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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:57 PM Original message |
Poll question: Did you see the first moon landing live on television as it happened? |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:59 PM Original message |
One a color TV at my girlfriends house |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes! It was awesome. Our power in Alex. VA was out so we went to our friends the "Mooneys" |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was at a University in Rome (summer semester).. I watched it |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. at age 14 I was glued to watching it, it was really something. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. No. I was camping with my parents hundreds of miles away from a TV set |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. yep, and watched it with the person sitting next to me tonight..... |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Hey, that's neat. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, I was in utero at the time. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was about 3 years old, so I don't remember |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Sounds like a stupid teacher! |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was ten years old and watched it from a cabin in the mountains |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was thirteen years old, and Neil Armstrong was who I wanted to be. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, I was 18 and working for Mayflower Movers out of Alexandria. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. I didn't see anything until the 70s. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was 4 & wanted to play outside. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, aged 13 with nine relatives. Back then, everything seemed possible. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. We were camping in New Mexico - |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Hey, hey, we were honeymooning, too. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Indeed - |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Vietnam got in my way |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. We had two crappy B&W TVs tuned to different stations in case one was better quality! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'll never forget it. |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. No, I was 19 and at Phan Rang AFB, RVN. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes, I watched it |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, I saw it live... |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes. It was a memorable night and it was completely overshadowed |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Sure did. I was eleven. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. No, but one of my earliest memories as a child... |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. 9 years old at the time |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Other. I was watching the broadcast, but was out of the room when Armstrong came out |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. I had just turned six. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yes, it was too cool. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was not even 2 but I have described the event to my mom in such detail |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yep, I'm an old guy. I was in college at the time. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes, we had a family party at my uncle's house to watch it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yes my mom filmed it |
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Hokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. Acutally, yes and no |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. I was 10 months old. I'm sure the TV was on and I probably watched some of it |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. I was 4 years old and was probably doing other things like playing outside. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
39. I was in jump school...they didn't show it. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. Oh, yeah--and what a trip it was! It was a month before I turned 19. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. No, that was almost 20 years before I was born. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yes. I was manning a broadcast TV control board. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yes, I greeted them when they landed. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. Sorta. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Best TV ever! |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. No - I was in Vietnam |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. I remember being disappointed that Armstrong wasn't more dramatic. But he was picked for being low |
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SeattleVet (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
49. I was glued to the TV, watching every minute of it. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. I heard it over Arm Forces Radio. I was sitting in a darkened mess hall |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
51. No, not born yet |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. Coincidentally, I was on a vacation trip to Florida... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
53. I have seen it, of course, but I cannot remember if I saw it live. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. Yep. Sure did. |
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Boomerang Diddle (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. I may have but I was only 6 so I don't remember. :( |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #55 |
68. I was 8, and I remeber, but not a lot of detail. n/t |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. It was a surreal week . . . in a surreal era |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
57. My dad went out and specially rented a COLOR TV to see the BW broadcast. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
58. Three years old |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
59. I was in Paris at the time and saw it on French TV |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
60. Yep. Photoshopped. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
61. kinda...was too young to realize historic importance, was in the room though |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
62. Hadn't even been born yet...... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
63. No. I was -1.5 years away |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
64. Yes, but I was too young to remember it now. nt |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
65. Around 7:30 p.m. (PDT) I went outside |
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bobmorr1 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
66. Apollo 11 |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
67. No, I was in Turkey. Listened to it on Short wave radio though... |
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Shrek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
69. I don't remember |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
70. I was at sleepaway camp. They woke us up to see it. nt |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
71. age 6, in my jammies, on the sofa watching it in color |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
72. Too young as I was born in '75 but darn it I wish I had |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
73. Yes. nt |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
74. I fell asleep before it happened. |
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75. DUers are massively middle-aged or more. |
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