Where were you?

[shades]

July 20, 1969 - the day Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.

Okay, I'll expose myself here. Yesterday I sent an email to several friends where I work, and noted what I was doing on the day they landed on the moon. After a day of working in the fields, I visited my fiancee and her family that night and watched the whole thing on TV.

But more than half weren't even born by that time!

So, what were you doing?

(Yes, I know some of you were tadpoles in Lake Michigan, and some of you think that they never landed on the moon - my grandfather was one!). :rolleyes:

[fumei]

I was glued to the TV.

[Zack Barresse]

Swimmin' w/ the Tadpoles... :D

[XL-Dennis]

shades,

Nice of You to bring it up :) - I believe I was in the sandbox and played with my friends at that time :D and later in the evening I watched it on the TV. It was bigger then when Bob Deamon (?) jumped in the Olympic Games 1968.

What did Neil Armstrong exactly say when he took the first step on the moon?
I recall something like "A small step for me but a large step for the human".

At present there is another Armstrong that is doing well: Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France (or aka as Tour de Lance :yes ).

Kind regards,
Dennis

[Zack Barresse]

Go Lance Armstrong!!! :)

And it was more to the effect of, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." :) Funny what kids remember..

[shades]

shades,

It was bigger then when Bob Deamon (?) jumped in the Olympic Games 1968.Bob Beamon. I remember that jump - stunned the world! And the '68 Olympics brings back images of Carlos and...


What did Neil Armstrong exactly say when he took the first step on the moon?
I recall something like "A small step for me but a large step for the human".That is an historian's playground. There are at least two versions: the official one (which everyone hears today), and what he really said.

Official: One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!

But he muffed it a little - I mean, who wouldn't! doing something that momentous. Anyway the discussion continues as to what he actually said.

[ALaRiva]

That is an historian's playground. There are at least two versions: the official one (which everyone hears today), and what he really said.

Official: One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!

But he muffed it a little - I mean, who wouldn't! doing something that momentous. Anyway the discussion continues as to what he actually said.
You would think they could get it right during the filming in whatever backlot they were in? Or at least a reshoot? But maybe the mumbling was to give it a more realistic view.

Just my 2 cents.

[cmpgeek]

depending on the lifespan of the tadpoles i either was one, or aspired to be one LOL...

my parents were dating in 69... but i wasnt born until 72... (15 months after the wedding thank you very much... LOL )

[vonpookie]

I was...born 9 years/4 months later :D

[Anne Troy]

Dang babies.
I don't know WHAT I was doing....I was eleven.

[Zack Barresse]

I was...born 9 years/4 months later :D

Nov '79? Wow.

edit: sorry, didn't want to come off wrong. that's around my age. :)

[XL-Dennis]

Bob Beamon. I remember that jump - stunned the world! And the '68 Olympics brings back images of Carlos and...
Ah! Beamon it was - thanks shades :)

The first Olympic Games I remember well was 1972 in Munchen but before that WC 1970 in Mexico :)

Now I start to feel old :bawl

Dreamboat - You was / are only 4 years older then me :rofl

Kind regards,
Dennis

[shades]

I remember the 1960 Olympics very well. Missed seeing the 1956 Olympics because we didn't get the TV until later that year. Of course, we didn't get indoor plumbing until 1958.

[cmpgeek]

Dang babies.
why do i get the feeling that smiley with the binkie will be appearing soon? LOL

[shades]

You mean for Anne? LOL

[cmpgeek]

LOL

no, i made a comment about needing a smiley with a binkie because i am so new here... and now she is calling me a baby <sniffle> <sniffle>

LOL

[ALaRiva]

Hmmm . . . Just thinking back. My mother was only like 2 in '69!!!

[XL-Dennis]

Hmmm . . . Just thinking back. My mother was only like 2 in '69!!!
Then I suspect that You was :help

cmpgeek - Ask Anne to get the http://ozgrid.com/forum/images/smilie/moon.gif (http://ozgrid.com/forum/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=10#) :rofl

Kind regards,
Dennis

[jamescol]

I am such a space nut! My mom actually worked at NASA at the time; we lived on a small island off the coast. I remember watching it with my dad and brother in our front yard with a bunch of neighbors.

What memories, at least while they last :) What were we talking about again?

[TonyJollans]

We only got the TV in 1968 and that night, like Gerry, I was glued to it. Gripping stuff.

[cmpgeek]

cmpgeek - Ask Anne to get the http://ozgrid.com/forum/images/smilie/moon.gif (http://ozgrid.com/forum/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=10#) :rofl Dennis
:eek: oh my... my virgin eyes! LOL

[shades]

Hmmm . . . Just thinking back. My mother was only like 2 in '69!!!Holy cow! I might have grandkids your age???? :rofl

Get me my chair! I need to sit down. All this 'membring is tougher than I thought! :bore

[ALaRiva]

Holy cow! I might have grandkids your age???? :rofl

Get me my chair! I need to sit down. All this 'membring is tougher than I thought! :bore
Quite Possible! :cool:

[shades]

It'd be an honor! :)

[Scottie P]

I remember this day...actually the evening portion.
I must have fallen asleep. My mom woke me and we watched this event in the livingroom - no lights - on a black and white Philco.

What did Neil Armstrong really say in that muffled sentence?

"I can't believe I said yes to this!"

[Tommy]

I watched it on a black and white TV also. I was 11. Don't remember what I was doing otherwise, I do remember what town, state, and country I was in so that is good :yes .

I think the mumbled talk was about Neil's neighbor :rofl . Something that he overheard when he was a kid, but don't hold me to that.

