Things I Loved - 1960 - 1972 (Alas - No More)

Transistor Radios, TV's with rabbit ears --

 

Also - Vinyl albums & Candy Cigarettes.

 

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

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Puff the Magic Dragon

 

hr puffnstuff featuring freddie the magic flute

 

No male enhancement commercials

 

Keef & a $20.00 lid.

 

The carefreeness of youth.

 

Aluminum Christmas trees with revolving lights

 

lol I was born in 1984 and my mom didn't get cable until after I moved out. I know all about rabbit ears and they are not all that fun, I have to say.

 

I still use Rabbit ears! 50 bucks a kilo weed,clove and blackjack gum.

 

Steamed windows at a drive-in movie.

 

Dial telephones that rang instead of playing tunes (actually I still have one, but can't use it for automated services), real people answering the phones instead of machines, choosing which record album to roll the joints on.

 

Are any of you old people going to mention ''ludes''?

 

A bottle of pop

A local record store like Phantasmagoria

CHOM FM

 

Ludes - Ahhhh - ludes - peace and contentment from the gods. How I miss you.

 

The 60s were a crazy time and I have no delusions about what was going on. But I've noticed that as we get older, we tend to loose touch with what is going on around us. So many people my age tend to think that things are better now. Having said that, I've made a very hard effort to stay "current" with the world around me.

Well,
The world today is by far worst than it was in the 60s. What today's youth call freedom is a pathetic joke. We are living in the most manipulated, brain washed and violent consumer society in the history of the world. The Internet and other technologies are quickly ushering in a world based on facism. And the only thing today's youth appear to know how to do is update their facebook page.

The CIA/NSA manipulates Facebook to create revolutions that will ultimately benefit the banks and the military industrial complex. While killing traditional channels of communication for would-be John Lennons and Abbie Hoffmans. Thereby forcing them to use Facebook so they can further manipulate or discredit their efforts.

So in short what do I miss about the 60s.

The freedom and watermelon wine. I could certainly use some of that wine to ease some of the worries I have for my grandchildren's futures in this world of corporate dictators.

 

Although I wasn't alive in the 60's, I tend to disagree with you on this. I definetly agree with the fact that there is alot of big brother/fascist shit going on right now, but paradoxically, there's also a big wave of consciousness and awareness in us young folks.

The internet can be as useful as it can be evil - like any powerful tool. It can be used to monitor us and spread propaghanda, but it can also be used to share information and rise up. I take as an example what happened in egypt recently. A people that have been oppressed since almost forever rising up, because know they KNOW that they are being ripped off. You can thank the Internet for that.

A whole generation of people being brought up realizing that our ''enemies'' are not the evil baby eating rapists that they were made to believe back in the day... You can also thank the Internet for that. Because nowadays you don't need to go through politically influenced media to share information - with the internet, the possibilities are literally limitless.

I could go on, but I'll make this quick. I don't think were headed for doom, but I truly do think that the stakes are much higher this time around. We are truly at a ''make or break'' point.

The corporate monsters can do whatever they want, but if we choose not to be used as mindless tools of production, they have NOTHING.

 

The revolution was real. I won't deny that.

But at this moment Egypt is under military control and if you check the numbers. You will find that Egypt, for if no other reason than military hardware purchases, is part of the United States Military industrial complex. Factor in the importance of miltary bases, cooperation agreements, etc.

I could also throw in the fact that Egypt currently has more CIA agents in their nation than any other and the fact that Egypt is of special importance in circumnavigating United States laws for operatives. And You will get an entirely different picture as to what's happening over in Egypt now. Like I said the revolution was real but they're back where they started. The difference is the "Social Networking" that Hillary Clinton begged them to leave on. (That should have been the first clue that Facebook is bad)

But on that note, I hope you're right and I'm wrong. Because I would really love to enjoy some old fashioned 60s freedom and I would be happy to share a big glass of watermelon wine with you.

Damn I really loved watermelon wine. Does anyone know how to make that stuff?

 

I guess we'll have to wait and see

That being said, I've made beer, Ive made Hydromel (honey wine), and I've helped a friend make wine from grapes.

To make any fermented alcoholic beverage, all you really need is sugar, water, and yeast. The sugar comes from the fruits, honey, grains, or whatever sweet thing you are fermenting. The yeast basically breaks the sugar down and converts it into alcohol. Making watermelon wine would be the same process.

That being said, I am now interested in trying this out and I'm going to look in to it. If one day I get it done, I'll send you some bottles! haha