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Honeycombe8

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57. People had cars in 1969. A lot of people went to Woodstock in cars. ???
Sat Mar 31, 2018, 05:08 PM
Mar 2018

They also had tvs, homes, money. Was your family homeless?

I learned to run a mimeograph machine WhiteTara Mar 2018 #1
Yes. Gestetner mimeograph and spirit duplicators... there were no copy machines WheelWalker Mar 2018 #3
Xerox machines were fairly common by '69, but they were usually in copy centers. FarCenter Mar 2018 #7
And they were sloooowww. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #29
Yes, for a large number of copies, it was still preferable to cut a mimeograph stencil FarCenter Mar 2018 #62
25 cents a copy. LakeArenal Mar 2018 #61
I worked for Met Life WhiteTara Mar 2018 #22
Purple ink and that smell on the paper kimbutgar Mar 2018 #32
Not mimeograph but DITTO copies... k8conant Mar 2018 #55
Yep. I guess volstork Mar 2018 #85
I remember dittos. That smell and the blue ink. PatrickforO Mar 2018 #75
Purple was the most common in my world Brother Buzz Mar 2018 #86
The only good thing about test time.... paleotn Mar 2018 #44
Remember the blue books? LakeArenal Mar 2018 #64
That I do.... paleotn Mar 2018 #68
They still had those when I was in college (this century) crazycatlady Mar 2018 #91
In 1969 had a car, computer, phone, money, TV, radio, home, and mouth. FarCenter Mar 2018 #2
I had a Think-A-Tron in 1961 Xipe Totec Mar 2018 #36
I want one. Really. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #46
The computer wasn't really mine, but I was one of a few people with access to a CDC 1700 FarCenter Mar 2018 #59
My first computer at work was a Sperry Univac 1108 Xipe Totec Mar 2018 #81
The first program I wrote was for an IBM 1620 in Fortran FarCenter Mar 2018 #83
FORTRAN-II, I presume. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2018 #100
No, I believe it was FORTRAN still for the 1620. It was a pretty limited machine. nt FarCenter Mar 2018 #112
My Sympathies. FORTRAN-IV was bad enough Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #115
Yes, FORTRAN didn't originally have subroutines FarCenter Apr 2018 #116
I really DO NOT REMEMBER THIS AT ALL bluestarone Mar 2018 #99
We have become a police state Tavarious Jackson Mar 2018 #4
*Martial* law. Not "marshall." The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #30
One of mine is council instead of counsel in complaints, or briefs. bench scientist Mar 2018 #48
I believe Agent Orange made that mistake in one of his tweets. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #51
You can't fire one if you can't hire one. dchill Mar 2018 #102
there were plenty of cars, phones and TVs in 1969 Skittles Mar 2018 #5
It's not like there was public transportation to Yasgur's farm FarCenter Mar 2018 #9
Your point? shenmue Mar 2018 #12
Is there now? JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2018 #40
But somehow about 10 times as many people went there as were actually there FarCenter Mar 2018 #65
or just plain lying Skittles Mar 2018 #106
One of my team chiefs in Berlin had the opportunity to go, and didn't jmowreader Mar 2018 #111
For the first two... safeinOhio Mar 2018 #17
AND we levitated the Pentagon. :) samnsara Mar 2018 #6
Hey, gimme a hit of that! nt JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2018 #41
I was there for that. I think it might have glowed a little :) n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2018 #95
My family had TV in 1949, and cable in 1966... Dennis Donovan Mar 2018 #8
we didn't live at our Mom's house jodymarie aimee Mar 2018 #14
We had music. We had underground newspapers and comics. wasupaloopa Mar 2018 #10
we need more really great protest songs!! samnsara Mar 2018 #31
Do you notice they don't play those oldies on the radio? Marthe48 Mar 2018 #50
Even in a Red State, I still hear Anti-War CCR like Fortunate Son on FM pretty often. mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #88
Phil Ochs is long gone... k8conant Mar 2018 #58
It's life's illusions I recall, I really don't know life at all FarCenter Mar 2018 #80
I am going to see Joni Mitchel and Steven Stills in May wasupaloopa Mar 2018 #110
Enjoy! Marthe48 Apr 2018 #120
I still do. raven mad Mar 2018 #104
You didn't stop the war shenmue Mar 2018 #11
thank you for saying that rurallib Mar 2018 #43
Didn't you have Joy, Fun and Seasons in the Sun? JDC Mar 2018 #13
We didn't stop the war in 1969. We resisted it. It continued. Nixon was reelected in 1972 Tom Rinaldo Mar 2018 #15
all my jeans were embroidered by me WhiteTara Mar 2018 #25
