Do You remember where you were when you first heard that ...................?
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Do You remember where you were when you first heard that ...................?
That Bin Laden Was Dead
I was sitting at home around one pm yesterday when my wife came home and told me that Bin Laden was dead, We turned on the radio and it was the first thing we heard.
I was sitting at home around one pm yesterday when my wife came home and told me that Bin Laden was dead, We turned on the radio and it was the first thing we heard.
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That John Lennon Had Died
I was teaching at a small country school and my house was next to the school . After work I went home and turned on the news. The shhoting Of John Lennon was the first item.
I was teaching at a small country school and my house was next to the school . After work I went home and turned on the news. The shhoting Of John Lennon was the first item.
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When Princess Diana Died
[u] It was after church one sunday I was driving to opem my shop as in those days Sunday trading was only allowed every so often. The radio was on and suddenly the program was halted and an announcement made that it was believed that Diaa had died in a car crash in France.
[u] It was after church one sunday I was driving to opem my shop as in those days Sunday trading was only allowed every so often. The radio was on and suddenly the program was halted and an announcement made that it was believed that Diaa had died in a car crash in France.
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Doc Watson wrote:That Bin Laden Was Dead
I was on the computer at like 11:30 yesterday and saw a thread, wasn't sure if it was serious but then more and more started popping up and I heard about Obama was going to address the nation and it turned out to be legit.
Doc Watson wrote:That John Lennon Had Died
I was not alive when he died so it wasn't really a surprise to me when I first heard he had died.
Doc Watson wrote:When Princess Diana Died
I do not know or care anything about "princesses"
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[b][u]President Kennedy Was Shot
I was working aa delivery boy at a newsagents when early on saturday morning the news came through. When I ater told my parents they refused to believe me.
They later apologised.
I was working aa delivery boy at a newsagents when early on saturday morning the news came through. When I ater told my parents they refused to believe me.
They later apologised.
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The cost of a first class stamp had risen to 39p?
I'll never be able to forget it. I was standing in the queue at my local post office, when I got to the front, and asked for a first class stamp. Talk about walking hand in hand with history.
I'll never be able to forget it. I was standing in the queue at my local post office, when I got to the front, and asked for a first class stamp. Talk about walking hand in hand with history.
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The cost of a first class stamp had risen to 39p?
I'll never be able to forget it. I was standing in the queue at my local post office. When I got to the front, I asked for a first class stamp. Talk about walking hand in hand with history.
I'll never be able to forget it. I was standing in the queue at my local post office. When I got to the front, I asked for a first class stamp. Talk about walking hand in hand with history.
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precinct14 wrote:The cost of a first class stamp had risen to 39p?
I'll never be able to forget it. I was standing in the queue at my local post office, when I got to the front, and asked for a first class stamp. Talk about walking hand in hand with history.
I've never bought a stamp in my life. Gmail and facebook are free.
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Captain Hi-Top wrote:precinct14 wrote:The cost of a first class stamp had risen to 39p?
I'll never be able to forget it. I was standing in the queue at my local post office, when I got to the front, and asked for a first class stamp. Talk about walking hand in hand with history.
I've never bought a stamp in my life. Gmail and facebook are free.
You should try it sometime. It can be quite exciting. You've never sent a Christmas card via your postal service then, I take it?
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precinct14 wrote:Captain Hi-Top wrote:precinct14 wrote:The cost of a first class stamp had risen to 39p?
I'll never be able to forget it. I was standing in the queue at my local post office, when I got to the front, and asked for a first class stamp. Talk about walking hand in hand with history.
I've never bought a stamp in my life. Gmail and facebook are free.
You should try it sometime. It can be quite exciting. You've never sent a Christmas card via your postal service then, I take it?
Or waited by the letterbox at the front gate, for a birthday card
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September 11 2001 World Trade Center
I was in a little village cafe on the outskirts of Madrid
Michael was at the bar ordering lunch - it had been a very relaxing day and we'd been looking at properties to buy in the town
I got to the counter and saw the twin towers with people jumping out of them and the plane crashing into the buildings.....
that TV image is the most memorable of my life
I bought all the British newspapers the next day
we boarded a plane for Australia ten days later and I was a mess......a complete mess
it devastated me
I was in my council flat bedroom in Camberwell and turned on the radio when I woke up to find out that Diana was dead.......it was such a shock.......
I was playing ping-pong in sand in the recreation area of a resort on Vilingili Island in the Maldives when Princess Diana married Prince Charles
I was sitting on a rocky beach on the island of Malta when I first heard someone sing 'Blowin' in the Wind' with a guitar
that's also where I first heard the Sex Pistols and Bob Marley
that's also where Midnight Express was filmed and where the Popeye movie set was which was about one third less in size than normal houses etc......
we used to get ripe figs off the trees to eat
and my Aunt made the nicest pasta I've ever tasted with ingredients she bought at the market - she made fresh mozzarella ravioli
just rambling now....hehehe
I was in a little village cafe on the outskirts of Madrid
Michael was at the bar ordering lunch - it had been a very relaxing day and we'd been looking at properties to buy in the town
I got to the counter and saw the twin towers with people jumping out of them and the plane crashing into the buildings.....
that TV image is the most memorable of my life
I bought all the British newspapers the next day
we boarded a plane for Australia ten days later and I was a mess......a complete mess
it devastated me
I was in my council flat bedroom in Camberwell and turned on the radio when I woke up to find out that Diana was dead.......it was such a shock.......
