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I was born in the 60's

Should have been earlier...

Too young in the 70's to really appreciate the scene

The 80's were my 60's and 70's, and aside from the new music of that decade,

I guess that is the decade that I associate myself with...I am a NEO-HIPPY...I admit it...and I'm proud of it...

jigglepete wrote:I was born in the 60's

Should have been earlier...

Too young in the 70's to really appreciate the scene

The 80's were my 60's and 70's, and aside from the new music of that decade,

I guess that is the decade that I associate myself with...I am a NEO-HIPPY...I admit it...and I'm proud of it...

ditto on the 80's that was my coming of age decade. Just barely got born in the 60's. My birth year was 69, go figure. Personaly I think I was born in the wrong century, I should of hit the scene about 1860.

CarolinaHound wrote:

jigglepete wrote:I was born in the 60's

Should have been earlier...

Too young in the 70's to really appreciate the scene

The 80's were my 60's and 70's, and aside from the new music of that decade,

I guess that is the decade that I associate myself with...I am a NEO-HIPPY...I admit it...and I'm proud of it...

ditto on the 80's that was my coming of age decade. Just barely got born in the 60's. My birth year was 69, go figure. Personaly I think I was born in the wrong century, I should of hit the scene about 1860.

Were amps and axes invented way back then? You might just want to re-access that thought

jigglepete wrote:

CarolinaHound wrote:

jigglepete wrote:I was born in the 60's

Should have been earlier...

Too young in the 70's to really appreciate the scene

The 80's were my 60's and 70's, and aside from the new music of that decade,

I guess that is the decade that I associate myself with...I am a NEO-HIPPY...I admit it...and I'm proud of it...

ditto on the 80's that was my coming of age decade. Just barely got born in the 60's. My birth year was 69, go figure. Personaly I think I was born in the wrong century, I should of hit the scene about 1860.

Were amps and axes invented way back then? You might just want to re-access that thought

Reckon I'd just have to go unplugged. But there again I'd of had no idea about amps so I wouldn't really be missing them.

But ya know.. thinking of my personality as well my teenage years, sombodies daddy would of shot me by 17, so lets take it back to the 80's

Well Hound, I simply cannot argue with that logic, now can I...Maybe you would have taken up harp, or violin instead...You know to impress the ladies

jigglepete wrote:Well Hound, I simply cannot argue with that logic, now can I...Maybe you would have taken up harp, or violin instead...You know to impress the ladies

I did start out on trumpet. Probably play a horn. Yea, that'd be me, the bugle boy of some calvery regiment with a arrow sticking thru my skull.

jigglepete wrote:I was born in the 60's

Should have been earlier...

Too young in the 70's to really appreciate the scene

The 80's were my 60's and 70's, and aside from the new music of that decade,

I guess that is the decade that I associate myself with...I am a NEO-HIPPY...I admit it...and I'm proud of it...

Right on and sing it sister brother.

If I could have gone back to any place in time it would have had to have been in the early days of our countrys beginning when the west was just starting to open up. 1780 to 1820 era. Room to grow and room to explore.

Old Timer wrote:If I could have gone back to any place in time it would have had to have been in the early days of our countrys beginning when the west was just starting to open up. 1780 to 1820 era. Room to grow and room to explore.

That's what I always thought when I was little. I would always read stories about that period. Now, I think it would be not so nice.

HotParadox wrote:

Old Timer wrote:If I could have gone back to any place in time it would have had to have been in the early days of our countrys beginning when the west was just starting to open up. 1780 to 1820 era. Room to grow and room to explore.

That's what I always thought when I was little. I would always read stories about that period. Now, I think it would be not so nice.

think of the challenges back then HP, I would have loved to try.

Old Timer wrote:

HotParadox wrote:

Old Timer wrote:If I could have gone back to any place in time it would have had to have been in the early days of our countrys beginning when the west was just starting to open up. 1780 to 1820 era. Room to grow and room to explore.

That's what I always thought when I was little. I would always read stories about that period. Now, I think it would be not so nice.

think of the challenges back then HP, I would have loved to try.

My problem is I hate a cold house and ditto hard work.

Old Timer wrote:

HotParadox wrote:

Old Timer wrote:If I could have gone back to any place in time it would have had to have been in the early days of our countrys beginning when the west was just starting to open up. 1780 to 1820 era. Room to grow and room to explore.

That's what I always thought when I was little. I would always read stories about that period. Now, I think it would be not so nice.

think of the challenges back then HP, I would have loved to try.

I think it'd be cool. Get up into the mountains, build a cabin, no need for anything more than a horse, axe, rifle and ammo. Skinin Griz.

