born in '56. I missed Woodstock, but I missed the Central Highlands, too. What I hear, that ends up being a pretty good deal. Although, god love me, when I was sixteen I was ready to volunteer, join the infantry, and go Airborne All the Way. Damned John Wayne movies.

-- Mal

I actually volunteered for the draft--and for Infantry, OCS, VN, and combat duty. What did I know? I was 18.

I missed Woodstock because I was in-country at the time, but I actually got to see the moon landing on TV there.

It is cool, and a testimony to the endurance of that music, that young people today are playing and listening to it. We've lost some of our talented musicians along the way, but some are still performing. Sir Paul, Fogerty, vets of the Eagles and Crosby, Stills and Nash and Led Zep (and the Yardbirds), and others. Enjoy it while we can.

And that was a real wake-up call. Bad times for the army -- in a college of about 30,000 students, our "brigade" had about 30 people in it. And the seniors -- who were going to be commissioned and sent to VN at the beginning of '74 -- were some really scary people. Let's just say... their leadership did not inspire confidence. I was an ignorant 17 year old idiot whose only military "knowledge" was those John Wayne movies and some military history books, but even I could tell these guys (and gals, we had 4 women in the "brigade") were going to be bad news. They were taking anything they could get -- hell, my nickname in the brigade was "Zero," nuff sed. Then came '74, the draft was shut down, and I said "Fine, which way to the door?" Although... to echo Dr Johnson... I still regret not having been a soldier. That "do your duty" stuff runs deep -- except, apparently, in most of our politicians.

Thank god for You Tube. I've discovered tons of great music I never knew existed. Rory Gallagher, for example -- he was about unknown in my part of the country, and damn, I wish I could have seen the boy live. He's been in Rock and Roll Heaven for a long time, now. It's getting crowded up there, but maybe it's true, the music will never die.

-- Mal

ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TO STAY,
IT WILL NEVER DIE,
IT WAS MEANT TO BE THAT WAY,
THOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHY!

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Left to Right:
1 - My sister's friend she wanted me to meet
2 - My college frosh GF
3 - Cathy the clarinet player all us guys in the cornet section lusted after
4 - My prom date.

I think, though, judging from this pic, that your sister's bud had a thing for Ricky... how little she knew!

-- Mal

He looks like McLovin in Superbad. lol

I hate it when I get double posts...

I noticed something really scary in the first one -- Paul Ryan was actually popular enough to be elected class president? That is a really sad thought. And his (presumptive) brother looks like he ran into somebody's fist.

-- Mal

(I may have nightmares, too! )

Bet he had good insurance...

ok,he's hot

Those heels cannot be damaged any more than they already were by their design.

He's number thirty one if anyone wants to look him up. Just...exactly....what....you....would.....expect.

ran things in high school.

you think you can escape, but you never can.

Remember the Nixon dirty tricksters who came out of student politics at USC?

interesting threads, WillyT.

like he's actually hiding one!

Completely dead.

VP Gore makes me moist!

Do you have one of Howard Dean? He was a ridiculously hot guy!

once on a deal for a pound of weed. Back in the 1970s, of course.

LOL!

Well it was better than that bald spot he has now.