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Dennis: Old Hippies Need To Grow Up

When I was a high school kid in the late 60's and the early 70's I wondered to myself, "What will hippies and radicals look like when they get old? Old Hippies? Ha, what a funny thought for a kid who was raised in a military family and really neither had long hair nor had an interest in having long hair. For some reason, I couldn't shake the image of some long-haired old guys...and then I would dismiss it with a laugh. "C'mon, Den, these guys will grow up." Lo, these many years later, I have to ask the greater question: Where are all the adults? You know, the people who left their youth and "wrinkled up" and gained wisdom. Where are they? I meet people NOW who say things like "50 is the new 30". Say what?/Dennis Mansfield. More here.

Question: Do you agree with Dennis that too many 50s and 60s people are trying too hard to act young and need to grow up? And/or:



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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