Has it really been 40 years?

[teardrop_focus]

Jebus! 40 years already?! Woodstock was a huge deal! I saw the documentary as soon as it was released.. and I was listening mostly to Arlo Guthrie around that time from what I can recall... I was a youngun' though...

FireLion

I'd like to hear your stories about where you head was at in the 60's/70's. Were you a hippie, straight, jock, greaser, nerd?

We're all older and wiser now (maybe) and united in our love for teardrops. The world has changed a lot in 40 years, have you?

Indeed, we are united in our love for teardrops. What a cool thing to say.

By the summer of '69 I had already been listening to the music of Cream and was loving the music of Traffic! Thanks for the reminder, Fenalson! I was 14 years old and was living on the westside of Los Angeles, near the ocean. I got to see Yosemite for the first time that summer. The remainder of the time was spent goin' to the beach and making out with my girlfriend. No cellphones, no texting... it was great! Hahaha... Sex, drugs and rock n' roll would come later in the hardcore '70s. I barely made it through high school, but I did. Some of my friends didn't make it this far...

I've always been a car guy, and over the years I've turned into a real gearhead. I have a voracious technical apetite. I'm grateful for the hobbies I've had. They've all centered on the car culture and motorsports. Most all of it's been fun life, aside from the stress of a fractured career. It seems that everything I've done up to this point hobby-wise has prepared me for going ape sh*t over teardrop trailers. In the scheme of things, this is the logical next step as a creative outlet, partly due to the lower cost, than, say, buying and restoring Ferraris. Hahaha...

Building my own teardrop is a chance to build an entire wheeled vehicle from scratch, within a certain set of traditional guidelines and with the goal of having it be -to the best of my ability- a rolling piece of art. It's great to thing learn about thanks largely to this great forum and it's build a great thing to geek out over.

So, yes. It's been 40 years... and yes, digital technology has changed things forever. Good thing there're still camping and teardrop trailers!

[mary and bob]

40 years ago we were 2 years married with a 1 year old son, who is now a college professor in Maine. I was working as a machinist and Mary was just a mom. Now I'm a truck mechanic waiting to retire, and she's 30 years into being the school cook. For those of you remembering Woodstock here's some info: Although we live only a couple hours from the site we didn't go. This August there is a movie coming out called "Taking Woodstock" based on the book by the same name. Kind of a comedy, directed by Ang Lee. A lot of it was filmed here local. I got out my old 62 Fairlane that the son had drove in high school 20 years ago [parked in the barn since then] and got hired with it for the movie. Mary & I did 9 days on the movie set with it, had a great time, were treated wonderful, and fed unbelievably good food. I then did another 2 days as an extra, you may see me selling pie as traffic & hippies go by. Every day on the set was like going to a car show, but getting paid to be there. You can google the movie and watch a trailer for it. Oh yeah, the best part was there were naked hippie girls!!! Bob

[Mightydog]

Being born in '57, I was too young for the Free Love days. Graduating High School in 1975, my biggest concern was the draft. Luckly, it ended in April or May and I graduated in June. I tell people that I'm old enough to remember The Doobie Brothers before Michael McDonald screwed them up.

[FireLion]

I tell people that I'm old enough to remember The Doobie Brothers before Michael McDonald screwed them up.
So true!!!!

[queeniejeanne]

Born in 51, going in two weeks to my 40th class reunion. There In Priest River Idaho the hippies were coming to live from california because it was going to fall into the ocean......Bongs and bell bottoms are back in style. So are hippy topless chicks. Queenie Jeanne

[Micro469]

Born in "55, missed the sixties, missed the "70's, 80's, and 90's......Always seemed to be too old for whatever was "happening"...
Listened to Country and Western when everyone was listening to acid Rock.... Did wear striped bell bottoms tho, and those three inch high soles. I remember my favorite jeans were a pair of brown brushed denim bell bottoms. Never did drugs... My father would have ....well you know. Did join in the game of putting a girl under a blanket and telling her to take off anything she didn't need at a party, ( the blanket), Even tho Margeret was a brunett,(pun) I saw my first naked female that night. I think she really wanted a bunch of 17 year olds lusting over her. Back in the 70's she was called a slut.... today you would call her "liberated". Totally changed my outlook on life.

