A Week In The Life Of A 16 Year Old: November 11-17, 1970 (Sister goes missing) The Best of FredFlix

[@kascnef]

My dad was around 15. He loved those shows.

[@RonaldJFrump]

Love the dentist story. When we were little (and about the same age as you) our dentist actually let us take mercury home, and we actually played with it in our hands. So far, no health issues. I think we were just lucky. Love your channel!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Hank. I think I'd rather have it in my hands than in my mouth. (Which I still do, I guess. But as you say, no health issues ... that I'm aware of).

[@tellemomma9780]

I totally loved Your search engine! Lol!

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Now that was cool!!

[@FredFlix]

That's how we did in them days, Chantelle.

[@scoremusicdistribution3994]

Dude, I can't tell you how much I love your "A day in the life series" Takes me far down that old memory lane. Keep it up!!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks! Will do, TINNT.

[@MissMellyVee]

Fred, you have done it again! created magic for us all to enjoy....sis must have been a handful, naughty girl, and I am glad your dad got those 3 sailors discharged. I hope your sister grew up fast after that and never gave your parents that kind of worry again..... (Some how I don't think so)....anyhow it is so difficult to swallow that time just marches on relentlessly and takes no prisoners. Its lovely that you are so apt in taking us back to those days when time was on our side, our hearts free of real anguish of any kind, and our whole lives were there ready to be lived....thank you sweetheart for sharing once again :) xxx

[@FredFlix]

My pleasure, Melly, and you hit it on the head: It didn't end there with my sister. First of all, I didn't tell the whole story: she was gone a MONTH. She later dropped out of school, stoned all the time, and got pregnant at 16. I was invited to dinner Monday by the result of that pregnancy, to celebrate HER son's 12th birthday along with my sister, her boyfriend and my son. So life has a way of evening out. xoxoxo

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@FredFlix so that would be your "niece" right? So you and your sister are still close? How does she react to you giving the world her story?

[@FredFlix]

@@jaimhaas5170 Um....she doesn't know I'm doing it. he doesn't watch this channel unless I send her a video. We were not close for decades but she has since reached out and in fact we went bowling today.

[@MissMellyVee]

Darling now I am confused no end. Your sister got preggers at 16 right ok? and her son from that pregnancy is now only 12? as you mentioned you were at her home this Monday night celebrating his 12th birthday? how is this possible? Is you sister decades younger than you? LOL? help me out here darling.....hahaha

[@FredFlix]

@@MissMellyVee OK, the result of that pregnancy was a girl, my niece, who is now 44. My niece had a son 12 years ago. That should clear it up.

[@billykump1155]

some of the best days of my life i still listen to these songs today and i was only 16 then but i love these songs thank you for sharing the memories of my lifetime :)

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Billy.

[@cnyphotovideo]

Wow. That is some story Fred!

[@FredFlix]

I toned it down. She was actually gone a month.

[@cnyphotovideo]

FredFlix Gees!

[@johnkaczinski468]

Fred: You tell amazing and moving stories.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, John.

[@myheartisinjapan3184]

Great compilation Fred. God bless...enjoyed this.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Lori.

[@brhmgrant]

thank you for sharing your videos there are very good and interesting I'm a fan fred

[@FredFlix]

I'm happy about that, Abraham.

[@pameladecicco6509]

Just love it. And the music. Bless.❤

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Pamela.

[@joeheid2776]

Always loved these Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Joe.

[@susanjohnson7679]

Wow Fred, you sure have some stories to tell. I can feel the stories. You should do a little documentary. You're such a great story teller!

[@FredFlix]

Nice of you to say, Susan.

[@stendec-dd3he]

A lot of mixed emotions with this one, Fred. Relieved for your family and her that she came back, but the circumstances of her absence had to leave a wound that never truly healed over. Thank you, for entrusting your viewers with glimpses of your life. There is more to the man than we could imagine. Everyone has a book in them; thank you for letting us see a few chapters of yours.

[@jaimhaas5170]

Yes this idea that we have to be a "celebrity" to have something to say is silly. These types of stories are far more interesting to me.

