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Post by marcusdarcus on Jan 20, 2006 15:37:48 GMT -4
I was 5 yrs old. Watching the moon in 1969
I can remember sitting in front of the TV,
I can even remember the room in the old house and even the pile of washing in the laundry.
Fuc*** pigs. okay they havent taken away my dreams but.
How could they lie to a 5 year old child about something so important.
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Post by bughead on Jan 20, 2006 16:09:50 GMT -4
I was 5 yrs old. Watching the moon in 1969 I can remember sitting in front of the TV, I can even remember the room in the old house and even the pile of washing in the laundry. Fuc*** pigs. okay they havent taken away my dreams but. How could they lie to a 5 year old child about something so important.  You own your own pain. Nobody owns it for you, and you don't have to own it if you don't want it. You choose to own that pain, instead of owning your memory and the joy of witnessing a great accomplishment. Have a nice day, or not if that's what pleases you.  |
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Post by Bob B. on Jan 20, 2006 18:46:29 GMT -4
How could they lie to a 5 year old child about something so important. Who is "they" and what do you think they lied about? |
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Post by snakeriverrufus on Jan 20, 2006 19:02:59 GMT -4
I can't see how your dreams could have been taken away,,, unless you have been following some fraud or charlatan.
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Post by Kiwi on Jan 20, 2006 21:33:41 GMT -4
Seeing Sputnik 1 overhead at the age of 8 was pretty cool, but far better was the first moonlanding, which is also one of my most profound memories.
Having followed Mercury, Gemini, and the little we knew about the Soviets, Monday 21 July 1969 was one of the most thrilling days of my life. I woke at about 6:45am and heard on the radio that the first Moon-landing was about 90 minutes away. Got to work at 8am and immediately turned on the radio and listened to the final stages of Eagle's powered descent and the landing at 8:17:40am NZST. I was so thrilled I couldn't work, so took the afternoon off and walked around the streets in Wellington, catching glimpses of the TV broadcast in shops. There was no live satellite link to New Zealand at the time so it was really just radio with pictures. The actual EVA footage had to be flown in from Australia and was broadcast that night, IIRC.
An amazing, thrilling, totally memorable time.
I wonder about your reference to a lie, Marcusdarcus. There is or was no lie as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by iamspartacus on Jan 21, 2006 5:50:12 GMT -4
I think marcusdarcus has been on HB course 101. You'd think they'd teach them to vary their opening gambit!
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