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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Aug 26, 2012 17:35:14 GMT -5
I was only almost two years old. I wish I had been old enough to see man walk on the moon, but that's the way it goes, no control of whe you were born! Wmsportwriter
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Post by Brenda on Aug 26, 2012 19:16:32 GMT -5
Time goes so fast.... Must be odd for you on this board who remember Armstrong to realize that few younger than 48 have any recollection of the guy. Not odd, really. I sometimes pity those who have no memory of these important historical events and know about them only through news accounts, etc. Each generation has its own special events that they remember. My mother is 89 and remembers where she was when Pearl Harbor was attacked. I remember where I was when I heard the news that President Kennedy had been assassinated. I also remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2012 19:43:23 GMT -5
Must be odd for you on this board who remember Armstrong to realize that few younger than 48 have any recollection of the guy.
-Huh? Nobody is around that live while George Washington was alive, yet we know who he is and after all of the news coverage even those 47 and younger will now have a recollection of the guy who first walked on the moon.
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Post by goldenslumbers on Aug 26, 2012 20:57:18 GMT -5
Watching the moon landing on recorded tape years afterward is not anything like the experience of watching it in "real" or "near real" time.
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Post by goldenslumbers on Aug 26, 2012 21:51:59 GMT -5
Brenda -- I understand what you're saying, but I don't pity those who weren't alive at the time important events happened. Their focus is elsewhere, and appropriately so.
Look at it this way: Do you miss the time before you were born? Do you miss Kittyhawk? Vaudeville? Turning on a light bulb for the first time? No doubt it would have been neat to experience all of those in real time, but that doesn't mean you miss them.
If you catch yourself pitying people, remember the flip side: they also "missed" things such as polio and the lack of novicaine at the dentist office.
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Post by ruben on Aug 27, 2012 3:16:36 GMT -5
RIP Neil Armstrong
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 27, 2012 7:51:26 GMT -5
Brenda -- I understand what you're saying, but I don't pity those who weren't alive at the time important events happened. Their focus is elsewhere, and appropriately so. Look at it this way: Do you miss the time before you were born? Do you miss Kittyhawk? Vaudeville? Turning on a light bulb for the first time? No doubt it would have been neat to experience all of those in real time, but that doesn't mean you miss them. If you catch yourself pitying people, remember the flip side: they also "missed" things such as polio and the lack of novicaine at the dentist office. Except that there are generations which experience more than others ..... think Dark Ages versus the appropriately-named Rennaissance..... All the social change that went on during the 40's/50's/60's -- in such a short period of time -- has never been felt before and probably will not occur in the future. It was an incredibly rich period. I don't think Brenda meant "pity" exactly .... and I bet she fully realizes each generation has their own experiences ... but some of those experiences are more spectacular than others. Just a fact. |
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Post by Brenda on Aug 27, 2012 8:39:00 GMT -5
Jeri,
You said it so much better than I did. "Pity" was probably not the correct word to use. I do realize that each generation has their own experience, and I even said so in my previous post:
"Each generation has its own special events that they remember."
However, like you, I do feel that the baby boom generation, we who were born in the 40s, 50s, and early 60s, have experienced more in the way of signifiant events than most generations. Growing up in the 1960s was especially memorable: the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the very unpopular Vietnam War with its war protests; Civil Rights demonstrations;the space race, and so on. Many life-changing events happened during that decade.
But, like I said, each generation has its own special events, and they will continue to tell them to their children, and history will continue to be made.
Now, back to the subject at hand, Neil Armstrong was a great American who shunned the spotlight and never cashed in on his fame. He was truly a hero, and he will take his place in American and world history. It is right that we honor him.
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Post by AR15 on Aug 27, 2012 12:40:00 GMT -5
I never saw it originally, having been born in 1993, but it's very sad that he has died. Now, for the generations starting now, it'll seem less real, he'll just be another dead historical figure from the past. It's a real shame to lose this living link  |
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 27, 2012 13:30:39 GMT -5
I never saw it originally, having been born in 1993, but it's very sad that he has died. Now, for the generations starting now, it'll seem less real, he'll just be another dead historical figure from the past. It's a real shame to lose this living link I was still working on The Secret Storm when he landed on the moon. Naturally, everyone knew almost exactly when it would happen and where best we could view it == I saw it standing outside the Time & Life Building on Ave of the Americas at about 52nd Street (not sure exactly what cross-street) where there was a huge screen at about 30 feet up from the building's street-side "plaza." Many folks were gathered there..... but this was just one of several good viewing areas in the city. They also had sound on loud-speakers. There was large fountain and surrounding pool in the plaza, and many of us romped in it afterward !!! I'll never forget it. In those days, it was quite unusual for normal folks to have access to a huge screen like that ! (except in movies, of course).... There is something to be said for viewing an event like that when you're among many people.... And, of course, we saw it many, many times over the next several months on our tv's at home..... [PS: I have always assumed you were older than, what, 19 !! ... does that make you feel good, or bad ?!] |
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Post by Forum Administrator on Aug 27, 2012 13:33:53 GMT -5
If he was born in 1993, that makes him about 19. It's always good to see another generation of devoted fans of The Waltons!
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 27, 2012 13:37:10 GMT -5
If he was born in 1993, that makes him about 19. It's always good to see another generation of devoted fans of The Waltons! I was modifying/adding to my post as well as fixing that while you were posting !!! |
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Post by AR15 on Aug 27, 2012 16:19:42 GMT -5
[PS: I have always assumed you were older than, what, 19 !! ... does that make you feel good, or bad ?!] If he was born in 1993, that makes him about 19. It's always good to see another generation of devoted fans of The Waltons! Heh yes, I am 19 ;D though I've been posting on here since 2009 (I think) so I've been here since I was 17! I guess I quite like that people think I'm older  |
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Aug 27, 2012 20:34:03 GMT -5
Wow you're only 19! I. Thought we were talking to a young middle age guy like me. You are wise for your years my friend wmsportwriter  |
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Post by AR15 on Aug 28, 2012 6:12:26 GMT -5
Wow you're only 19! I. Thought we were talking to a young middle age guy like me. You are wise for your years my friend wmsportwriter Thank you! ;D |
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