August 13, 2005
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You got questions, I got answers — spinksy asked what sTp stands for. Here is one answer, the contemporary West Coast graffiti answer. Originally, in the early 1950s it stood for “scientifically treated petroleum“.
The drug connection in the late 1960s is a matter of urban
folklore. The trip on STP was longer than an acid trip, stronger
and stranger. The story current at the time was that DOM,
dimethoxyl methamphetamine, started being called STP because it made
your brain “run smoother, cooler, quieter, longer,” as the oil
treatment was said to have done. The problem there is that this
wasn’t the STP slogan, but a slogan for Royal Purple lubricants.
Now there are sources, including snopes.com,
that say the drug was called STP for “serenity, tranquility and
peace.” I never heard that one before and don’t think many, if any, people who used the drug would
tag it that way. I guess it depends where you’re coming from.We’re having a heat wave here. Doug and I finished the roof yesterday. I’ll probably be back later today with a pictorial report.
UPDATE to yesterday’s Googletrip. Finally after trying several
different sets of search terms, I turned up two references to the type
of “revolutionary families” I was seeking, though nothing specific to
the Assholes or sTp. One is the Liberate Berkeley manifesto from 1969. The other comes from Osho.
Comments (3)
Hi sweety, checked KaiOaty, didn’t see anything objectionable. Let’s talk later, tell me what your broblem was, I’ll try to help.
Talked to Cindy, she says Mom doesn’t answer the phone because she doesn’t hear it ring, gave some sort of reason why I didn’t get. Curse that retrograde Mercury!
Thanks for explaining that to me…….
I saw some sTp (the car product) at the store today, thought of you, and giggled.
I can’t imagine anything stranger and stronger than acid. My tripping days are over–too many bad experiences. That must have been SOME kind of experience.
I am feeling that Neptune/Jupiter trine. I pray things are going well out your way, too. Hope the heat wave passes and it’s over soon.