You would be very surprised how long the romance of the period would last, if it were possible for you to be put to the test.

The men and woman toiled just to survive and I mean survive, as in not die. It was a hard life in hard times, even for the very young and the very old. It is a romantic period to think about but living it, for most everyone, was hellish.

Weather and common sicknesses, things that are simple fixes today, were a constant death threat. Take the farmers for instance. Crops, such as wheat, being tended by the entire family, even by the very young and by the elderly members of families, were often wiped out by one stretch of bad weather. That meant havoc, not only for the families who grew the food but for all who would have been provided with the crops. Livestock were often stricken with deadly diseases that today are not a problem, leaving the cattle families wiped out and broken and people dependent on the livestock, hungry.

It was a tough time in which to survive, without massive hard work and lots of good luck .

Leave it to a woman to poo all over a fella's dreams.

lol

My generation wasn't to long ago, I reminisce about the 90's... lol. BUT when it comes to music, I LOVE LOVE LOVE a lot of oldies. Everything from Nat King Cole to Elton John's old stuff, The Beatles and Rolling Stones, Stealers Wheel, Neil Diamond, Elvis (of course), and much much more. I grew up listening to a lot of oldies and I still love them.

As for a time I wish to be born in - that's easy. The Tudor time. Specifically around King Henry VIII to the Elizabethan time. But, being a history junkie... there's also about a million other times I would want to be alive in. I would love to be in Spain when Isabel and Ferdinand ruled, I would want to be in 2 places at once because I'd also want to be in Germany during the Reformation. I'd also want to be around for DaVinci during the Renaissance, and more recently I would've liked to have been around for the beginning of this country. There's probably a ton more if I really want to think about it. (Rome while Jesus Christ was on the earth - though I'm not really a Christian. It would be interesting.)

I'll just stop there, because there are a ton more now that I'm thinking about it.

Hmmm, interesting thread. This was me in 1955... 3 years old

I was in 4th grade when Kennedy was shot & in high school for the moon landing. Was right in on the 70's (bad decade... better left in the past)

lisan23 wrote:My generation wasn't to long ago, I reminisce about the 90's... lol. BUT when it comes to music, I LOVE LOVE LOVE a lot of oldies. Everything from Nat King Cole to Elton John's old stuff, The Beatles and Rolling Stones, Stealers Wheel, Neil Diamond, Elvis (of course), and much much more. I grew up listening to a lot of oldies and I still love them.

As for a time I wish to be born in - that's easy. The Tudor time. Specifically around King Henry VIII to the Elizabethan time. But, being a history junkie... there's also about a million other times I would want to be alive in. I would love to be in Spain when Isabel and Ferdinand ruled, I would want to be in 2 places at once because I'd also want to be in Germany during the Reformation. I'd also want to be around for DaVinci during the Renaissance, and more recently I would've liked to have been around for the beginning of this country. There's probably a ton more if I really want to think about it. (Rome while Jesus Christ was on the earth - though I'm not really a Christian. It would be interesting.)

I'll just stop there, because there are a ton more now that I'm thinking about it.

Awesome post, lisan! I wish you didn't just stop there, just because I was really starting to get into it.

You know what else would be cool, is if you could live in a certain time and be a person that is interesting to you. Like I would like to be Diana, Princess of Wales. Not for the whole part of her life. Just up until the crash.
It would be cool to see how the Royal Family works through the eyes of a commoner who marries into such a dysfunctional family, plus you get to wear all those designer clothes and live like a queen.
I would have just sit back and mocked them if I had been her, and not succumbed to all the hell they put her through.

PaulM wrote:Hmmm, interesting thread. This was me in 1955... 3 years old

I was in 4th grade when Kennedy was shot & in high school for the moon landing. Was right in on the 70's (bad decade... better left in the past)

Can I just say you were they cutest kid ever.

My mama dressed me funny when I was a kid.

CarolinaHound wrote:My mama dressed me funny when I was a kid.

OMG how what a beautiful little boy! I love the clothes, so cute how Mums back then dress their little boys like little gentlemen.

HotParadox wrote:

CarolinaHound wrote:My mama dressed me funny when I was a kid.

OMG how what a beautiful little boy! I love the clothes, so cute how Mums back then dress their little boys like little gentlemen.

How quickly things change though huh?

Uh uh. No way. You're a good looking guy, very manly. I dig that.

HotParadox wrote:Uh uh. No way. You're a good looking guy, very manly. I dig that.

Thank you and yer pertty too.

And yer just as cute as you can be to

HotParadox wrote:You would be very surprised how long the romance of the period would last, if it were possible for you to be put to the test.

