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Nirvana · 08-24-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I believe I rejected the entire notion of Halloween as a "reverse conformity" holiday, where people could feel safe rejecting conformity as a group. I explained to mystified people that my costume was "a rock".

You looked a bit "Screech"ish [saved by the bell]

glatt · 08-25-2009, 11:51 AM

I'm the one reading the paper. My grandfather is next to me asleep. This would have been around 1980 or so.

It was our 2nd VW Bus. The middle seat was easy to remove for camping trips. My dad had built a platform and also mounted a couple of supports so a sheet of plywood could rest on the front seat backs and a removable rope that stretched across the inside of the bus to those supports. Each night, we would install the rope and pull the sheet of plywood down off the roof rack. We had home made foam mattresses. We could easily sleep 6 in that bus, assuming 2 were kids and would sleep down in the "sweatbox."

Those were good days. We crossed the country 3 times in a VW bus and saw a lot. At night, if there was no campground around, we'd pull off into some deserted dirt side road. We were very self contained.

Sometimes I feel like I'm depriving my own kids because we don't do stuff like this with them. But I don't have summers off like my dad did, and I think people today would shoot you if they saw you parked by the side of the road overnight. Or at least call the cops.

Shawnee123 · 08-22-2009, 07:19 PM

I think I had that same sweatsuit, for track practice.

ZenGum · 08-22-2009, 07:31 PM

So, in 2005, MTP looked like MTP and in 1980 Undertoad did Halloween dressed as Shawnee. That it?

zippyt · 08-22-2009, 10:07 PM

me in 1982 , Iceland

Ibby · 08-22-2009, 10:09 PM

Drew Carey?

SteveDallas · 08-22-2009, 10:18 PM

I didn't know the Marines let you keep that much hair.

zippyt · 08-22-2009, 10:21 PM

I was a Rouge, Steve !

spudcon · 08-22-2009, 11:25 PM

1967 Viet Nam

TheMercenary · 08-23-2009, 12:33 AM

Right on Spud! Welcome home mate!

SteveDallas · 08-23-2009, 12:59 PM

Spud, what's the story with the Gerber baby?

impress · 08-23-2009, 01:49 PM

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Circa 1964

Tulip · 08-23-2009, 02:46 PM

Hey, Zippy was cute in '82! How old were you then?

spudcon · 08-23-2009, 02:50 PM

Thanks Merc. And the Gerber baby was a card one of my team got from home. Don't remember what it said.

zippyt · 08-23-2009, 04:00 PM

I was 19 I think Tulip

08-25-2009, 11:51 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm the one reading the paper. My grandfather is next to me asleep. This would have been around 1980 or so. It was our 2nd VW Bus. The middle seat was easy to remove for camping trips. My dad had built a platform and also mounted a couple of supports so a sheet of plywood could rest on the front seat backs and a removable rope that stretched across the inside of the bus to those supports. Each night, we would install the rope and pull the sheet of plywood down off the roof rack. We had home made foam mattresses. We could easily sleep 6 in that bus, assuming 2 were kids and would sleep down in the "sweatbox." Those were good days. We crossed the country 3 times in a VW bus and saw a lot. At night, if there was no campground around, we'd pull off into some deserted dirt side road. We were very self contained. Sometimes I feel like I'm depriving my own kids because we don't do stuff like this with them. But I don't have summers off like my dad did, and I think people today would shoot you if they saw you parked by the side of the road overnight. Or at least call the cops. Attached Images

08-22-2009, 07:19 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think I had that same sweatsuit, for track practice. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-22-2009, 07:31 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	So, in 2005, MTP looked like MTP and in 1980 Undertoad did Halloween dressed as Shawnee. That it? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-22-2009, 10:07 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	me in 1982 , Iceland __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-22-2009, 10:09 PM	#6
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Drew Carey? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-22-2009, 10:18 PM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I didn't know the Marines let you keep that much hair.

08-22-2009, 10:21 PM	#8
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I was a Rouge, Steve ! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-22-2009, 11:25 PM	#9
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	1967 Viet Nam Attached Images __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-23-2009, 12:33 AM	#10
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Right on Spud! Welcome home mate! __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-23-2009, 12:59 PM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Spud, what's the story with the Gerber baby?

08-23-2009, 01:49 PM	#12
impress It's better to be pissed off than pissed on. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 936	Circa 1964 __________________ If I gave a crap, I'd give it to you.

08-23-2009, 02:46 PM	#13
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Hey, Zippy was cute in '82! How old were you then?

08-23-2009, 02:50 PM	#14
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Thanks Merc. And the Gerber baby was a card one of my team got from home. Don't remember what it said. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-23-2009, 04:00 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I was 19 I think Tulip __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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