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In_The_Wind

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1. I'm glad I was a hippie!

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Original post)

Wed Apr 3, 2013, 09:14 AM

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Sometimes I wish I could have been a hippie [View all] Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 OP

I'm glad I was a hippie! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #1

I would be interested in hearing something about your experience Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #22

They Represented A Lot Of Positives grilled onions Apr 2013 #2

... Scuba Apr 2013 #4

Even better to be an OH WOW ... Scuba Apr 2013 #3

Groovy n/t REACTIVATED IN CT Apr 2013 #9

This made me smile.....back in the day, I had a friend livetohike Apr 2013 #10

I was born in 1968, a year after the original hippies had declared the "Death Of Hip". Aristus Apr 2013 #5

I didn't go anywhere livetohike Apr 2013 #11

Thank you for the Kool-Aid. It was good. Aristus Apr 2013 #14

A few were still around in the late '70s Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #13

It's never too late. Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2013 #6

I remember the hippie days. RebelOne Apr 2013 #7

It is not too late REACTIVATED IN CT Apr 2013 #8

61 today and still listening to The Dead and Dylan. nt zanana1 Apr 2013 #31

and Bob and Phil still sound good live Buffalo Bull Apr 2013 #37

"Why was I born too late?" --the Ponytails. nt raccoon Apr 2013 #12

There's still plenty of them around -- and not just the "old" ones. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #15

Hippie, I've learned through the years is a state of mind tavalon Apr 2013 #16

It might be a state of mind, Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #18

My husband was born to a woman after the summer of love tavalon Apr 2013 #20

Interesting Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #21

The Madison Ave term "hippie " was a sales tool olddots Apr 2013 #17

I thought the opposite of "hip" was "square", Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #19

We called ourselves "freaks". zanana1 Apr 2013 #32

Day-glo paint your wagon.... Buffalo Bull Apr 2013 #42

money engulfs virtue Buffalo Bull Apr 2013 #41

In the 60s I used to have a crush on this Hippie Goddess aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #23

So that's the Melanie who didn't like what they did to her song... Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #24

A friend of mine did a couple of tours abroad with her pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #25

Did he play at the gigantic Isle of Wight pop festival? aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #28

One or both of his tours were to (or included) Australia pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #30

It was fun. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #26

Me too! i lived in a comune about two blocks from Haight street in the 60's OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #27

Me, too. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #29

Ha! I lived on the mesa for several years. I think we talked about this once before. OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #35

Oh, that's right. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #36

All the great songs and poetry... zanana1 Apr 2013 #33

It's never too late. Hippie is a state of mind. MineralMan Apr 2013 #34

Hippie is more of a shared experience, I think Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #38

I grew up in a "non-square" household. hunter Apr 2013 #39

Oh, my gosh Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #40