45 years
 

45 years since the summer of love.

How old do you feel now? :p

Older now, but still truck'n along......




Barney

Eighty-one, what do you expect?

Is that you in your Avatar Merrylander? Or is that some long forgotten New Deal wonk? lol
Im 49 I was 4 years old when Sgt Pepper came out...I do remember our red Ford Falcon stationwagon...my Mom actually could drive that thing even though it was a stick shift...

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada who instituted the Single Payer healthcare plan and 1957 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

I was three during the "Summer of Love".

I was in the 7th grade, yep that was a long time ago. It is nice that the Haight Ashbury has made a commercial comeback from being a good place to get stabbed and robbed like in the 80's and into the 90's a bit.


Carl

Thanks! I knew it had to be a good guy!:)

Seventh grader in 68-69, too. My older brothers went to Woodstock, I begged and pleaded to go with 'em. Parents said, "No, it isn't the place for a seventh grader." They were right, I probably would've tried the brown acid.:rolleyes: I did attend every protest that I could get to in Wash.D.C. during the next few years. Soaped a few public fountains, waded in the relecting pool next to the Lincoln Memorial. All that normal adolescent crap one does. :D

Summer of '67 I was in the Army at Ft. Myer, VA outside Washington, DC. I was in the "infantry", in the "Old Guard", as a toy soldier parading around for the generals and politicians and... burying my brothers in Arlington National Cemetery. Not much love for me that summer although, in the autumn of that year, I was blessed with my first child, a daughter named Jennifer. That brought considerable love into my life.

John

Here's the real hero of the Canadian health care system, Rob. Maybe your next avatar? ;)

John

http://www.myhero.com/images/guest/g...air_thingy.jpg

I didn't tune in to the whole hippie ethic until about 2 years later than the Summer of '67. I was still pretty oblivious at that point and groovin' on Motown for the most part.

As for whether or not I feel old now, I suppose "sometimes" is the answer. I'm in good physical shape, particularly after having lots of time to work out in retirement, and can keep up with my kids on hikes, bikes and skiing. Then again, I'll have some pains where I didn't know pain was possible.;)

Nice remembrance there John.

All you need is love.

Lottal people saying how old they were during the summer of love. I wonder how many were born after that summer? :cool:



Regards,

D-Ray

John I used to bump into Mr. Douglas quite often in Ottawa, a real gentleman.

Well its obvious all 12 of us posters are of the 50+ variety...or soon will be:)

This gentleman I would meet in the main post office quite oten as we were both collectors.

And, who is Stanley Knowles, Rob?

Just some Canuck Commie.:)

John

A member of Canada's social democratic party known as the New Democratic Party or NDP. Thanks to the Liberals droppping the ball the NDP is now the main opposition party. The thing is that I personally knew many of these people and they were a very decent lot.

I was a member of the Conservative party a the time and had great rapport with my Member of Parliament, Walter Baker. That was when it really was a conservative party, before it merged with the Reform party - a bunch of Republican wannabees.

Sadly Walter died prematurely shortly after I came down here. My ex said thay called the house looking to see if I would run for Walter's seat. Just as well else I would be a part of the remnant of the Conservative Party that said "Hell no, we won't merge."

I do like the coiffure!;)

John

Good stuff brother. :)

In 67 was pissed because the family just had move from Monterey Country Ca to BFE. To the family farm in a little bofunk town in IL. Boy was I teenager out of place there! Guess it started back then now that I think of it. Missed all the fun it seems.

But was glad when my Father made it home from Vietnam that earlier that same year.




Barney