Time Frame I.V.

[Bekah]

I was 21 and my hubby and I were on our way to see my parents and I  
made us late and he was sooooooo mad.

bad beck

Bekah

On Dec 6, 2008, at 3:47 PM, bandwraith at aol.com wrote:

>
>
> We were 17. A bunch of us from the NYC Metro
> area had made it down to the Jersey Shore-
> Wildwood Crest to be exact- away from school
> parents and other supervisory agents. We ran into
> similar "refugees" from the Philly 'burbs and basically
> took over a hotel/rooming house. We worked as
> lifeguards, pool boys, chambermaids. busboys, waitresses,
> hotel clerks, boardwalk hawkers and other summer
> jobs.
>
> Sgt. Peppers had been out for about a month. Pot
> was just beginning to become common. Acid was
> spoken of in hushed tones by the older kids. Bobby
> Kennedy and MLK were still alive. The Smothers Brother's
> Comedy Hour was peaking.
>
> We were just settling in to our new found freedom
> and camaradrie. The first week often found us
> gathered around the tube in the lobby after dinner-
> the news came on at 7:00 pm in those days, and it
> was a big deal- to catch up on what was happening
> in Vietnam, and the protest movement. The  MS Media,
> back then, were at least half on our side. Protests were
> covered. The 1968 Democratic Convention was still
> in the future, as were Neil Armstrong and Woodstock.
>
> It was a Sunday afternoon, a sunny day. The lobby was
> beginning to fill with the usual pre-dinner crowd of kids,
> and this came on the tube:
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/675ngu
>
> It was a nice start to a great summer.
>
>