Exactly. Scruffy1 Mar 2018 #77
I beg to differ... llmart Mar 2018 #16
Lucky you jodymarie aimee Mar 2018 #20
50 cents? Oh come on. Tipperary Mar 2018 #24
folks made $1.20 an hr then...our parents made $6Grand a year...yes 50cents a day for eats and happy jodymarie aimee Mar 2018 #49
I was making over 3 dollars an hour, myself. Not living at home. Shrike47 Mar 2018 #84
I remember precisely paying 52 for a burger and milk at McDonald's in 1974... k8conant Mar 2018 #60
I have clear memories of the budget book I kept. llmart Mar 2018 #73
In the '60s I kept a ledger of every cent I spent in college and the first years working FarCenter Mar 2018 #74
I still do. llmart Mar 2018 #94
I had one of those! dhol82 Mar 2018 #105
I still do have a savings account. llmart Mar 2018 #108
Yup, costs were significantly less relative to salaries back in the day dhol82 Mar 2018 #109
I kept one my 1st yr in college (1958-59) Chipper Chat Mar 2018 #113
That would be about $11,600 in current dollars. FarCenter Mar 2018 #114
Around '64 a classmate lived on MacDonald's which were IIRC 15 cents for the standard gut bomb. FarCenter Mar 2018 #76
I remember them being 15 cents back in 64 LeftInTX Mar 2018 #101
Uh huh. Walked uphill both ways in a blizzard to school, too, I bet. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #18
In 1969 I had a lot of friends that were POWs safeinOhio Mar 2018 #19
What planet were you living on in 1969? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #21
People did have cars. Tv, and money. Plus people were probably more likely to personally interact JI7 Mar 2018 #23
you are describing our parents jodymarie aimee Mar 2018 #52
What does that have to do with anything ? JI7 Mar 2018 #53
Because the discussion is about the protesters, not 'the public at large' ... duh ... mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #89
I remember watching protests on TV. The difference is we didn't have 24 hr. cable. pnwmom Mar 2018 #96
We boomers are soon bad. murielm99 Mar 2018 #26
In 1969 I was in 7th grade Freddie Mar 2018 #27
i recently came across a 1968 article in the Seattle Times.... samnsara Mar 2018 #28
It's one of the great mysteries of life to me -- RandomAccess Mar 2018 #33
You mean before the event...? regnaD kciN Mar 2018 #42
Yes, so that that many people showed up RandomAccess Mar 2018 #54
There were large ads for it in the Village Voice, EVO, and other alternative papers. SeattleVet Mar 2018 #72
Thanks! RandomAccess Mar 2018 #87
It wasn't the first loyalsister Apr 2018 #117
We didn't really stop a war. There were years of protests -- 50,000 deaths of American soldiers -- pnwmom Mar 2018 #34
For all the wretched excesses, 1969 was a more positive time than 2018. Paladin Mar 2018 #35
The war would have been over around then - OhZone Mar 2018 #37
Is this a reference to something in the news I missed? About 1969? deurbano Mar 2018 #38
While I'd like to say "we stopped a war"... regnaD kciN Mar 2018 #39
I think we backed off too soon. PatrickforO Mar 2018 #79
We also put a man on the moon. fierywoman Mar 2018 #45
We had a TV... paleotn Mar 2018 #47
68 was the year I registered as a Democrat in order to vote for Gene McCarthy FarCenter Mar 2018 #56
Nixon was elected NOT Reelected in 1968---I campaigned for Gene McCarthy k8conant Mar 2018 #63
I stand corrected. Even worse. The Democratic Party screwed up big time in '68 FarCenter Mar 2018 #71
Indeed! The Convention in Chicago was a strong indicator of that. k8conant Mar 2018 #82
People had cars in 1969. A lot of people went to Woodstock in cars. ??? Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #57
The North Vietnamese kinda helped MrScorpio Mar 2018 #66
I think the OP's first line is describing 1929. k8conant Mar 2018 #67
A bit hyperbolic. What is your point? slumcamper Mar 2018 #69
I took it to mean that it was *possible* to create and sustain a movement The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #92
I think he was just reminiscing RandomAccess Mar 2018 #93
Vintage VW Buses? Princess phones? Lots of concerts..... LakeArenal Mar 2018 #70
In 1969 gladium et scutum Mar 2018 #78
Oh! You forgot -- RandomAccess Mar 2018 #90
This is from 1968. We did have TV and it did cover protests. pnwmom Mar 2018 #97
One of the things we didn't have is a video tape machine. Stuart G Mar 2018 #98
HUH??? We had cars, phones, TVs Raine Mar 2018 #103
I was 1A in the draft, but my number never came up... Sancho Mar 2018 #107
There were cars, phones and TVs, though if you were in college treestar Apr 2018 #118
Different World Then colsohlibgal Apr 2018 #119
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