Thanks Mike, now I have to go all the way back through my story and add-in the Viet Cong stye rubber tire sandals (I have forgotten all about those, even though I have heard of them)
Thanks IceCream!
Cactus - I'll rip your tide! LOL You looney-tune.
Thanks Ol Fashioned
Thanks Maryn
Thanks Deb!
Thanks qwerty.
Here is the way I'm leaving the paragraph (although I still haven't decided how I'll spell 'rep')
'Dallas was grey pin-striped suits and repp ties, whereas as San Francisco was frisbees and tie-dyes'. Dallas was boring and conservative, and San Francisco was a wide-open free-for-all of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. San Francisco had the Grateful Dead and free concerts in the park. All Dallas had ever done was to kill the president. David slung his bag over his shoulder and headed for the highway where he stuck out his thumb to start hitching his way west.