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malthaussen

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40. Which 60s?

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 01:34 PM

Oct 15

I have a theory that "decades" really run from the middle of the calendar decade to the middle of the next. 1961 and 1970 are a million miles apart, but taken together they constitute the "60s." Same could be said of 1971 and 1980.

I was born in '56, so I was too young to enjoy most of the frolics of the late '60s. I'll go with a generic "music" answer, because that's nice and safe. When it came to Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll, well... 1 out of 3 is pretty good if you're hitting a baseball.

-- Mal

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Your favorite thing about the 1960s? [View all] True Dough Oct 14 OP

A few more... True Dough Oct 14 #1

Yes, Raquel Welch was ONE of the best things about the 60s. House of Roberts Oct 14 #10

My birth Solly Mack Oct 14 #2

My Freshman Year in HIGH school 68-69 BOSSHOG Oct 14 #3

The music, The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Malcolm X, Freedom Riders, Bobby Kennedy... LoisB Oct 14 #4

Earth Rise. Apollo 8. My father worked on the Apollo Program Lochloosa Oct 14 #5

That's soooo cool working on the Apollo program! electric_blue68 Oct 15 #20

If you're a space fan like me... PJMcK Oct 15 #34

I was a real fan of the space program too. Archae Oct 19 #46

I still have this hanging in my workroom PJMcK Oct 19 #47

One of the greatest photos ever taken! PJMcK Oct 15 #33

Met my future wife in 1966 49jim Oct 14 #6

My birth Island Blue Oct 14 #7

You were close to the end of The Boomer group. electric_blue68 Oct 15 #21

At the very end. I feel much more like Island Blue Oct 15 #25

That makes sense electric_blue68 Oct 15 #39

Youth questioning and defying convention. no_hypocrisy Oct 14 #8

Drugs, Sex, and Rock & Roll. I'm told. surfered Oct 14 #9

The sexual revolution was one of my favorite things from the '60s k55f5r Oct 19 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Oct 14 #11

You could walk down the street in virtually any town in America with your pretty long hair and freaky-deaky clothes Leghorn21 Oct 14 #12

Music from Godspell. I heard it again recently and had applegrove Oct 14 #13

a pic of me in the 60's! Skittles Oct 14 #14

Don't hate me, but I loved women's clothes in the 60s. sinkingfeeling Oct 14 #15

The Music n/t Stargleamer Oct 14 #16

Riding our motorcycles to duncang Oct 14 #17

I met my husband in 1963, we were married in 1967. Tikki Oct 14 #18

The weekly neighborhood hootenanny. littlemissmartypants Oct 15 #19

Nice and descriptive, LMSP True Dough Oct 15 #22

My dodge RT and music TommieMommy Oct 15 #23

Like you... way before my time, True Niagara Oct 15 #24

I wonder what Jim Morrison True Dough Oct 15 #29

I always wonder that as well Niagara Oct 15 #31

The music BlueKota Oct 15 #26

The Beatles claudette Oct 15 #27

Birth control pills. Nt. Voltaire2 Oct 15 #28

No cell phones. Chipper Chat Oct 15 #30

Best was SarasotaDem Oct 15 #32

No cell phones! People actually looked at you and listened when you were talking to them rather Fla Dem Oct 15 #35

The "pop festivals" were totally amazing! lark Oct 15 #36

My favorite comment about the 1960s that I've stolen EverHopeful Oct 15 #37

We didn't have to worry about being gunned down by an AR-15 while sitting at our desk in Ziggysmom Oct 15 #38

Which 60s? malthaussen Oct 15 #40

Totally agree CanonRay Oct 19 #61

Music, muscle cars, and the Women's Liberation Movement LudwigPastorius Oct 15 #41

I'm glad we live in modern times, however, Elessar Zappa Oct 15 #42

NASA. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 19 #43

ask a young boy in the 60s I always wanted to be an astronaut. lapfog_1 Oct 19 #63

I was born (1966). Mad_Dem_X Oct 19 #44

Bleached-white cotton diapers. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 19 #45

Apollo ProfessorGAC Oct 19 #48

Not sure if you read the entire thread, Prof True Dough Oct 19 #49

I Saw It ProfessorGAC Oct 19 #50

Late 60s. The optimism of a new culture developing in womens rights, race equality, peace and love Demovictory9 Oct 19 #51

Victories over the Yankees and Red Sox GreenWave Oct 19 #52

That was my childhood years. Probably Klarkashton Oct 19 #53

Had a lot of fun in those days despite everything that was going on. Ocelot II Oct 19 #54

Get Smart synni Oct 19 #55

Star Trek 1966 Sequoia Oct 19 #56

Fast cars and street racing. gibraltar72 Oct 19 #57

The music... PittBlue Oct 19 #59

Truly New fashions, Happenings, psychedelic posters delisen Oct 19 #60

The feeling that my generation was going to change everything. CanonRay Oct 19 #62

I was a child in the 1960s (born in 1961). Different Drummer Oct 19 #64

First photo enid602 Oct 19 #65

Being a part of the antiwar movement with Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam. Marching in Washington. CTyankee Oct 19 #66

My dad returning safe and sound from Vietnam in 1969 Redleg Oct 19 #67