[jbbooks]

Born in '46. Joined the USN in '65, married at 21. 10 yrs. Navy, 30+ yrs bio-med tech. Leading edge of the baby boomers. smelled some pot at a concert once. bout as straight and nerdy as they come. Do love my God, my wife and kids, my guns, and my teardrop.

[Senior Ninja]

Began teaching school in 1960 was a straight arrow teacher for forty two years, now retired and still going straight. Was either going to school in the summer or teaching during the school year. Had no use for drugs or free love. Even stopped drinking after finding out I didn't like who I was when I did drink. Probably has allowed me to live this long and enjoy what good health I do have at the moment. Never really feel as though I missed out on much. Raised two really nice kids. They are more like friends now. (27 and 24). No regrets. Always believed "to whom much was given, much was expected." Wanted to make this a better world one person at a time. Have had some wonderful success stories with students who might have fallen through the cracks. Believed that the subject matter was a given and the real measure of your career was how many people you got on the right track to become productive citizens.
Steve

[rebapuck]

Born in '48. Average kid. Didn't do the hippie thing.

What I want to know is....What happened to all those great radio stations? I'm in NC and I used to listen all night to Boston, Ft Wayne, Ft Worth...

[BILLYL]

Born in '48. Average kid. Didn't do the hippie thing.

What I want to know is....What happened to all those great radio stations? I'm in NC and I used to listen all night to Boston, Ft Wayne, Ft Worth...

Let's not forget - WMCA out of NY or WABC - with Cousin Brucy. AM radio and the SKIP - you could get the GrandOle Oprey if tuned just right........................

Bill

[sledge]

Born 1951 , Dirt poor redneck hillbilly ,at around 16 I became ( Not afraid to die ) , and proved it everyday . And I have the scars and rods and plates to prove it . I was playing Music in a Bar Band by 15 , started with Haggard ( Tennessee you know ) then moved on to Beatles - Day Tripper , and Bellamy Bro. - Let your love flow, ..... about any kind of Bike or hopped up rod you can name I have built and wrecked. .... and did I mention , I have the scars and rods and plates to prove it ? I'm a lot older now .... and I'm still not afarid to die. .... but I don't try to everyday.

[cokebottle10]

I was born in 59. 40 years ago I was 10. I remember watching Neal Armstrong live. We lived in Tampa at the time and I remember watching Gemini and Apollo go up on clear days. My mother and farther were devorced when I was seven 1966. This was a time when a devorced woman was look at as "Something is wrong with her. She can't keep a man."

Because we were poor and did not live in good neighbor hoods. I saw at a young age the effects of drugs and alcohol and I did not want any party of it.

I lived my high school years with my farther in Bradenton FL and went to Manatee High. At the time it was a very good school. Maybe it still is? I knew I could not get money for collage so I decided to learn a trade. I was able to take a electronic course at Manatee (vacuum tubes) and a semester of electric wiring out at vo-tech.

Most of the guys in the vo-tech class were Vietnam vets using their GI bill money to go to school. At the time I was thinking of going into the Air Force. One of the sargents said to me " An average person in the Air Force is average. People like it and want to stay in. This makes it hard to make rank. Low rank equals low pay. A average person in the army is above average. You can make rank quicker and higher rank equals higher pay." So I joined the Army right out of high school.

1977 was a big year for me. I turned 18, joined the army, graduated high school, moved away from home and married my high school sweet heart. All in that order and in just one year.

This year my wife of 32 years and myself will both turn 50. I have been blessed with a good wife and a good life.

David