[Adaytay]

I didn't "arrive" for another 5 years 9 months and a few days... but my eldest sister joined 5 months and 5 days after the landing.

I always thought it was real... but the older I get the more I think "hmmm".

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[shades]

At one time I had a picture of me (as a baby) taken with my grandmother's grandmother. She was born in 1849. Now that is getting old!

[vonpookie]

Nov '79? Wow.

edit: sorry, didn't want to come off wrong. that's around my age. :)

Close. '78, actually, but you got the month right :)

But...let me do the math, here...in '69, that would have made my mom 19 and dad was...47. Sheesh.

[vonpookie]

What did Neil Armstrong really say in that muffled sentence?

"I can't believe I said yes to this!"

I'm more partial to Eddie Izzard's bit, myself:


"But [Neil Armstrong] had a sense of humor so he should have used it. Cause there was that...lunar module there ? fixed camera, just fixed, not panning left or right, just stationary. So he could?ve been there saying, ?Hi, people on the moon. As you can see, the Sea of Tranquility here, there?s the mountains in the distance, there?s the earth! There, you?re looking back up at yourselves there. Over to my right, I can see a f*ing monster! There?s a monster behind me! Ohhhh! [mimes running out of camera view] Ohhh no, help! Ahhh! Get off my leg! Ohhhahhhhh!? [runs to other side of camera view] Neeeahhhh!? Buzz Aldrin in a monster outfit: [running in front of 'camera']?Ohhhhahhhh! Ohhhhahhhh!? Neil doing close-up with ? ?He?s got me, Houston. The monster?s got me! He wants cash! He?s got my hand up behind my back. I think he knows jujitsu! He wants cash for the release of my life. Send a million to ? two million dollars, leave it in a bag by the Sea of Tranquility. I don?t know, the North Shore! What the f?? Oh, it would have worked, wouldn?t it?"

:)

[Zack Barresse]

Close. '78, actually, but you got the month right :)


Hence another GREAT reason for me to use Excel to calculate for me! :D

[DomFino]

I may be the only one in this group who was halfway around the world. I was flying in a UH-1B Helicopter Gunship as a crew chief / gunner over a place called Tra Bin, South Vietnam. I remember the announcement over the radio saying we had landed on the moon.

I recall looking at my gunner and thinking that was not so tuff. They should have tried to land in the hot LZ where we were receiving a very unfriendly greeting by some North Vietnamese troops. I guess it is all a matter of time and place.
One thing I can be certain of, and that is, the Astronauts and I are glad to be home in the good old USA!:vv

God Bless The Troops!

[Zack Barresse]

DomFino,

I'm not old enough to know anything from anything about that war/time-period, but I would like to say thank you for the service you did. I am humbled every time I meet a soldier who has served their country, 'tis a very beautiful thing. So thank you, from the depths of my heart.

And yes: God bless the troops!!!

[cmpgeek]

DomFino,

I'm not old enough to know anything from anything about that war/time-period, but I would like to say thank you for the service you did. I am humbled every time I meet a soldier who has served their country, 'tis a very beautiful thing. So thank you, from the depths of my heart.

And yes: God bless the troops!!!
i couldn't agree more firefytr!!!

I am proud to say that every man in my family has spent time defending our great country (with the exception of my brother and that was because they wouldnt have him LOL... he had a major surgery on his knee when he was a teenager...)

but i digress...

thank You DomFino!

[Brandtrock]

Let me echo the thanks to any and all who have served in the military.

Also, I was playing in front of the brand new color TV that Dad had splurged on for Mom. My little baby brother was more interesting to me than the TV. I was around two and a half so I would probably not have remembered it at all save for the event of getting the TV delivered that day.

I wish I would have been paying closer attention to the astronauts though:

Originally posted by Shades

Okay, I'll expose myself here. Yesterday I sent an email to several friends where I work, and noted what I was doing on the day they landed on the moon. (emphasis added)

[CBrine]

I was just over a month and 1/2 old at the time, but damn, I wish I could have watched that little piece of history live. Couldn't figure out how to move that rattle out of the way.:dunno

[Anne Troy]

For cmpgeek:

:bink:

[CBrine]

A friend of mine at work sent me this. I thought it would fit in with thread.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words, upon stepping on the moon, "That`s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!" were televised to Earth and heard by millions. Just before he re-entered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark, "Good luck, Mr Gorsky!" Many people thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet cosmonaut.However, NASA confirmed there was no Mr Gorsky in either the Soviet or American space programs. Over the years, people questioned Armstrong about the statement, but he only smiled. Finally, on July 5, 1995, at Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter once again brought up the 26-year old question to Armstrong. This time, he responded. Mr Gorsky had died, and so Neil Armstrong felt he could now answer the question. Apparently, in 1938, as a kid in a small mid-west town, he was playing baseball with a friend in his backyard. As his friend hit the ball, it landed in his neighbour`s yard, by their bedroom window. The neighbours were Mr and Mrs Gorsky. As young Neil bent to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs Gorsky yelling at her husband, "Sex? You want sex? You`ll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

[GaryB]

It's begining to sound like I'm really an old timer here. I was playing in Rhythm & Blues Band in a club in Merced California. We were having an afternoon practice session when the moon landing happened. I remember an 80 year old guy named Charlie who was the part-time janitor for the place and he could not, would not believe that it was really happening. He said it was impossible and that we were all being duped by the government. HA!

[Cosmos75]

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words, upon stepping on the moon, "That`s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!" were televised to Earth and heard by millions. Just before he re-entered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark, "Good luck, Mr Gorsky!" ...It's an untrue story. FUNNY but untrue..
:)

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/gorsky.html