[@FredFlix]

I actually did have a book in me, stendec. Not about my childhood (though some of that was the foundation) but a humorous memoir about my marriage to a Chinese immigrant. It sold so poorly that my last royalty check was not a check but a note, which read: "We owe you one dollar." But attending book signings and such was an interesting experience and I was glad I was able to add that feather to my journalistic hat.

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@FredFlix I want to look it up...could I get more info...being married currently to an Eastern European I would love to compare notes with you.

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@neilforbes416 could not agree more. It sadly shows the lack of IQ with many in our culture.

[@VanHellsing12]

The Occidental Husband

[@Jim-ie6uf]

Thanks Fred.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jim.

[@elifoust7664]

My sis ran away ,same age ,she showed up .....Glad yours did too,Thanks Fred.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Eli.

[@yana1955]

His sister and I were the same age and both raised in SC. I call BS on your theory. My dad expected his daughters to go for their ambitions and not be restrained. Yes, some girls went off the leash but that was more an issue of personality and family dynamics.

[@elifoust7664]

@@yana1955 Glad you survived.....

[@yana1955]

Maybe ten to twenty years earlier but I did not see that happening in my high school. And the Charleston area was much more sophisticated than where I was raised. Now, I also had cousins from deep Appalachia and they all received their high school diplomas but not so much the previous generation.

[@yana1955]

No problem with atheists but your suppositions seem to fit more with a much earlier time than the early seventies in South Carolina. The closest I ever saw to religious cults were Southern Baptists (kidding LOL). In fact it seems that the cults you describe are more publicized today, if not more prevalent.

[@bobhill5791]

Thanks for another great video Always love them.

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate tat, Bob.

[@808chihuahua]

Thanks @ FredFlix, I was 12 during that time, and remember all the songs being played here, couldn't help being nostalgic.BTW, have visited Charleston twice, stayed at North Charleston😎

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, 808.

[@dallasbrunson3677]

All FredFlix is the best of FredFlix!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Dallas.

[@jimm3370]

Awww... I start this vid to relive childhood memories and get sucked into a tale of family dysfunction. Thanks.

[@khalidmckibbins5873]

hey fred, me (17) and my cousin (16) just binge watched all of your day in the life videos! we both think you’re such an interesting person and we hope to see more about your life. these videos bring us so much nostalgia even though we weren’t alive during these times haha, we wish we were alive to see all these great things and experience great adventures like you.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks for watching and commenting, golf chum. Please understand these videos represent small slices of a long, often boring and sometimes unfulfilled life. And not everything depicted in each video necessarily happened in one day; I just made it appear so in order to to tell a coherent story about those times. But I'm glad you've enjoyed them. There is more to tell but some things will have to remain private.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Dude you seriously need to write a book of memories and anecdotes. You're something of a goldmine like Jean Sheperd. Do it! 😃

[@shadypinesma8909]

Definitely a great idea!

[@FredFlix]

I've already done that, Eduardo. Not about my childhood but my later marriage to a Chinese woman (it was a 10-year slice of life). It sold so poorly that my last royalty check was not a check but a note that said, "We owe you one dollar."

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@FredFlix A dollar, LOL. Okay, so you already went down that road, cool. I was going to make a joke about a Chinese woman and hint that you were actually Mr. Lee in the dry cleaners from the Calgon commercial, but I won't.

[@FredFlix]

@@eduardo_corrochio My middle name is Lee. ha ha.

[@starey1]

I agree Fred you should do that.

[@larryshaver3568]

i can't believe this was already 50 years ago it doesn't seem anywhere near that long

[@sharonramone7186]

Wow Fred. Some November. Glad your sister showed up!

[@joeford860]

You have an excellent memory Fred, thanks for the video.

[@FredFlix]

Well, Joe, I always say to anyone who asks that these are random memories, all true of course, stitched together to tell a coherent story. So it may not have happened that exact week, and the lightning/pool strike happened a year or so later.

[@keithgw2777]

Love American Style was a funny show Good to hear your sister finally came home that had to be a little scary

[@luisreyes1963]

Damn, that was some story. Glad you can share with us, FredFlix. 😔

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Luis.

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

I turned 14 that week. 9th grade. 1st girlfriend. I give you lots of credit Fred, your week was much more bat-s#!t crazy than mine and you seemed to hold it together! Thanks for refreshing some dusty memories of that time!!!

