Peacelovedope invasion Sullivan County

[Mark@Sea]

The hippies are coming, the hippies are coming...

[Raoul]

I'm seeing them hitch hiking all over Bristol.

[Murgatroy]

Damn dirty tree hugging hippies.

I guess I do have to hand it to the few 'honest' ones among the throngs, they are happy. As long as they are self sufficient and aren't hurting anything, I could care less.

[TrickyNicky]

Damn dirty tree hugging hippies.

I guess I do have to hand it to the few 'honest' ones among the throngs, they are happy. As long as they are self sufficient and aren't hurting anything, I could care less.

Yup. I met a few hippies once, they were nice folks who just wanted to live the way they wanted to live. They even liked guns, though didn't approve of using them violently.

I say to each their own. So long as they don't come into my house and tell me what to do.

Of course onthe flip side to that I've met some reall goodballs as well.

[craglawnmanor]

I need to tell my 24 year old nephew about this. Then maybe he'll quit working at our store (I can't fire him, my mother-in law [his grandmother] is the owner of our store, my sister-in-law [his mother] is a part owner), and he can be a lazy hippie somewhere else........

But, then he'll get tired of this experience, and whine to his mama, who'll pay to get him back home, and he'll plead for his "job" back at our store, and his mom and his aunt (my wife), along with his grandmother, will offer him his old "job" back.........Leaving me to deal with a lazy, whining hippie who's afraid of anything resembling real work. What an ass......... :shake:

Wait, I just reread the story. Maybe I'll join the hippies, I need a vacation.....And I saw the mention of a topless woman in the story........

I may check out renting a nice motor-home, and stock it full of beer..........

Edited June 22, 2012 by craglawnmanor

[dlm37015]

gotta figure i booked the gunshow in gray anybody know how to get to the place

[Raoul]

gotta figure i booked the gunshow in gray anybody know how to get to the place

I do. Is that the show in July?

[vontar]

Damn dirty tree hugging hippies.

I guess I do have to hand it to the few 'honest' ones among the throngs, they are happy. As long as they are self sufficient and aren't hurting anything, I could care less.

Damn dirty tree hugging hippies.

I guess I do have to hand it to the few 'honest' ones among the throngs, they are happy. As long as they are self sufficient and aren't hurting anything, I could care less.

You nailed it. (self sufficient) The American dream right to pursuit of happiness, as long as they are not a bother to others.

[Caster]

Go buy some soap on a rope and wear it like a necklace. They will keep their distance. It's hippie kryptonite.

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

They have a workshop tomorow

"How to braid armpit hair"

[hornett22]

Not my crowd but as long as they don't bother me I don't care either. They aren't known for cleaning up after themselves though.

[Caster]

Well, at least you know they're coming. The fragrant wave of patchouli and marijuana can carry a long way.

[monkeylizard]

They have a workshop tomorow

"How to braid armpit hair"

Followed by the always popular "How to braid leg hair: Women only"

[Guest 6.8 AR]

They have a workshop tomorow

"How to braid armpit hair"

And wear a scoodie, the latest fashion statement.

[mcurrier]

They even liked guns, though didn't approve of using them violently.

Daaaaaang! There's another way you can use them???

[GKar]

Yep, they're here. Sull Co Sherriff's Dept had to obtain an extra $25,000 for overtime expenses to provide 24/7 coverage in the area, cause the Cherokee Natl Forest troops are totally overwhelmed. Its another week before "The Event", and already their vehicles are parked along the side of the access roads for over two miles in most directions. The advance scouts are diggin latrines, running water access lines to the creeks for the kitchens, and such. Seen lots of hitchhikers at the interstate exits, and a lot of walkers coming up from Johnson City. Hope they scoped out their area smartly...the locals in Hickory Tree may have some active stills remaining in that area, and just might not take kindly to Hanoi Jane showing up uninvited...topless or not. Dem boys generally shoot first, and never get around to askin any questions 'cept "Now where did I bury the last one?".

[Caster]

Dem boys generally shoot first, and never get around to askin any questions 'cept "Now where did I bury the last one?".

Well, that's just wrong! Shame on me for not caring.

Edited June 22, 2012 by Caster

[GKar]

And it just gets better...

http://www.timesnews.net/article/9048387/police-arrest-near-rainbow-family-gathering-nets-nearly-90000-worth-of-meth-other-drugs

almost $90K in meth, peyote, liquid THC and...Viagra. Mebbe shoulda stayed in West-by-d**n Virginia...

