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MarianJack

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19. Great movie.

Reply to Dave Starsky (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 11:18 AM

Mar 2019

I was almost 15 at the time and I'd gone to an anti war rally at the time and my mother called me a traitor. Of course when I was almost 17 she'd decided that it was time to get the Hell OUT of there.

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My wife and I saw Apollo 11 yesterday. [View all] Dave Starsky Mar 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author sfwriter Mar 2019 #1

That and total domination of talk radio and the pulpits. Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #3

Great movie. Zoonart Mar 2019 #2

The Right Stuff is one of my all-time favorite movies and books. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #6

I saw The Right Stuff with my mother, sister, avebury Mar 2019 #7

I think the "controversy" over climate change makes it seem that way metalbot Mar 2019 #23

I would counter with the CPI not reflecting actual exboyfil Mar 2019 #30

Of course there's been a lot of great scientific endeavour the last 50 years. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #44

Faux snooze and... NeoGreen Mar 2019 #4

My wife grew up in the heart of The Bible Belt. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #8

How you ask? llmart Mar 2019 #5

Reality TV is the 21st Century version of sending the masses to the Colossuem avebury Mar 2019 #9

What gets me is that people actually pay for this. llmart Mar 2019 #10

I was shocked to find out how much my relatives pay for cable. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #11

Yep. llmart Mar 2019 #15

Oh, yeah. Showtime and HBO were all about NO COMMERCIALS. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #24

I haven't had cable TV in 8 years KWR65 Mar 2019 #37

My sister criticized me, harshly, for not knowing who some celebrity Ilsa Mar 2019 #29

Don't fell bad. llmart Mar 2019 #35

Hey, I'm asking the same thing Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #12

I had that feeling while touring Kennedy Space Center this summer. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2019 #13

That museum at KSC is a wonderful place to go. llmart Mar 2019 #16

I took my son there when he was 16 mercuryblues Mar 2019 #31

You'd probably enjoy "First Man" about Neil Armstrong's career FakeNoose Mar 2019 #14

My library has it. llmart Mar 2019 #17

I read the book. It was terrific. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #21

Something you might not know FakeNoose Mar 2019 #27

Because Aldrin had a notorious reputation for being what some would consider a jerk Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #33

He certainly didn't come off that way in the book. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #43

The long slow subtle decline in education spending irisblue Mar 2019 #18

Great movie. MarianJack Mar 2019 #19

We Can Thank the GOP dlk Mar 2019 #20

Dunning-Kruger Effect Red Pest Mar 2019 #22

I love your dad's saying. I'm going to remember that one. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #26

Very well said iamateacher Mar 2019 #32

To be fair... WeekiWater Mar 2019 #25

Quite possibly all of these advances and scientific breakthroughs were not done by Americans. llmart Mar 2019 #36

Most all have been collorborative... WeekiWater Mar 2019 #39

I highly recommend the mini-series "From The Earth To The Moon" PJMcK Mar 2019 #28

That's a great miniseries...and still holds up. Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #34

For Dave Starsky: Slow motion video of Apollo 11 launch LastDemocratInSC Mar 2019 #38

That's what 7.5 million pounds of thrust looks like. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #42

I doubt I'll ever forget watching that when it happened. The whole space program Vinca Mar 2019 #40

"We came in peace for all mankind." Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #45

You forget one thing. MicaelS Mar 2019 #41

Saw it today edhopper Mar 2019 #46