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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:49 PM Original message |
Moon landing-are you old enough to remember where you were? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was about 2 months old |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. So, what do you remember about it? |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
71. I WAS 20 AND GLUED TO TV |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #71 |
182. You were??? Is it true that the Catholic Church was pissed off & condemned |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
154. 2 1/2 months old n/t |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
164. I watched it in my living room in the early morning. I remember |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. I remember watching it with my parents and my siblings |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. teenager, watching on a b & w TV. n/t |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
130. Ditto. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, among my first memories actually |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. At family vacation cabin. Walked outside, looked at the moon and thought OMG,they are there, right |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
151. That's what I did! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think it would be shocking to find someone who couldn't |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
92. I can't imagine a kid being bored with the moon landing |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. My dad was in the hospital in another town (ours too small to have the care he needed.) |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Very cool! Thanks. nt |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was - 20 years old. |
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mth44sc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yep I remember |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. We were in Japan. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wife and I were driving to the R.E. office to close the deal on our first house. nt |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just married, in our first apt. in Miami, Kendall Dr. in Dade. Unreal. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes I do. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Whoa, must have been lots of excitement there. Nice. nt |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was eight, and I remember my parents letting us stay up till 11 to see it happen. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. 7 months married, our first living-room, |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was five years old and |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. I was newly married, just short of my 21st birthday. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was working swing shift at the post office in North Hollywood, CA. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. Matchbox cars and Cap'n Crunch. |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yep, I was 14 and laying on the living room |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
61. I am in SV now. |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
170. How did you end up there? I graduated from |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. My family had just moved to Indianapolis |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
50. I wasn't very far from you! |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was at boy scout camp and hating it. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nope.... About 7 months old. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm old enough to remember (47)...but I don't. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. we were on a summer vacation |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. Midway through my tour in Viet Nam. (Where else?) |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I'd been back in the "world" 3 years |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
74. Wow. Thank you for sharing this. Enjoy your reunion! nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Hugs |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Did you hear about it? nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #41 |
84. Oh, sure. We had lots of media access at Long Binh. |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
55. On Leave at the Time |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. Oh yes! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
178. Wow! Kudos to your dad for his part in it. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm old enough but don't remember where I was at the time. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. In a 700 s.f. house on a stump ranch at the end of the road. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Stinky Stevie! Good times. I bet you remember that entire day! nt |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Ironically, to get rid of the smell I had to shower in lemon juice and Tang. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Ha-TANG! I so remember that! |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
169. Astronaut orange juice! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
179. How about Space Food Sticks & Major Matt Mason astronaut toys-- |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yep. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. Not even a glimmer in my daddy's eye, |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. I was in the Army at Camp May |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. What fun! That sounds like a great memory. nt |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. I consumed mass quantities of beer and some weed |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
176. I was working at a fast food place... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. I lived in Turkey at the time... |
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TatonkaJames (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. Sitting in front of our B&W tv |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Aww, that's sweet! nt |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. I was not born yet but I tend to think we haven't really had an event like that in my lifetime. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. absolutely I would agree |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
87. Nothing even close. We were still a relatively free nation. The Corporatocracy was still |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Hell, I'm old enough to forget where I was. |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. With my proud father, an aerospace engineer. He designed the light path for 1st manned space flight |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
69. What a wonderful man he must have been! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. yes; I was 12 years old, an American schoolgirl in England |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. No, but I'm sure I heard it in my mother's tummy ;) |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
54. I was 16 |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
56. At my grandparents house watching on a Philco TV |
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WCIL (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
57. I was 4 years old |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
58. I was 8. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
59. Busy being a wild teenaged flower child |
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Wakingupnow (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
60. Started my dental practice that day. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Wow! And nice to see you checking in, Wakingupnow! nt |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. LOL, I would totally go to your mod 2001 themed dental office! -nt- |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #60 |
145. From another DMD... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
62. Oh yes... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
64. I'll never forget it. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Very nice for you, Joe Fields. I knew, too, despite the rain. And I was |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
65. I was not quite a year old |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
66. I have absolutely no memory of the moon shot, none |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Then you're well named. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
70. hahaha....I was sexually intercoursing for the first time |
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rampart (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #70 |
81. one small step for man........ |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
72. We went out and bought one a-them COLOR TEE VEEs in anticipation! nt |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Of course, you had to wait until Apollo 14... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. We got the tee vee anyway. It sure made the newscasts more interesting! |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
75. IIRC I was pumping gas at a Shell station in Auburn WA. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
77. I was about 10. I remember sitting on the floor of my parents bedroom and we |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
79. yep! I was sitting at the end of a runway with my boyfriend who was leaving the next day for Vietnam |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #79 |
106. Nice story, thanks for sharing, flyarm. nt |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
80. I wasn't born yet. I'm always late for the party. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
82. Barely cognizant. |
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GiveMeFreedom (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
