Enforcer57 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 For the ones old enough to remember such of course. I have been absorbed in this the last couple of days, as I clearly remember watching all this on BW TVs and being totally fascinated. I was from a family of two aviator parents, so of course I was totally absorbed in this stuff-hell, sometimes I got to stay home when the Gemini flights were launched, but back then the teachers would usually wheel a BW tv in the classrooms...even in South Alabama (Enterprise, a la Ft. Rucker). . I was 12 yrs old when Eagle landed on the sea of tranquility, and was in my Grandfathers(mom's side) new Lincoln Continental on the way back from a lame trip to my great grandparents house in South Carolina (which I think was a location used in the Movie Deliverance). I was wanting to get home ASAP so I could watch all this, so it was fortunate my grandpa was a leadfoot-he had been a pilot as well (piper J-5) and wanted to see it to. I was listening on the AM radio as the LEM was landing and hearing Armstrong say "Houston, tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed", and going ape wanting a TV. From the moment I got back to the Ga. location where both sets of grandparents lived (it was summer, and I spent much of my summers there) I was in front of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer57 Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 For the ones old enough to remember such of course. I have been absorbed in this the last couple of days, as I clearly remember watching all this on BW TVs and being totally fascinated. I was from a family of two aviator parents, so of course I was totally absorbed in this stuff-hell, sometimes I got to stay home when the Gemini flights were launched, but back then the teachers would usually wheel a BW tv in the classrooms...even in South Alabama (Enterprise, a la Ft. Rucker). . I was 12 yrs old when Eagle landed on the sea of tranquility, and was in my Grandfathers(mom's side) new Lincoln Continental on the way back from a lame trip to my great grandparents house in South Carolina (which I think was a location used in the Movie Deliverance). I was wanting to get home ASAP so I could watch all this, so it was fortunate my grandpa was a leadfoot-he had been a pilot as well (piper J-5) and wanted to see it to. I was listening on the AM radio as the LEM was landing and hearing Armstrong say "Houston, tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed", and going ape wanting a TV. From the moment I got back to the Ga. location where both sets of grandparents lived (it was summer, and I spent much of my summers there) I was in front of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribunus Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was working that summer earning money for my next semester of college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribunus Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was working that summer earning money for my next semester of college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulky Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 swimming about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulky Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 swimming about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streak Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Don't know for sure. I was 11 months old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streak Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Don't know for sure. I was 11 months old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtimer Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I remember it well. I was hotly pursuing some bird I had just met - we got married 11 months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtimer Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I remember it well. I was hotly pursuing some bird I had just met - we got married 11 months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Well my Dad was 13 so, just chilling in single cell form I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Well my Dad was 13 so, just chilling in single cell form I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted July 21, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I had just got married the week before, just celebrated 40th Anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted July 21, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I had just got married the week before, just celebrated 40th Anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was 11 years old and on school holiday/vacation with my parents in Germany of all places. Watched the lalndning on a B/W tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was 11 years old and on school holiday/vacation with my parents in Germany of all places. Watched the lalndning on a B/W tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was 4 years old, and I remember watching it. Then shiting myself, and eating cookies and milk most likely. Or running around outside catching firefly's or something childish silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was 4 years old, and I remember watching it. Then shiting myself, and eating cookies and milk most likely. Or running around outside catching firefly's or something childish silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beebop-RIP Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Sitting in my farmhouse in Mulino Oregon thinking about the difference to my then "back to Mother Nature" lifestyle and what I was seeing on the TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beebop-RIP Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Sitting in my farmhouse in Mulino Oregon thinking about the difference to my then "back to Mother Nature" lifestyle and what I was seeing on the TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfesser Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was only 8 but I still remember the magic. It seemed anything was possible and we were on the edge of a revolution in the way we did everything. How it all went so bad is still a mystery to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfesser Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was only 8 but I still remember the magic. It seemed anything was possible and we were on the edge of a revolution in the way we did everything. How it all went so bad is still a mystery to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snacko Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was 10 and remember watching it at home I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snacko Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was 10 and remember watching it at home I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooly Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was t-minus 2 years and 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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