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RE: [RC] Older - heidiI'm just a shade younger, but not all that much--I was junior high
and starting into high school in that era, but had older siblings who
both graduated college in the 60s. I saw the beginnings of the
drug culture coming into the high school, and could see what a waste it
made of the kids who tried it. I was really proud of both of my
siblings for navigating the 60s without getting into the flower child
movement. I had the standards of my depression-raised parents and
the notion of just drifting without doing useful and self-supporting
work was just way too bizarre for me. I was busting my butt to
get good grades so that I could earn college scholarships, and sure
didn't want to mess with anything that might interfere with that.
I do love the music from the 60s, and I can vividly remember the
Beatles making their big splash--that "long" hair that was almost down
to their shirt collars, and in their early pics, they look like CEOs in
major corporations today... <g> But it was a switch
from the Brothers Four, which was my favorite group pre-Beatles, and I
got to where I liked the "new" music. My brother worked as a DJ
from the time he was a freshman in high school, so the music was
something I really noticed.
My biggest negative memory of the 60s was the fact that my brother
was in the draft, and had an IQ just shy of Mensa, and could do
virtually anything involved with technology--but being only 5'2" he
couldn't be an officer. (You could be a common soldier at 5'
even, but you had to be 5'4" to be an officer...) He ended up not
getting drafted, which was a blessing, but it seemed utterly stupid
(never mind discriminatory) that a brilliant brain in a body 2"
too short could go be rifle fodder in Viet Nam instead of
designing technology that might save lives. God love the
government...
I thank my lucky stars, though, that I dodged the whole flower child
scene--not my bag at all.
Heidi
"...the other drugs were too scary so I am with you, Ed ..."
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