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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2015, 09:39:49 AM » |
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That's like the where were you when you found out about the JFK shooting?
The night of the televised moon landing is very clear in my foggy memory.
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2015, 09:44:16 AM » |
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That's like the where were you when you found out about the JFK shooting?
The night of the televised moon landing is very clear in my foggy memory.
I was waiting to be born 2.5 years afterwards...  Now, the words "Challenger, Go at Throttleup" still bring back powerful memories for me... |
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2015, 10:08:24 AM » |
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seems like yesterday I had 104 degree fever and was in bed but took a pic of the tv with my polaroid of the liftoff of the Saturn V I unfortunately did not take one of the walk was too mesmerized......... Amazing feat of engineering, and of faith Faith that the fuel would not run out before landing Faith that the damn thing would take off GUTS in great amounts all of those men  |
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2015, 10:13:10 AM » |
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I watched it on TV and took pictures of the screen with my Kodak camera. Still have the pics
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2015, 11:26:25 AM » |
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Sitting on the living room floor with my younger brother and Dad on the couch.
Watching on an old black and white RCA "Portable", and listening to Walter CronKite describe the fuzzy picture.
And feeling proud to be born an American citizen.
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NCGhostrider
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2015, 01:41:42 PM » |
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I remember it. I was really young, but it stuck in my mind. Somewhere I have a 45 with the narration of the landing on the moon... Hugh Downs.. from ABC After I posted this, I remembered the younger crowd might not know what a 45 is. It was a reference to a vinyl record, in use prior to I-phones / mp3 players / cassettes ... It was not a reference to a firearm!!   Craig Ncghostrider 99 I/S |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2015, 01:59:29 PM » |
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From the top floor of the office bldg. I was working in I watched and heard it take off. There was a short delay for the rumble to hit Orlando but it was unmistakable. The sound usually would hit about the time you could first see the rocket after it cleared the horizon from about 45 miles away.
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« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2015, 02:14:32 PM » |
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I remember seeing the images of the Lunar Lander and the Men bouncing around on our Black and White TV...... Also remember the damn Watergate trials as they preempted a lot of Moms stories.....
Brad
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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2015, 05:02:41 PM » |
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I was fresh out of the USAF in Charleston SC. Me and several friends gathered around a 17' bw Motorola. We were amazed. Dang time flies. I can't be 68 remembering that.
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2015, 05:30:10 PM » |
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I still remember this also....
"We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people......
......We choose to go to the Moon! We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win."
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« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2015, 01:15:42 AM » |
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I remember it. I was really young, but it stuck in my mind. Somewhere I have a 45 with the narration of the landing on the moon... Hugh Downs.. from ABC After I posted this, I remembered the younger crowd might not know what a 45 is. It was a reference to a vinyl record, in use prior to I-phones / mp3 players / cassettes ... It was not a reference to a firearm!! Craig Ncghostrider 99 I/S I noticed in your list of "priors" you didn't include 8tracks but that would have raised more questions for some |
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« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2015, 06:34:36 AM » |
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I remember it. I was really young, but it stuck in my mind. Somewhere I have a 45 with the narration of the landing on the moon... Hugh Downs.. from ABC After I posted this, I remembered the younger crowd might not know what a 45 is. It was a reference to a vinyl record, in use prior to I-phones / mp3 players / cassettes ... It was not a reference to a firearm!! Craig Ncghostrider 99 I/S I remember 45's... He11, I remember 78's, also not a caliber... |
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NCGhostrider
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2015, 10:27:14 AM » |
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You both are right! I didn't mention 8 tracks because I figured I would have to explain that too. And 78's that really would be pushing it. I have a pretty good collection of them myself.
Soon, the CD will also fade away, along with AM radio and a few other things.
I think I am stuck in the past sometimes. I used to love technology, but I frown at where we are today because of it.
Craig
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« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2015, 02:41:01 PM » |
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For thousands of years man thought the moon was made of cheese. We landed there 46 years ago and found out that it was only a rock. We haven't been back since.
Ahhhh, the power of cheese!
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