[@FredFlix]

I actually condensed it, Jeff. She was gone a MONTH.

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

@@FredFlix Oh my!!!

[@MidKid61]

Around the time I first met my significant other while we were in the 4th grade in St. Charles, MO. Reconnected in 2012 after a 39-year absence.

[@deliveryguyrx]

That's awesome,dude!Hope you two are doing well!

[@LeslieGMN]

That is so sweet.

[@merce10554]

The best of FredFlix indeed. :)

[@FredFlix]

Thank you, merce.

[@goldtentee]

I graduated high school in 1972. Reading you loud and clear. Attended college for a year but got so sick of the boozing and quaaludes popular on campus enlisted in the service May 1973.

[@amandagrayson8888]

Glad your sister came home. Your Dad showed restraint. Many dads would have made major readjustments to their inseams and other body parts. There must have been a specific kind (bad) alignment of the stars that November. For my family it was the 9th through the 14th. Too much for one week. Keep 'em coming Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Anytime you want to share what happened, Amanda, I'd be interested.

[@jeffking4176]

Great story.( as always) 📻🙂

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Jeff.

[@poetink]

Great story Fred. your sister returned home 3 days before I was born.

[@FredFlix]

Then you're a young man, David.

[@poetink]

yes, maybe young by age, but I have what they call an old soul Fred. :)

[@majik_man]

Crazy i was born 11-17-1970 ironic

[@elifoust7664]

Mt.Pleasant years... Loved em.

[@FredFlix]

Good times generally, Eli.

[@joegongora2200]

1970 was quite a year for me. My favorite song was "Solitary Man," by Neil Diamond. Just like Del Shannon's music it was a dark paranoid song. Here in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Aug. 3rd 1970 , Hurricane Celia hit our town. I had left 3 days before because I went to see my Mom that lived in Austin, Texas. It's a long story I was living with my Grandparents at the time. 2wks later I came back seem like the Atom Bomb had hit town. The following week school started & most kids went back to school. Dispite there was some damage schools were opened. That didn't stop the school district from opening up the schools. When hurricanes have hit CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas this is a town that won't stay down for long. Greetings from CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas the Sparkling City by Sea.

[@FredFlix]

Greetings from Charleston, SC, Joe. we had Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and it was the same: total devastation.

[@PeopleAlreadyDidThis]

Hey Joe, I was there for Celia. 10 years old. It was pretty scary. I was spared the worst moment because I fell asleep in the middle of it. When I woke up, the upstairs roof from the house across the street was lying in our front yard. You could see the sky through their upstairs bedroom windows. At least I didn't see it happen! But I do remember looking in the attic and seeing our roof rippling in the wind, and seeing the front door bent away from its frame by the wind. Rain and leaves were blowing in around it. When we woke up the next morning, we could barely walk out to the street for the broken trees and debris. It was actually hard to tell where the street was. We still didn't have electricity when you came home from Austin. Glad you were away when it hit. I never understood the crazy people having hurricane parties.

[@paulchristman2456]

Them Navy Blues were mighty damned lucky that that's all your Dad did!! They deserved to have been walkin' funny for a couple of months! My older sister ran away in early 1973, but we knew that she had gone to a friend's house and was safe. But it still kinda freaked me out---I would never have imagined that she would ever be so rebellious!! We're talking Bethesda, Maryland and the mindset that results from upper middle class country club circumstance BS. Our Reverend came over for dinner and calmed us all down. Suburban drama worthy of "Eight is Enough". Thanks for the vid, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Good comment, Paul.

[@gregggoss2210]

Gotta say Fred, your dad must have some restraint system. If I were him, there would be 3 missing service men.

[@robertscott2210]

Gregg Goss or 3 chalk outlines o on the floor. I know this story Fred, have you posted this before?

[@marie-joseenadeau971]

That very week in 1970, we moved from Quebec to Hartford, Ct (only to move back to Quebec in 1976). It was a 6-7 hour drive and I slept in the back seat most of the time. We had a 1967 Pontiac Bonneville in burgundy with the Coca-Cola green bottle steering wheel .... anyway, I remember waking up and it was night time. ''I'll be There'' was playing on the radio as we saw the capital building from afar. I'll never forget that moment. We went from a two-story home in Canada to small apartment on Putnam Street in Hartford. I had no bedroom. The couch was my bed. The Vietnam War images were on the TV every night at suppertime. As for your sister, I'm glad she came back safe and sound. If it would have been my dad around at that time, 3 sailors would have been missing ..... permanently.

