In diapers, somewhere in Syria.My American mother was so excited to tell her old mother in law about what she heard on the radio (voice of America, or BBC), and mom still laughs to recall how my grandmother chuckled with indignation and asked "and you believed it?"
Elias On Jul 16, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Eric Goldstein wrote:
I watched in Bod Gottesberg, West Germany Eric Goldstein -- On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM, FRANK DERNIE<frank.dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I watched it on TV at my parents house in Appleby, Westmorland. Very exciting at the time. I regard it as a bit of a waste of money in retrospect though.Frank --- On Thu, 16/7/09, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] OT: Where was thine, in '69? To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: NIOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, 16 July, 2009, 2:24 PM Where were you folks on 20 JUL 1969, when man first set foot on another world? I had summered over in Lexington, Virginia. In those days, Lexington was a magnificently dead town when Washington & Lee and the Virginia Military Institute were out of session. I had a job on a cataloguing project at the VMI library, and time flowed seamlessly, in a mix of reading old science fiction and going tubing on the Maury. There were no bars in town and they rolled the sidewalks up at 6 PM. Damn, but I would love to find a town like that today! On the morning of 20 JUL, my TV blew up with a rather unusual belch and snarl routine. I mentioned this to a friend, a lab assistant at W&L, and he invited me over to watch the Moon landing. He is now a Professor of History at W&L and we have disagreed about everything ever since but I will always regard him as a consummate W&L gentleman for his kindness that day. I e-mailed him this morning and copied the Department Chair, another friend of long standing. So, where was thine, in '69? Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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