I was playing ping-pong in sand in the recreation area of a resort on Vilingili Island in the Maldives when Princess Diana married Prince Charles
I was sitting on a rocky beach on the island of Malta when I first heard someone sing 'Blowin' in the Wind' with a guitar
that's also where I first heard the Sex Pistols and Bob Marley
that's also where Midnight Express was filmed and where the Popeye movie set was which was about one third less in size than normal houses etc......
we used to get ripe figs off the trees to eat
and my Aunt made the nicest pasta I've ever tasted with ingredients she bought at the market - she made fresh mozzarella ravioli
just rambling now....hehehe
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When Elvis Died
It was my wife's birtday and we were expecting our first child in a month or so. We were living in a country town called Gerang Gerung and were out driving when the news came on the radio . It was a strange moment.
It was my wife's birtday and we were expecting our first child in a month or so. We were living in a country town called Gerang Gerung and were out driving when the news came on the radio . It was a strange moment.
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I bet it was a strange moment for Elvis too.......(insert perfunctory "He's alive and working as a mechanic in Des Moines" joke)
wow - I like the new dashboard......
wow - I like the new dashboard......
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That Bin Laden Was Dead
I was in the tub about 10 PM local time, when a friend texted me to ask if I was watching the news. My heart sank...I thought we'd been attacked by terrorists again. She wrote back that I needed to get out of the bath because Obama was about to address the nation, I nearly shrieked. Moments later, I received the message that Bin Laden had been killed and I felt much better. Fuck you Osama for disrupting my relaxing soak even in death!
I was in the tub about 10 PM local time, when a friend texted me to ask if I was watching the news. My heart sank...I thought we'd been attacked by terrorists again. She wrote back that I needed to get out of the bath because Obama was about to address the nation, I nearly shrieked. Moments later, I received the message that Bin Laden had been killed and I felt much better. Fuck you Osama for disrupting my relaxing soak even in death!
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Catherine wrote:September 11 2001 World Trade Center
I was in school (5th grade). It was on every TV in the building.
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ah, so that's the reason for it (adamant anti-royalism etc) - the unabashed folly of youth.......
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My dad picked me up from school, I was 8, and told me that something really bad had happened in America, our family was ok but in the car on our way home I had to hold his phone up to the radio so my Mom on the other end could hear what was going on. I couldn't believe what what was happening.Catherine wrote:September 11 2001 World Trade Center
Mom came in my room to wake me up saying "I have two pieces of infomation for you, one will affect you short term the other long term. Dad's making pancakes for breakfast and Osama's dead"Doc Watson wrote:That Bin Laden Was Dead
The 7/7 bombing is a day I won't be forgetting in a hurry. It was the penultimate day of school before we broke up fo summer and the day of our annual inter-house dance competition at school. My house was doing Thriller and I was dressed up like a zombie. We were practicing all morning, then at morning break rumours went around that bombs had gone off in London. We all congregated in the front entrance in a surreal assortment of crazy outfits, crowded around a little tv trying to find out what was going on. There was mass panic because lots of peoples' parents work in London due to the close proximity. Plus the mobile networks were all down. What an absolute nightmare. Luckily my Mum had got through to dad to hear he was fine, and relayed this message on to me. My sister was at orchestra rehearsal then and I went to tell her Dad was ok. Our music director was pissed off that I had interrupted their rehearsal and made me tell the whole orchestra what I wanted to tell my sister. Turns out none of them knew what had happened...there was such a stunned silence...I felt so awkward. We carried on though, my house won the competition! Then we went home and spent hours watching the news, I couldn't believe the terrorists had finally come to us.
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September 11 2001 World Centre
I was at home I had just gone on to the computer when my wife who was watching tv in another room called me in , and we watched it in horror.
I was at home I had just gone on to the computer when my wife who was watching tv in another room called me in , and we watched it in horror.
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When Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went missing in the sea off Portsea in December 1967 I was sitting at home writing christmas cards. It was the day before I started work in the Public Service.
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my first memory is tipping a paint tin on my head when I was 2 . My mother claims I was told this and do not really remember it . I have memories of many things from the age of 3.
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"We make up our past"
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guacamayo wrote:This tv show talked also about that. Indeed it was called "Inventamos el pasado" ("We make up our past").Doc Watson wrote:My mother claims I was told this and do not really remember it .
My brother says he remember our greatgrandfather who died when he was 1. Of course he's seen the pictures of him and make up the rest in his mind.
my first memory as far as I can recall is walking down Killiney Hill to mass in a little frock hand in hand between my parents
I also remember my first fairy tale book - which was pink and I can still remember the thrill of seeing it new and opening it
when I was about 6 I started a club with the neighbourhood kids called the Wit Fit Club
we had little notebooks to write our witticisms in
and then we'd exercise.....heheheeh
the book I'm reading at the moment about writing your life story deals with memory (like what you said Guacamayo and doc hornblower)
about whether our early (or any) of our memories are real and true or just things we've been told or things we aren't remembering accurately.....
interesting
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