[@jaimhaas5170]

So great the way our mind can capture certain details.

[@marie-joseenadeau971]

@@jaimhaas5170 Yes! I must say that I have a very photographic memory. The song featured in this video triggered a lot of things

[@janupczak5059]

I have never heard this story, Fred. I'm just so, so sorry for the whole family. That had to be absolutely terrifying until she walked through the door! I can't even imagine what my father would've done to me, let alone those men! I'm just happy to hear she came back... My God, the things we put our parents through.Thank you for taking us back to 1970, and the important reminder that none of our families were really like the Cleavers, Andersons, Stones or Nelsons. And that's okay...❤

[@FredFlix]

Good point, Jan. It was even worse because she was actually gone an entire MONTH. But I didn't want to have a "Month in the Life" video.

[@jaimhaas5170]

I think many did have the "cleaver" life. Some of us had a lot of tragedy though and it shapes us for sure. When I was 4 my sister was killed by an Amtrak train and it completely "derailed" (no pun intended) our family of five. Nothing would ever be "normal" about us again.

[@FredFlix]

@@jaimhaas5170 Holy shit! My sister running away was a cakewalk compared to that.

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@FredFlix I think the idea of "counseling" or even family therapy was so foreign in the 60's. Communication became so hard between the adults in our family. My older sister (17) and mom had some pretty bad times. The sister that was killed (15) would never know the hole that was left. That older sister became psychotic later in life.

[@FredFlix]

@@jaimhaas5170 That's awful.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

4:16 It took Marshall many years of playing sub I-A football to get back to that level, too. What a tragic event.

[@lightningblue648]

Being from WV that story will never be forgotten.

[@denisesurber8176]

I had just turned 10 about a month before.

[@robertscott2210]

denise surber Cool, I turned ten about a week later.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

Great performance by the J5. :)

[@FredFlix]

Originally had Badfinger but YT wouldn't allow it.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

@@FredFlix A shame.

[@dontblameme4073]

Quincy was one of my faves. I thought ya did pretty good, w/your newspaper illustration. Hope all is well w/you, and yours. 👋Fred

[@FredFlix]

Thank you, don't blame me.

[@jaimhaas5170]

And this was not that unusual for the time period. I am about ten years younger than you but this idea of taking a slice of history from your life is brilliant. Thanks for the drama and the laughs Fred.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jaim.

[@FawleyJude]

A couple of months before this was when Hendrix died. I had a friend who ran away from home with his girlfriend, they were gone a few days before returning. I never knew what the motivation was. I had thoughts about doing it just for the rebelliousness and adventure of it but I never did, and especially didn't want to after seeing the turmoil it caused with my friends. I'm glad your sister made it back and that the sailors got at least some payback for their behavior.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Jude.

[@steveprimeau1407]

I'm sure glad to hear your sister finally came home, Fred. That must've been a scary time for all of you. In 1970, my oldest sister was 16. I don't ever remember her running away, but there were some pretty big fights between her and my parents at times. It was usually over the fact that she was spending too much time with the boy next door. It didn't do my parents any good because when she turned eighteen, she ended up pregnant with his child. They married that same year. The rest is history as they say.

[@FredFlix]

Actually, Steve, I never liked my sister (until we were well into adulthood).

[@RepentfollowJesus]

My mom died that October. She was 28 and I was 7.

[@FredFlix]

Oh, that's awful, Mary. How did she die?

[@jaimhaas5170]

Time is not always kind in so many ways...

[@RepentfollowJesus]

@@FredFlix she had health issues of one kind or another often. One night we were laying down watching her favorite ,Tom Jones. Suddenly she told me to go get my grandma because she couldnt breathe. We got her in the car and rushed her to the nearest hospital. I was made to stay in the car in flannel pajamas. I nearly froze to death by daylight. It was the last time I saw my mother. Family from out of state finally got there and I stayed with the elderly lady next door. After about 2 weeks her heart stopped. Later in years I found out she had septicemia from a kidney infection. She wore a bag on her side for urine. So I guess that may have played a part in it. I went on to continue living with my grandma . My dad was killed in a car accident 12 days after I was born. My mom was a looker. Black hair done up like That Girl. Pink frosted lipstick. Wore flowery knee length dresses and that awful blue eye shadow.With cat eye glasses with "diamonds" sometimes. But it was cool back then. I remember her putting those gigantic pink and yellow rollers in her hair. I only have a handful of memories of her. I wish I could have really known her. I inherited her suitcase style record player and her records. She had some country and also the beach boys with In My Room , and The Animals which I nearly played the grooves out of and Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs with haunted house. I miss our house. We had an attic fan . Pecan trees and the perfect place to ride bikes. But as with all things, that neighborhood went to pieces just like a lot of Houston. I loved Galveston and Sea Arama and Astroworld. Thanks for asking Fred. I could swap stories all day with you. You are 8 years older than I. But I have a decent memory. Have a perfect weekend. Glad your sister was safe. And thank you so much for producing these walks down memory lane. I appreciate them.

[@6omega2]

Sorry to hear about your sister and the sailors. That's pretty messed up.

[@AMStationEngineer]

Saturday, the 14th, I hit the ripe old' age of 10; enjoyed my first "surf and turf" dinner at a swanky restaurant, and received a damn fine Craig cassette recorder, with a "Partridge Family" tape, both of which I still have. (Susan Dey is married to one of my former neighbors, Bernie Sofronski, a TV/Film producer; 20 years later, I was a part-time engineer for the radio station which launched his career). I remember worrying that I'd wind up in Vietnam, too, and a girl who lived across the street "ratted" me out, for playing "post office" at a friend's home two blocks away... Although those times seemed simpler, I'm certain they were fraught with a similar degree of worry as today, with different concerns to ponder....

[@BoffinGrusky]

My Dad always had the evening news playing on the television while we ate supper, and I too harbored the dread of being drafted. Later in the war, they would routinely broadcast graphic images, and they were shocking, especially for children unaccustomed to the realities of war. I came very close to joining the Air Force to avoid the ground war being fought by the Army, but ultimately decided not to. I got lucky and avoided Vietnam, but at times I regret not joining the Air Force when I was young. I think it would have been an interesting life experience.

[@jaimhaas5170]

I am only 3 yrs younger than you but I am afraid I don't know the term "post office" ....

[@AMStationEngineer]

"Post office", was an adolescent "make out" game, which sometimes took place at parties, or when boys and girls had 'non-parentally supervised home alone time' before the parents returned from work/shopping. One grade down from "spin the bottle"...

[@AMStationEngineer]

+Boffin Grusky, remember when, each Friday, during Huntley-Brinkley, at the conclusion of their newscast, names of those killed in Vietnam would scroll "up" the screen??

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@AMStationEngineer hmmmmm ....interesting...did it involve "special deliveries"? I just sucked face starting at about 15 and then had long involved dating rituals which always went between 3-5 yrs.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

well luckily sis came back, but my dat would make sausages of those sailors lol, great video Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Rolf.

[@leroylowe5921]

Thumbs up for the "search engine"! 4 thumbs down -- 3 from those sailors.

[@FredFlix]

Ha!

[@bb22602]

I have seen your dad in one of your other videos. I am surprised they had the nerve to face a guy who looked like The Original Nick Fury.

[@FredFlix]

Ha!

[@herbbluntman2287]

I've been trying to find the video where you tell the tale of your runaway sister in greater detail and I can't find it. Please post the link for all those who haven't seen it because it's one of your best. You've got so many videos out now you should take some time to organize them by category so those of us that want to indulge in re runs of FredFlix can find particular videos more easily. Just a suggestion from an ardent fan.

[@brett4264]

Following.

[@FredFlix]

Herb, I appreciate that but this is the same video. YT had pulled it. I changed the tracks and that's all. But, in a sense, you're right: It's not the whole story, never was. She was gone not a week but a MONTH.

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

Huuummmm...very interesting Fred. I wish my sister ran away during that week. Instead she just hung around to torment me. To this day I feel as though I missed out on something good in life.

[@FredFlix]

I wasn't crazy about my sister, either, Larry. But we get along fine now. How are you and sister getting along today?

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

@@FredFlix....Well, I'll put it this way. Drama queen then....drama queen now. Some things never change.

[@dadoctah]

Realizing that it was only included as part of the scene setting, were that many people really watching Bracken's World? I was eleven when this whole story takes place, but all I know of Bracken's World is that it was the show that took the time slot after Star Trek was cancelled.

[@jehobden]

BRACKEN'S WORLD started an abbreviated 2nd season that fall. A major change is that Bracken himself started appearing as played by Leslie Nielsen. It last aired on NBC that Christmas Day.

[@FredFlix]

Jon just answered it. I remember liking it but it wasn't a "hit."

[@thrashpondopons2776]

Had just turned 3... not many memories. Riveting story.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, T.P.

[@herbbluntman2287]

Ahhh, Cracklin' Rosie. My older sister loved Neil Diamond back then. What I wouldn't give to be there again and make different choices knowing what I know now. Not for financial gain mind you, just for peace of mind in my life generally. I recommend Fred's earlier "Day in the Life" video detailing the adventure of his runaway sister. It's one of his best as are all of the Fred Flix Day in the Life videos.

[@FredFlix]

Herb, I would go back too and treat my parents and others nicer and appreciate what they did for me.

[@peterunnels3311]

I've been looking for the last three hours for that other video about his sister and I can't find it. This is compelling stuff!

[@rfjohns1]

Statutory rape = prison time. I 😊would have definitely pressed charges.

[@thebes118]

I was 14 and in 7th grade. I could not remember any full week back then. Did you have a diary?

[@jaimhaas5170]

I think the way we remember things is quite fascinating. I can hear a song or even look at a favorite stamp I had in my collection from a certain time period and it will take me back to a few very vivid memories of that time period. I don't know if it works this way for many.

[@FredFlix]

No. Though everything actually happened, it may have happened in a different week and some random memories are thrown in in order to tell a cohesive story.

[@frdjr2529]

@@jaimhaas5170 It works that way for me!

[@sapphire13579]

I always say that my family put the "fun" in dysFUNctional . But there seems to be plenty of dysfunction to go around. I'm sorry it hit your family, too.

[@FredFlix]

I think we'd be shocked to find out what's really going on behind all those closed doors, Janet.

[@sapphire13579]

amen

[@frdjr2529]

Janet and Fred, I know all about family dysfunction first hand.

[@sapphire13579]

@@frdjr2529 A little goes a long way. I hope you have found a way to deal with it. Some people never do and pass a little of it along to the next generation.

[@frdjr2529]

@@sapphire13579 Thank you, Janet.

[@marcusreed3841]

Many a father would have dug some graves, your father kept his control. The NAVY men were lucky.

[@FredFlix]

That they were, Marcus.

[@jenniehakim7076]

😮

[@jeffking4176]

Glad it turned out okay. Had a neighbor girl, 14, ran away. Came back 6 years later, a real hippie, and married to the man she ran away with. She stayed all of 2 hours, and split back to California., never to be heard from again. ( I could tell they were both on some heavy drugs).🙁. (📻🙂).

[@FredFlix]

Wow.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Do a DNA. Maybe she's looking for you.

[@wadebarnett2542]

Did anyone ask the neighbors if they'd seen her? Did anyone know about the three sailors?

[@FredFlix]

Of course we asked the neighbors, including the sailors. They lied. (by the way, I toned the story down: she was gone a month.)

[@schizoidboy]

Three sailors with a runaway teenage girl; talk about an accident waiting to happen. I don't know if they drafted people into the Navy at the time, but if their goal was to keep out of Vietnam it sure worked. However, that sort of discharge doesn't wash off, especially if you want to remain off of certain lists that would label you a predator.

[@bucksdiaryfan]

Whoa... WHAT THE FUCK?? First off, what are "3 sailors" doing living next door in the first place... second, if she went over there on her own, she must have known them at least casually... why didn't anyone bother to ask them if they had seen her... third, since they were discharged dishonorably I'm guessing they were sexually molesting her (??) This is a horrifying story

[@Cliff-KI5OPP]

I was a year old that week

[@jaimhaas5170]

So Tricky Dick resigning didn't mean much to you either.

