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In_The_Wind

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18. I was a cleanish hippy.

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Sun May 2, 2021, 10:27 AM

May 2021

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Check in if you were a Filthy Hippie [View all] jpak May 2021 OP

the dirty hippies were right rampartc May 2021 #1

my friend had a beetle just like this.. samnsara May 2021 #6

Ha jpak May 2021 #8

My 68 year old cousin still has his Karma Ghia TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #35

Was born in a hippie household I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #2

I saw NIN in 1989 jpak May 2021 #3

I remember seeing his hawk. I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #10

Solid jpak May 2021 #12

yeppers!!! samnsara May 2021 #4

Ha! jpak May 2021 #7

Not filthy, but could have been cleaner I suppose. Ohiya May 2021 #5

I don't know lillypaddle May 2021 #9

You pass jpak May 2021 #11

groovy lillypaddle May 2021 #15

Yes... hwmnbn May 2021 #37

No bongos, I played guitar RainCaster May 2021 #13

Hitch hiking is a lost thing jpak May 2021 #14

I had a VW bus that went 65 downhill, but only 25 uphill. nt Binkie The Clown May 2021 #16

My last GF had a 1969 VW bus jpak May 2021 #17

I was a cleanish hippy. In_The_Wind May 2021 #18

Played my recorder but not in the dirt. MuseRider May 2021 #19

U rule jpak May 2021 #26

Nah, MuseRider May 2021 #38

I miss my purple leather headband CanonRay May 2021 #20

Never dirty. LakeArenal May 2021 #21

! jpak May 2021 #28

I bathed nearly every day. Longhair, pocket tee-shirt, navy bellbottoms, beads, dingo boots; rickyhall May 2021 #22

Wow jpak May 2021 #45

Dirty hippie with long straight greasy hair. cilla4progress May 2021 #23

No bongos. not much dirt Wicked Blue May 2021 #24

Poetry readings! jpak May 2021 #39

thx I was an English major nt Wicked Blue May 2021 #46

People's Park- shot at, tear gassed, chased by pigs. Hitchhiked all around USA. Back in San Fran now NBachers May 2021 #25

While I missed that by a few years, here's part of 'The Young Ones' doing a 'The Good Life' parody. TheBlackAdder May 2021 #27

Yes, and at Woodstock. Raven May 2021 #29

My SIL was at Woodstock jpak May 2021 #40

Mud, all I remember is mud. :-) Raven May 2021 #43

I was clean and didn't have bongos, but Ocelot II May 2021 #30

Maybe jpak May 2021 #32

Clean hippy in the day. lark May 2021 #31

90's hippie checking in happybird May 2021 #33

Yay 4U jpak May 2021 #42

I thought bongos was more a beatnik thing Brother Buzz May 2021 #34

I definitely was a hippie... hwmnbn May 2021 #36

Still am. Except since I went bald, I now keep my hair buzzed very short. Midnight Writer May 2021 #41

...except for bell-bottoms and those ghastly tie-dyed t-shirts Wicked Blue May 2021 #47

OK jpak May 2021 #44

Only if they eat your bongos nt Wicked Blue May 2021 #48

I still have long hair OriginalGeek May 2021 #49

Awe jpak May 2021 #50

A toast indeed! OriginalGeek May 2021 #51

2nd generation. bluedigger May 2021 #52

were? jcgoldie May 2021 #53