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Well I wouldnt mind seeing a generation X thread- i am not sure what exctly that covers in terms of years. I was born in 69 to hippie parents here in seattle and we lived an extremely unconventional lifestyle. my parents were swingers grew weed in the closet rode motorcycles in the early 70's then hit LIFESPRING SHAKLEE and HEALTH FOOD we were eating protein shakes 3 times a day YUCK i can still remember the ROMAN MEAL WITH NO SUGAR and the CORN MEAL MUSH with no sugar.My parents dropped acid at Sabbath and Zeppelin Shows and i can remember the sweet smell of Ganja at such an early age wafting thru our suburban house. we drove around in a plymouth duster until mom wrecked it after eating shrooms and swerving to hit a dog. she ran into the paperboys shack and was tripping out my sister and i were bloody from the broken glass. nice memory. after that episode you guessed it she became BORN AGAIN and a new phase of life was entered- but not for dad. he was still smokin and playin zeppelin and cream records on the record player when we would get home from church which i hated. one day we went to a rock music seminar in which we were indoctrinated against the subliminal messages from satan in records they played backwards for us like zeppelin 4 stairwayy to heaven and black oak arkansas, elo and queen. i was so scared. we get home and dad has been listening to stairway to heaven right at the crescendo where the satanic voice was played for me an hour earlier. i dreamed of goats heads and devil horns all night that night. you know damn well that they ended up getting divorced a year or two later. but i managed to keep the old family values strong and now you can come over to my house and listen to zeppelin any time you like buddy!

Wow - reminds me of what a friend told me about her parents. They were hippies too, and her father trashed her baby book by rolling joints on it - got it all stained with resin.

This was so bizarre to me - my parents were as straight-laced as they come. But then again, my dad was a closet alcoholic and somewhat of a recluse, so one has to wonder which is worse?