tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599629575825696980.post1104017767390039211..comments2020-10-24T17:54:06.749-07:00Comments on The bad hip perspective: Slipping through my fingers - she's 18!!Fairtraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599629575825696980.post-64838921111979303382017-03-07T14:50:30.805-08:002017-03-07T14:50:30.805-08:00A lot can be said about the sixties, Gwil, but it ...A lot can be said about the sixties, Gwil, but it really was a time of expanding borderlines. I was a child at the time and my greatest adventures was to go wild with the 6 year old neighbour boy. When I turned 18 the years of carefree adventure was over , the wall was still standing and nuclearplants was our subject for debate. I envy you a bit, hope you kept the better parts of it!!Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599629575825696980.post-76518664467854651762017-03-07T08:09:58.420-08:002017-03-07T08:09:58.420-08:00When I was 18 it was the tail end of Dixon of Dock...When I was 18 it was the tail end of Dixon of Dock Green in Britain. We'd put the war years behind us and the Beatles had arrived. We baby boomers were coming into our own. And the future looked bright. You could do things you can't do today. You could for example pack your tent and jump on a motor bike and ride from Europe to India passing through the Levant, Persia, and Afghanistan for the adventure and scenery and just for the hell of it . . . as many people did. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599629575825696980.post-49046348531543465042017-03-06T22:10:11.097-08:002017-03-06T22:10:11.097-08:00Oh yes, but today they get far too many keys at on...Oh yes, but today they get far too many keys at once, that can give me that panicking feeling. But she is very wise and calm, no headless party girl. 18 is a nice age, thank you for this comment, Mel!!Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599629575825696980.post-12832967761400283002017-03-06T15:36:40.567-08:002017-03-06T15:36:40.567-08:00 Such a wonderful age to be 18 - I remember it we... Such a wonderful age to be 18 - I remember it well and having to wait for another three years before officially getting the key of the door.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.com