[dlm37015]

I do. Is that the show in July?

yep

[10-Ring]

Ah let them do their thing. One of them will probably fall asleep with a joint in his mouth, it will then fall into his nappy beard, create a flash fire, catch his nasty dreadlocks on fire and before you know it there will be 10,000 hippies in a blaze of stench.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

I've been once in awhile wading thru netflix trying to discover if the dang thing is worth a few bucks per month. Last couple of weeks found a couple of documentaries perhaps-relevant to this thread. I enjoyed the shows but maybe a normal person would hate em. In the ballpark of practical anthropology without the tedious academic crap.

http://movies.netfli...ehavin/70114981

http://movies.netfli...rginia/70117032

Now I'm real fond of all kinds of people in the abstract. I can get along great with about anybody regardless how weird for a day or two, and enjoy it, but eventually they will get on my nerves. As a rule it is more fun keeping to myself. Hermit, yep that's me.

Those above-referenced shows are good ways to observe folk that would drive me nuts in person, but interesting from afar. Like watching a documentary about african lions or the poisonous snakes of south america. Lots more fun in the comfort of the living room than face-to-face.

So anyway-- Decades ago-- After Woodstock I was looking at pitchers of the event in magazines. Was impressed at how sparse of tooth Wavy Gravy had got, considering that he was a relatively young, educated, well-spoken charismatic counter culture leader. He looked kinda like certain species of hillbillies and rednecks, except the hillbillies of 1969 tended to have buzzcuts, though they started growing it out about that same time, like their great-grandpappy had the long hair.

Got to thinking that certain species of hillbillies and hippies-- In some ways they both resemble old-style European gypsies. For one thing, in all three cultures there is a noticeable scarcity of teeth. But other stuff as well. Did not rigorously try to prove anything, just that certain sub-groups of gypsies, hillbillies and hippies seemed to share certain traits.

So anyway, other than "unique" fashion sense and enjoying a good buzz, one commonality may be the ability to live for today with minimal concern for yesterday or tomorrow?

The Wavy Gravy show starts slow and silly. If the first part gets too tedious, fastforward about halfway afore you give it up, where they are delivering charity medical assistance to rural India, and Wavy puts on a series of benefit concerts eventually financing tens of thousands of vision saving eye operations for po folks in India. The fella grows on you from a distance but I couldn't take much of it in person.

Now that show, "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia" it alternately makes me laugh then get mad then grossed out then feel sorry for the folks. Its just real interesting is all I can say.

[JAB]

As long as they are self sufficient ...

What I don't understand is how people who obviously don't have jobs, claim they can't function in 'Babylon' (what many of them apparently call society) and probably aren't going to be too high on anyone's list to hire for odd jobs yet seem to have money for food, drugs, coffee and other sundries not to mention the funds to pay upkeep on vehicles and keep those vehicles' tanks full of gas for driving from one hippie-fest to another could possibly be in any way, shape form or fashion 'self-sufficient'. If they were living off the land, etc. it would be different but they aren't. Maybe they barter within their group but the goods have to be purchased from somewhere to begin with and that means money. Also, I doubt Papa Moonpuppy has a gas station where they can get a tank full of gas on the barter system. I can't help but think there must be a lot of government checks involved.

Edited June 26, 2012 by JAB

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Hi Jab

You raise good points. I don't know any "active hippies" any more. It could be that a certain percentage of them have wealthy parents. If you don't own anything and are not strung out on expensive drugs then maybe it doesn't take much money to stay alive? I read that lots of folk make a living panhandling some places in the USA. For some of them, supposedly a pretty good income panhandling.

They might not all be unemployed. One fella about my age, haven't seen him in awhile. He was office manager at a software company. Dedicated dead-head who claimed to have attended hundreds of dead concerts over the years. He just spent most weekends and vacations traveling to various Grateful Dead concerts while the group was around. He was also a dedicated Little Feat and Phish fan. The guy admitted to regularly taking various psychedelic substances for many years but always managed to do his job. Now I couldn't ever function thataway, and wouldn't want to, but apparently some folks manage it.

edit-- I remember another guy. When I was doing social work in the 1970's he was about 14 when I was in my 20's. He wasn't a bad sort and wasn't a criminal but he wouldn't go to school or obey his parents so he got involved in "the system". Happened to meet the fellow about 10 years back while I was playing a music gig at a restaurant. He had moved out west. He made pretty good money on oil rigs and pipeline work, and only worked about half the time but made pretty good dough. He had two old ladies. Seemed not-unsatisfied with his life. The dude was at least 10 years my junior and his skin looked like old worn-out leather. Looked like an old man.

In my town when I was playing music there would be occasional huge harley conventions. All those guys looked like rough customers, they all had expensive bikes. Talked to a bunch of em. Some were truck drivers. Some heavy equipment operators. Some of the rough customers with long hair and ZZ top beards were doctors and lawyers.

Edited June 26, 2012 by Lester Weevils

[Mark@Sea]

What I don't understand is how people who obviously don't have jobs, claim they can't function in 'Babylon' (what many of them apparently call society) and probably aren't going to be too high on anyone's list to hire for odd jobs yet seem to have money for food, drugs, coffee and other sundries ....

You suppose 2 pounds of meth has something to do with it?

[Guest Lester Weevils]

You suppose 2 pounds of meth has something to do with it?

That is a good point.