[@brett4264]

Wow! Just wow! I was seven and the worst thing that probably happened to me was maybe a pet frog died.

[@FredFlix]

I didn't tell the whole story. She was gone a MONTH.

[@jaimhaas5170]

Hello fellow 50 something....don't discount your experiences....That frog was probably pretty important to you! :)

[@brett4264]

Geez Fred, that must've been horrible for your family! I guess I didn't pay close enough attention. I got the impression she was home that Tuesday. Sorry that happened. I hope there was some healing after that, but I know this is real life. Happy ending don't always happen.

[@FredFlix]

@@brett4264 You paid attention. I just condensed it to a week. And there were no happy endings.

[@rfjohns1]

You have to wonder why the police didnt question the sailors. They actually lied about it to your family? That seems like kidnapping. My sister was born in '57, i was born Oct '58. She was kidnapped right about that same time and held for I think a day or two, i dont remember. I dont think anything happened but my parents never really talked about it afterwards. She had problems in college and after with drugs incl heroin. She has been doing well for decades now. That kind of experience is obviously very damaging. Im very happy your sister finally did return.😮

[@Jojomo564]

Oh this made me laugh. I was the same age as your sister can just picture sneaking out my bedroom window.

[@FredFlix]

Just saw this. Thanks for your comment, Brenda.

[@flowrpowrera]

Yeah, 1970... pretty sure they didn't serve any time. The female was usually blamed, even if she was underage. Some things are better now, if you can believe it.

[@Robin-oo5il]

In 1967 my sister was kidnapped by a 11 y/o boy with a knife on her way home for lunch from school, he let her go because he got scared and got 3 days off from school, me and my friends had a talk with him, LOL he never did that again. P.S. she was only 6 y/o.

[@FredFlix]

Damn, Robin! That could have gone even worse!

[@bassackwards2011]

You and I are about the same age and coincendentally Fred is my dad's name... hmmm

[@FredFlix]

And Fred is my dad's name, TT.

[@56map]

I too am the same age as Fred. These stories from each year are gifts to us all. A big thanks Fred!

[@jamesallen327]

A very poignant view of " a week in the life". What a year to end the decade! Oh, I liked your drawing in the paper, too!

[@FredFlix]

Nice of you to say, Allen.

[@moonbeam7702]

That must have been scary! I’m the youngest of all my siblings and my mother’s “baby”, so even if I dared to run away (which I wanted to) there would’ve been you-know-what to pay

[@jfiorello68]

I hope all went well with your sister in the end! On that date I was two years old and had just under two months left to go as an only child 😆

[@Classicrocker6119]

I trust that you were never drafted Fred? Back in the 1990's I worked with an older guy who was born in 1927. He told me he was worried that WW2 might continue and as such he would end up going overseas. VE Day arrived ending the war in Europe so he was okay.

[@jaimhaas5170]

My Dad was in the same boat...only he joined thinking he could avoid being "placed". He ended up in the CB's in Okinawa and still saw plenty of tragedy. Enough so that he was forever a broken man. I hardly knew the guy upon his death in his 80's. War should not be portrayed as so glamorous or patriotic. We don't seem to understand that many casualties occur when these men return home.

[@FredFlix]

The draft ended either my first or second year in college. Whew!

[@Classicrocker6119]

I appreciate your eloquently worded reply. I'm in Canada although we did not participate in the Pacific campaign I am aware of the Iwo Jima battle. I only hope that your Father was able to receive as much assistance as possible. Back then they didn't use the term PTSD. My own Father just turned 88 and has advanced dementia. Take care.

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@Classicrocker6119 I don't think any WWII would ever seek treatment. This was the John Wayne/ Clint Eastwood crowd. My Dad had ways to deal with his stress that made it quite difficult on his family. I am glad he was never a drinker or violent man. But he was completely shut down emotionally and hard to understand. Hopefully you have had better luck with your Dad. I am sure that is hard to watch him slip away. My Mom went the same way but we only had a few months of her not knowing us and she died in our home surrounded by her family. That was her final wish.

