tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post113243099407876393..comments2023-09-01T04:08:05.271-05:00Comments on In Laurie's Brain...: Old Hippies: A Field GuideLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-1132592281944002512005-11-21T10:58:00.000-06:002005-11-21T10:58:00.000-06:00Tonid - I knew they had to be up there somewhere. ...Tonid - I knew they had to be up there somewhere. Thanks for the update.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-1132591262436453202005-11-21T10:41:00.000-06:002005-11-21T10:41:00.000-06:00Just a tidbit on the elusive Northern Old Hippie (...Just a tidbit on the elusive Northern Old Hippie (or at least nothern-Midwest Old Hippie):<BR/>small pockets of natives CAN be found, hiding out from the uptight conservatives & virulent Bible-thumpers which are the overwhelming majority in this area. Try Saugatuck, Michigan and Yellow Springs, Ohio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-1132589279268004532005-11-21T10:07:00.000-06:002005-11-21T10:07:00.000-06:00Ed - I must confess I haven't checked out your Mah...Ed - I must confess I haven't checked out your Maharishiville blog. It is now on my evening's agenda. I think it will go well with Chianti.<BR/><BR/>Larry - That's exactly right! Here in Southeast Texas, the rednecks and hippies are usually interchangable. It's strange how that happened all over the country.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-1132588580962514482005-11-21T09:56:00.000-06:002005-11-21T09:56:00.000-06:00The hippies lived in California from 1965 to 1967....The hippies lived in California from 1965 to 1967. Their natural enemy was The Redneck, and by '67 marauding bands of Rednecks had all but obliterated the Hippie from his native habitat, and the creature was nearly extinct.<BR/><BR/>But then a strange transformation took place. In the 1970's, Rednecks began to take on Hippie characteristics - long hair, tie-dyed t-shirts, pierced ears, bib overalls, pot-smoking, songs with long guitar jams, etc., and in many cases they became indistinguishable from Hippies.<BR/><BR/>On the west coast, I have only spotted a couple of actual Old Hippies in the wild. More commonly what you are seeing are Rednecks, who have aqcuired the appearance (and some of the attitudes) of Hippies.Larry Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425250800667058263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-1132581715103173752005-11-21T08:01:00.000-06:002005-11-21T08:01:00.000-06:00I live among a huge community of hippies that got ...I live among a huge community of hippies that got their start when the Beatles made public their Indian guru Maharishi Maheesh Yogi who later declared Fairfield, Iowa the center of the universe. They bought an entire college (Parsons) in the 70's and started moving here in droves eventually taking over the town. A few years ago, they built their own town a couple miles north of here but their university is still going strong. I written or posted quite a few blogs on the subject and created a separate blog, <A HREF="http://www.maharishiville.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Maharishiville</A> to store them all. Beatles bowl hair cuts, tie-die shirts, hemp and everything else is still alive and strong.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-1132546471272690882005-11-20T22:14:00.000-06:002005-11-20T22:14:00.000-06:00Lorna - Thanks for the addendum! Not surprisingly...Lorna - Thanks for the addendum! Not surprisingly, we collaborate well.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-1132538684588035782005-11-20T20:04:00.000-06:002005-11-20T20:04:00.000-06:00Addendum to the field guide:There are Canadian Old...Addendum to the field guide:<BR/><BR/>There are Canadian Old Hippies too---we tend to fit the generalized description but worry less about out quasi-legalized weed and drink a lethal 12% beer with Gimli Goose chasers. We tend to have woolyish hats and woolyish brains (see 12% beer) We have Kodiak boots, either laced or not, steel-toed or not, and lots of us work for the government to promote change from the inside (see woolyish brains) Our skirts are often the cause of death, dragging us down by our snow-laden hems to a sweet dreamy painless finish in the snowbanks of home.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976144449873569523noreply@blogger.com