...and I had a car named Furthur (back in the days when I named my cars), named after The Merry Pranksters Bus.
I spent the summer of 74 galavanting around the hemisphere in a 66 Valiant-- from the east coast to Alaska to the Grand Canyon reading that book. I know for at least that year I was "on the bus"
That book speaks to me like a voice from the distant past, calling to me from the other end of a long, dark hall.
I knew or was acquainted with some of the people in the book. In fact, Wolfe quoted and referred frequently to a very close friend of mine, who unfortunately died a few years ago.
On a related note. Owsley (Bear) has passed away. Died in a car crash in Austrailia, where he has lived for awhile. He was 76. Interesting that he lived so long, being an LSD pioneer, and so did Dr. Albert Hoffman, the swiss physicist who discovered LSD, who died several years ago at 102. Interesting that some GSers make a point of saying VP wasn't really a doctor. Well, Dr. VPW did more good for me than Dr. Hoffman did.
For those unfamiliar with Owsley, his full name is Augusus Owsley Stanley. He had legal troubles when LSD was made illegal in 1966 and he was the Grateful Dead's sound engineer at one time.
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I had a 1963 VW Microbus that was almost identical to this one.
Need I say more?
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...and I had a car named Furthur (back in the days when I named my cars), named after The Merry Pranksters Bus.
I spent the summer of 74 galavanting around the hemisphere in a 66 Valiant-- from the east coast to Alaska to the Grand Canyon reading that book. I know for at least that year I was "on the bus"
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ha..
we are always on the bus..
once on, always on. Kind of like once saved..
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That book speaks to me like a voice from the distant past, calling to me from the other end of a long, dark hall.
I knew or was acquainted with some of the people in the book. In fact, Wolfe quoted and referred frequently to a very close friend of mine, who unfortunately died a few years ago.
It all seems like 1,000,000 years ago.
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No left turns unstoned.
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On a related note. Owsley (Bear) has passed away. Died in a car crash in Austrailia, where he has lived for awhile. He was 76. Interesting that he lived so long, being an LSD pioneer, and so did Dr. Albert Hoffman, the swiss physicist who discovered LSD, who died several years ago at 102. Interesting that some GSers make a point of saying VP wasn't really a doctor. Well, Dr. VPW did more good for me than Dr. Hoffman did.
For those unfamiliar with Owsley, his full name is Augusus Owsley Stanley. He had legal troubles when LSD was made illegal in 1966 and he was the Grateful Dead's sound engineer at one time.
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Dr. Scholl's has done more for me than both of them put together.
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Drugs buoy your self-esteem.
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What about Dr. Pepper? Don't forget about Dr. Pepper! Do you remember "Dr. Dimento"?
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"The Dr. is out. He'll be right back with more demented music."
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