The men and woman toiled just to survive and I mean survive, as in not die. It was a hard life in hard times, even for the very young and the very old. It is a romantic period to think about but living it, for most everyone, was hellish.

Weather and common sicknesses, things that are simple fixes today, were a constant death threat. Take the farmers for instance. Crops, such as wheat, being tended by the entire family, even by the very young and by the elderly members of families, were often wiped out by one stretch of bad weather. That meant havoc, not only for the families who grew the food but for all who would have been provided with the crops. Livestock were often stricken with deadly diseases that today are not a problem, leaving the cattle families wiped out and broken and people dependent on the livestock, hungry.

It was a tough time in which to survive, without massive hard work and lots of good luck .

Yes, I can agree up to a point. But to an old back woods boy from southern Missouri who grew up hunting and fishing and has also spent considrable time in the mountains alone prospecting, I really doubt if I would have had much trouble.

Old Timer wrote:

HotParadox wrote:You would be very surprised how long the romance of the period would last, if it were possible for you to be put to the test.

The men and woman toiled just to survive and I mean survive, as in not die. It was a hard life in hard times, even for the very young and the very old. It is a romantic period to think about but living it, for most everyone, was hellish.

Weather and common sicknesses, things that are simple fixes today, were a constant death threat. Take the farmers for instance. Crops, such as wheat, being tended by the entire family, even by the very young and by the elderly members of families, were often wiped out by one stretch of bad weather. That meant havoc, not only for the families who grew the food but for all who would have been provided with the crops. Livestock were often stricken with deadly diseases that today are not a problem, leaving the cattle families wiped out and broken and people dependent on the livestock, hungry.

It was a tough time in which to survive, without massive hard work and lots of good luck .

Yes, I can agree up to a point. But to an old back woods boy from southern Missouri who grew up hunting and fishing and has also spent considrable time in the mountains alone prospecting, I really doubt if I would have had much trouble.

ditto cept From NC and no prospecting just alone in the woods.

HotParadox wrote:We have a lot of luxuries today that we take for granted that they simply did not have, not in their wildest dreams. I don't care how rugged you are, today's ruggedness is but a rose petal compared to the day to day living and actual hardships of all; young and old, man or woman, back in those day. Hunting and fishing and prospecting alone are choices. You can leave it if you truly want. Those things alone would have been a day at the beach for the people of that period, who had no choice but to endure or die.

Can't speak for OT but I never want to leave it. However I can't pay child support living alone in the woods and it would be wrong to deprive my kids because of a personal quirk.

We have a lot of luxuries today that we take for granted that they simply did not have, not in their wildest dreams. I don't care how rugged either of you or any of us are; today's ruggedness is but a rose petal compared to the day to day living and actual hardships of all; young and old, man or woman, back in those days. Hunting and fishing and solitary prospecting and living in the woods alone are choices. You can take it or leave it, if you truly want. Those things would have been a day at the beach for the people of that period, who had no choice but to endure or die.

HotParadox wrote:We have a lot of luxuries today that we take for granted that they simply did not have, not in their wildest dreams. I don't care how rugged either of you or any of us are; today's ruggedness is but a rose petal compared to the day to day living and actual hardships of all; young and old, man or woman, back in those days. Hunting and fishing and solitary prospecting and living in the woods alone are choices. You can take it or leave it, if you truly want. Those things would have been a day at the beach for the people of that period, who had no choice but to endure or die.

All luxuries I could do without. However ac would be a tuff one to let go.

CarolinaHound wrote:My mama dressed me funny when I was a kid.

When I was young, free and single...

BiR wrote:When I was young, free and single...

Wow, what a beautiful child. I really think that little boys are so precious and sweet. Thanks for these great pictures of you, BiR.

HotParadox wrote:

BiR wrote:When I was young, free and single...

Wow, what a beautiful child. I really think that little boys are so precious and sweet. Thanks for these great pictures of you, BiR.

Hey Boris who is the litle girl in the middle picture hehehehe

Old Timer wrote:
Hey Boris who is the litle girl in the middle picture hehehehe

It's me.

BiR wrote:

Old Timer wrote:
Hey Boris who is the litle girl in the middle picture hehehehe

It's me.

Не волнуйтесь моего друга. Все будет хорошо для вас andyour семьи. Теперь у вас есть реальный ангел-хранитель уход за вами. Она будет заботиться о вас для нас. В конце концов нам все равно придется поделиться пить и еду один день

Don't feel bad BiR, I've had people look at that pic of me and say how adorable that little girls curls are. They stayed jealous of my hair until I started losing it. lol