83. I was 12 years old |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #83 |
118. Summer school sucks |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
85. It is one of my earliest memories. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
86. I am, but I don't |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
88. It is one of my earliest memories. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
89. I was in the army, in a training company. They let us all stay up and watch it all. |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
90. I Was 20 years old and.... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
91. I was in bed, sick with a summer flu. I didn't miss a thing. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
93. My family was traveling on vacation. |
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Shanti Mama (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
94. I was a mother's help on LI the year after! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #94 |
129. Ah, those were the days. Full time employment as a mom's helper at |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
95. Yes. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
96. I was in Belleville, IL with a co-worker |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
97. I Was In Israel |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #97 |
105. Please tell me you went to Woodstock, too. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #105 |
115. Well... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
98. Yes, I certainly do remember. |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
99. Watching it on TV and making a pretty hopeless attempt to take a photo (included) of it .. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #99 |
111. Wow and good for you! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
100. Six years old |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
101. Standing on the beach watching it take off. |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
102. I was 12, and my mom was in the hospital after having |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
103. I was 10 and I got to stay up late ! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
104. I was in sleepaway bible camp in rural Pennsylvania. They woke us up to see it. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
107. I was in a bar in Colorado Springs drinking a beer with a fellow Army buddy |
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YewNork (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
108. I remember being allowed to stay up late to watch it on TV because it was past my bedtime. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
109. I had just turned 12 one month prior |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
110. I was 9, and following every moment |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
112. 6 years old, in my jammies, sitting on the couch |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #112 |
126. Course the images from the moon were not in color |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Yeah, that was the irony of the situation |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #128 |
131. We had nothing but color by then |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #131 |
152. Yeah, I wouldn't have pegged my dad for being on the "cutting edge" of technology |
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lefthandedlefty (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
113. I was in the sixth grade and we watched it in class |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #113 |
133. Same here |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #113 |
159. Welcome to DU! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
114. I'm old enough to FORGET where I was. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #114 |
125. I think I remember... |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
116. Glued to the tube with my parents, having trouble making out the hazy images |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
117. I'm old enough to remember Yuri Gagarin |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #117 |
123. If you remember the dog, here is a movie to rent! |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
119. Thirteen years old, watching on our old Magnovox B&W as Uncle Walter talked us through it |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
120. I was a kid, too young to realize the importance, but I recall my older brother being glued to TV |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
121. I sure do. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
122. I was 14, I remember staying up all night |
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MgtPA (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
124. I was 15 and moderately interested. Hubby was 17 and took photos of the TV screen... |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
127. We were on our summer road trip visiting relatives in Chadron, NE |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
132. Michael Collins- he was the pilot of the Columbia |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #132 |
158. Collins' was the hardest job |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
134. I was living in a neighborhood right next to the studio where they filmed the "landing" |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #134 |
143. Hahaha! You need to write a book. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
135. I was not yet 3 years old |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
136. In a 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass station wagon, westbound on I-8 in Imperial County, CA |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
137. I was 4 1/2 years old living in base housing at the old McCoy AFB, Orlando. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
138. I was 9. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
139. At NASA in Houston, in the control center |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #139 |
146. WOW!! How wonderful for you!!!!!!! and exciting !!! thanks for the story!! eom |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #139 |
157. Wow, how cool was that?! That must be a cherished memory. nt |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #139 |
184. DavidDvorkin, my dad worked for NASA, also. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #184 |
191. That overlaps my time there |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #139 |
190. I just posted a more detailed version on my blog |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
140. I am old enough, but.... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
141. I was in the Navy, on a ship, in port at Charleston, SC. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
142. I remember sitting on the couch and watching it on tv. |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
144. I was five years old |
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amb123 (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
147. First time in my life I was allowed to stay up late to watch TV. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
148. I was in Vietnam |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
149. I was 17 and also glued to the TV |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
150. We had just come home from a family vacation |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
153. At an Aunt's and Uncle's home in Ann Arbor |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
155. Almost 4 years old. |
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Surya Gayatri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
156. Indelible memory--hot & humid summer Sunday in Nebraska, |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
160. I was 16 and watching our b&w tv with two girlfriends |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
161. Just married, watched it all on the B&W TV. Was employed doing rocket science |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
162. Watching the next door neighbour's TV 'cause it was colour |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
163. In Kalamazoo, at my fiance's apartment. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
165. Nope, only old folks remember it. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
166. I was 5 years old and at home--it was summer so no school (started first grade that fall) |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
167. Not born yet. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
168. Let's see, I was 12., and I remember my Mormon Sunday School teacher taking |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
171. I was in the hot lobby of this chintzy apartment building in Dinkytown |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
172. Atlanta, Georgia. At home. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
173. I was around seven. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
174. I was 26 years old |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
175. Somehow the Moon seems a lot further away than in 1969... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
177. Watching it with my folks. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
180. Watching it with my extended family at my grandparents. I was thirteen & trying to explain it to my |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
181. Watching it at the farm. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
183. I was in Colorado |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
185. I was not alive at the time |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
186. at work...they brought in a tv so we could watch |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
187. I Was 13. |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
188. I was 8... |
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189. In South Fallsburg NY- I was nine |
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