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TomSlick

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35. I do. I was not quite 10 years old.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 09:13 PM

Jul 2020

I never convinced my grandmother it was all real.

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Who remembers the first moon landing? [View all] jpak Jul 2020 OP

I do. I was 19. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #1

Me too! Working at a gas station on the interstate rurallib Jul 2020 #28

Me? zipplewrath Jul 2020 #2

Same, although the image from the moon was in black-and-white anyway... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #12

I do... hlthe2b Jul 2020 #3

Was Stanley Kubrick there? Ahpook Jul 2020 #32

Not the first one ... VMA131Marine Jul 2020 #4

I do! leftieNanner Jul 2020 #5

You were there too... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #16

I was in Southern France leftieNanner Jul 2020 #20

I was a three month old fetus... qazplm135 Jul 2020 #6

I was an early teen... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #7

Was doing rocket science for White Sands unc70 Jul 2020 #8

It wasn't the first exboyfil Jul 2020 #9

yep! Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #10

I was 14 Cirque du So-What Jul 2020 #11

I do. 1969. sinkingfeeling Jul 2020 #13

I remember quite well. Walleye Jul 2020 #14

Yep. I was 12 and glued to the TV. My Father worked on both Gemini and Apollo. Lochloosa Jul 2020 #15

I have ZERO memory of that event Brother Buzz Jul 2020 #17

Raising Hand! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #18

Sure, I was eleven, remember it very clearly ironflange Jul 2020 #19

I remember it well... wcmagumba Jul 2020 #21

Sure do, remember. Watching that lunar module break away from the command module. Fla Dem Jul 2020 #22

I remember it well. I was also 19. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2020 #23

Me! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #24

Yup, I do. A very hot afternoon at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada, yonder Jul 2020 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2020 #26

I do. One of my most vivid memories. n/t sarge43 Jul 2020 #27

I do. I was at my grandparents. Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #29

Most of my grandparents grew up in horse and buggy days and lived to see the landing Kaleva Jul 2020 #31

I was in Ann Arbor visiting relatives and I fell asleep and missed it. Kaleva Jul 2020 #30

I was 6 months old AwakeAtLast Jul 2020 #33

Yup! .... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #34

I do. I was not quite 10 years old. TomSlick Jul 2020 #35

I remember looking at the Moon ThoughtCriminal Jul 2020 #36

I was 11. Remember it well MiniMe Jul 2020 #37

I was 9. I had models of the lunar lander, the command and service modules. Pobeka Jul 2020 #38

I do Skittles Jul 2020 #39

I do - they took off on my birthday! csziggy Jul 2020 #40

I do, I was at summer camp. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #41

I do. I watched it on the TV in the family waiting area on one of the medical units mnhtnbb Jul 2020 #42

I do I was 13 NoPasaran Jul 2020 #43

Buzz Aldrin? sl8 Jul 2020 #44

I was eleven. zanana1 Jul 2020 #45

I Do RobinA Jul 2020 #46

If you really think about it it is a major WTF jpak Jul 2020 #47

I was 15 and obsessed with it edhopper Jul 2020 #48