[@sagbrady8414]

We remember the good times but we forget there were some really scarey times too..Vietnam.. charles manson...Ted Bundey..your sister.. those boys got away with a light sentence..

[@selah71]

O.M.G! If I'd been with sailors, my Dad would have blistered my butt and would have ground me for the rest of the school year, after beating the $hit out of the sailors, beat them more for $hitting, and then had them arrested! Glad your sister returned!!!

[@FredFlix]

I like that, LJ: "Beat them more for $hitting."

[@hankaustin7091]

WOW Fred! Your dad was a SAINT compared to mine! if that had been MY family, first my dad would have taken his U. S. Army-issued rifle and blasted those sailor's heads off.. then he was have beat the shit outta my sister.. thank GOD that wasn't our family LOL!!

[@FredFlix]

I didn't tell the whole story: She was actually gone a MONTH.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

So what was all the dress code fuss about?

[@FredFlix]

I don't remember specifically....probably sandals, long hair and miniskirts.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

@@FredFlix Ah yes. Long hair and short shorts. (And that awfully scented Nair to remove the hair for those who dared to wear shorts shorts, too. LOL)

[@caliden3785]

Cool my birth year....I was 6 mo.old.....my brother was 8 years old.my mom also went to the fleamarket to make extra money.....my dad had gotten laid off from his job as I was told....

[@FredFlix]

Parallels .....

[@olddogcitypound5859]

My sister did the same at the same age. My parents made her and her friend get married. Big mistake....

[@rays7437]

You didn't draw very well???? That cartoon was fantastic

[@FredFlix]

Why thank you, Ray.

[@Crustymarine]

I'm telling you all. Keep an eye out for those squids.

[@sapphire13579]

My brother, 2 nephews, 2 uncles were in the Navy. You may be onto something.

[@Crustymarine]

@@sapphire13579 All interservice kidding aside, I'll assume your brother, nephews, and uncles served honorably. The Sea Services can have unique rigors the landlubbers would find challenging. Salute!

[@sapphire13579]

My father was in the Air Force and my sister was also in the Navy. I support all branches of the military. When my brother was stationed in South Carolina, he was on a Marine base and made his share of remarks about Marines. I wasn't offended by your original comment, I love all Service members. (A few of them in a more personal way), but that's another subject.

[@elifoust7664]

Go Generals

[@HymanHitlerstein]

Turbulent times, the 60's and 70's. Personally, I was glad to see them end, but the social cancer had taken root and is still slowly metastasizing. I hope I live long enough to see the tide turn. I am glad your little drama queen returned safely, although I'm guessing the drama didn't end there.

[@selah71]

I second that!

[@FredFlix]

It didn't end there, HH, because she was actually gone a MONTH. She soon dropped out of high school and got pregnant at 16. I went bowling today with the result of that pregnancy so life finds a way to even out sometimes.

[@HymanHitlerstein]

@@FredFlix Par for the course, Fred. I saw a lot of that....and it seems like it's still going strong....maybe even worse. Sadly, it's hardest on the kids. It's good you stayed in contact with him. And in a few years, you'll BOTH get the senior citizen discount.

[@selah71]

Um, my "I second that" was only in reference to the tides changing in respect of being in wars, the political atmosphere, etc, like the 60's and 70's. As for "drama queen" I didn't see that until now in the comment and disagree. Being a teenager, getting in trouble with parents and being female doesn't necessarily mean that. We all have had our share of life's dramas brought on by our selves, people and circumstances. Males and females alike.

[@selah71]

@@FredFlix Well, it takes two to result a child and throughout history females are mostly blamed, unfortunately. But, this has fairly much changed. When my son got old enough, past the birds and bees education, I knew he'd likely engage with sex. To think otherwise or hope otherwise I couldn't chance. Since males don't have access to birth control pills, (though science is having success but not yet available), I talked with him. How he has to be responsible. Suggested he wear 2 "raincoats" to be safe. (LOL!)

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

4:55 You've told us that story before... lol

[@elifoust7664]

Best

[@FredFlix]

Yes, but YT yanked the video because of the original Badfinger track, replaced by a live version of Cracklin' Rose.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

@@FredFlix Ah, that explains it. I distinctly remembered the story about the sailors "keeping her safe".