Tag: hippies
group name: oldhippiescorner
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January 14, 2007 03:24 PM EST --
Years and years ago, when there were wolves in Wales and snakes in Ireland, I spent summers in Wisconsin's Northwoods with my lovely Sage. We lived in a two-room cabin that had been a very . . .
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November 27, 2007 10:33 PM EST --
there seem a LOT FEWER ads on Gather.com than before??????
Or did I finall succeed in blocking all of them???
:)
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February 01, 2007 12:03 PM EST --
"A broken heart is harder to fix than a broken axle but it ain't impossible!" Colonel Possum
There are only thirteen shopping days left until Valentine's Day. My advice . . .
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December 05, 2007 12:10 AM EST --
The following is the first of a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom!
Preface to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend . . .
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January 23, 2008 09:13 AM EST --
My daughter is a hippie born 40 years to late. I'm compileing a CD of "Hippie Tunes" for her.
What do you recommend that I include? Especially Vietnem War era.
Background info on . . .
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February 24, 2007 12:29 PM EST --
My dear Lady Kenmore washer died December 2, 2004. It was a graceful passing; she finished the wash, shuddered during the final spin and let out a puff of smoke. I pulled her plug, extracted a . . .
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March 25, 2007 02:08 AM EDT --
Here’s an idea that takes little effort, no money and has at least three totally cool benefits. It is called a Colonel Possum Log and you can make one at home in less than a minute. Here’s . . .
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November 27, 2007 10:58 PM EST --
Today I got to get out of the house for an hour and run to Wal-Mart.
Passing thru (hurriedly), the decorating sale area I was stopped by the site of this on an end cap!
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May 26, 2006 12:52 AM EDT --
Category: What's a Dooby?
First, it was called the Grad. Not the Prom. No such thing as the Prom in the parlance of Anglophone Quebecois back in '69.
This Grad was a stuffy affair at the Montreal . . .
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December 17, 2006 04:55 PM EST --
Colonel Possum's Christmas Toast
Warmth of friends on a cold December eve,
Light Shadows from a fire, lies on our tongues,
Faith that the morrow's pain weigh no more than
The smooth Guinness . . .
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July 21, 2007 05:20 PM EDT --
This is my first attempt to write an article. At the age of 68 I find myself in need of reconstruction surgery on both knees. I have decided to get the right one done first. I live alone so am not . . .
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May 19, 2006 12:36 PM EDT --
Honored Guests of the Old Hippies Corner (OHC):
You are invited to submit an article describing where you smoked your first doobie. The deadline for submission is midnight next Friday, 26 May 2006, to . . .
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July 07, 2006 04:18 PM EDT --
My Chihuahua, Loquita, believes that her life has improved since the Colonel joined Gather earlier this year. She spends a lot of time in my lap when I'm logged on and from a dog's point of view . . .
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January 11, 2007 11:32 AM EST --
Mondays are the bane of the working man and woman. I worked for many years and believed the Sunday dread of Monday morning had something to do with that loss of freedom one experiences when a . . .
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June 22, 2007 12:43 AM EDT --
Who says an old possum can't learn new tricks?
The Colonel just joined YouTube! It only takes a few minutes to register and presto! you have a place to put your corny videos.
The cool thing . . .
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September 03, 2006 08:06 AM EDT --
On the eve of Labor Day, I'm thinking these thoughts: Son, you are about to embark on one of the most important days of your life.
Today we're driving you to college, where you will spend four . . .
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June 29, 2006 11:09 AM EDT --
Since the American Legion no longer has its annual 4th of July bash, most of us here in the tiny hamlet of Franklin, La. will have private parties. I am invited to several. I'll either . . .
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January 25, 2008 12:24 PM EST --
NEVER HEARD CREATION EXPLAINED THIS WAY BEFORE !!!
In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and
populated the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower . . .
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July 25, 2008 11:54 AM EDT --
I remember this from childhood. It spoke true then. It is still true now.
You can teach a dog tricks. Elephants can learn to paint. Humans, on the other hand, sometimes, we don't learn so quickly. . . .
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February 27, 2008 10:07 PM EST --
At the top end of New Orleans' Bourbon Street is a little bar called the "Gateway." It is the first bar in the French Quarter where you can wet your whistle if you've just stepped off . . .
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