I still use 'groovy' ~ 'cool' ~ 'right on' ~ 'far out' & others with enough regularity that when my doctor walks into the exam room he greets me with "what's up dude?"
he talks to me about some of the edgier things he still does on vacations which he usually enjoys in NY where I was from. he also trusts me, when I ask for a 30 day refill on my oxycontin he knows it will last me 4 months 'cause I hate the shit but need it still occasionally.
This Thread is Boss Man...like I'm gonna Burn some Bitchin Grass, head over to the Schwinn Bike Shop, I broke my Banana Seat...so getting a new one to save tread on my Wallabe's...Got to Keep on Truckin' Man...if I'm going to get any of these Chicks to Ball!!
"take from the top" and "save your money for your old age; you're gonna need it" were just 2 pearls of wisdom from my old man. "Take from the top" originally referred to moving a wood pile but it has other applications. "save your money for your old age..." is my advice to the next generation.
Mrs Claude is instructing me about the term 'lemme have shorts.' At first I understood (in my imagination) that she was talkling about some sort of bogarting. She instructed me that its not accusing someone of hogging something. No, she says its more a form of begging, I don't have any smokes left, will you save me a puff or two of that one.
I came of age in the late 70's and had never heard the term, "lemme have shorts.' I guess that's why I married a younger girl; learn new things.
Wow! Far out, man. I haven't seen lids or matchboxes in years........ That's groovy! Acapulco gold, michuacan, gold Colombian, Thai sticks .... the gold old days.......... I remember being able to buy pounds of mex, pressed into bricks, wrapped in some kind of pink construction paper for $125....