Hello from sunny Southern California

I'm not sure how I've managed to miss this site for so many years...but I managed it somehow! While looking around last night for forums where like-minded people hang out, I found it, and I'm glad I did.

I don't know how much to post about myself right off the bat, so I'll try to keep this brief.

As my username implies, I'm an old hippie/flower child from SoCal. I was born and raised in the Pasadena/Arcadia area of Los Angeles, but was a little too young to participate in a lot of the really BIG things that happened back then, such as the famous music festivals. I'm an old geezer now, though!

There are several things in my life that I'm passionate about, including: Animal rights/animal welfare/responsible pet ownership, vegetarianism, politics (liberal Democrat, thank you!), computing (specifically all things related to UNIX/Linux), ballet, reproductive and gay rights, and others. The thing about me is that when I'm passionate about something, I don't mince words! I speak out on issues that mean a lot to me. A while back, I was off work [I'm a programmer and system administrator] due to health problems, and bored out of my mind, so one day I started thinking about making a web site selling merchandise for my passions, and from that came my current business, which I love. Oh, I get my share of hate mail as a result, but I really don't mind.

Hope to get to know you all!

 

Hello there OldSoCalFlowerChild & Welcome to the forums.
Glad you found your way home.
Check out the old hippies group while your here too.
Peaceful thoughts your way... Farmout

 

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