Can you Rember when?
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RainOfSteel
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Was the US ever in conflict with Araq ( 
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mike wightman
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Oh, and the armed forces of the UK didn't "attack the Falklands", they liberated them from an Argentinian invasion
And it's not so much the 'nam body counts as the constant droning over comparative body counts, hills taken, and violence done by US soldiers. Every success and failure magnified by the lens of the press... I do remember the shooting of the NV guy by the US officer on the evening news. Barely.
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Pickles
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And to this day some the most awe-inspiring images I remember were from the loading of beer for the troops onto the freighters. There was just so much beer ...Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
Oh, and the armed forces of the UK didn't "attack the Falklands", they liberated them from an Argentinian invasion
Border Reiver
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I don't know the most memorable thing I remember about the Falklands Invasion was shitting myself on the morning it happened. I heard that Argentinian troops had landed on East Falkland and I thought that they meant Falkland in Fife, Scotland...a mere 20 miles from where I lived (a thought apparantly shared by Billy Connoly and countless other Scots)
One thing rarely remembered by the public about those bootnecks yomping off is that within a couple of days most of them had cut the arse out of their trousers as their dysentry was that bad it wasn't worth stopping to relieve themselves. They just kept on moving with the brown stuff just pouring out of them, soiling themselves. Apparantly they did put on fresh clothing before going into battle, did not want the Argies to think they had shat themselves in fear.
One thing rarely remembered by the public about those bootnecks yomping off is that within a couple of days most of them had cut the arse out of their trousers as their dysentry was that bad it wasn't worth stopping to relieve themselves. They just kept on moving with the brown stuff just pouring out of them, soiling themselves. Apparantly they did put on fresh clothing before going into battle, did not want the Argies to think they had shat themselves in fear.
mbrinkhues
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Well, there IS a reason the SA was wearing brown...
Remember the Falklands. Was in England (Norwitch actually) as an Exchange-pupil when the Argentines capitulated.
Remember the Falklands. Was in England (Norwitch actually) as an Exchange-pupil when the Argentines capitulated.
Being a Canadian, I remember rather when Argentina attacked the Falklands/Maldives to assert an old territorial claim and the British huffed & puffed and sent down the fleet. The contraversy with the Yanks who supported the junta but at the same time couldn't deny the British claim to protect several dozen sheep who afterall were British subjects. But, I also remember a dozen things or so before that incident. So, I am 36 and can remember the news items going back to age six (1976), so what?
Greetings and salutations,
It you are looking for world events, then may I offer a few?
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It you are looking for world events, then may I offer a few?
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- Beginning of WWII</font>
- Bombing of Pearl Harbor</font>
- Nuking of Japan</font>
- End of WWII</font>
- Korean War</font>
- Cuban Missile Crisis</font>
- Sputnik</font>
- Man landing on the moon</font>
- British invasion of America (the Beatles)</font>
- Khmer Rouge</font>
- Munich Olympic bombing</font>
- Egypt & Israel sign peace treaty</font>
- Sadat/Begin assassinations</font>
- US energy crisis in the late '70s</font>
- Beirut</font>
- Bombing of Libya in order to eliminate Quadafi (spelling?)</font>
- Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana</font>
- Aquino wins election in Phillippines</font>
- Chernobyl</font>
- Berlin Wall coming down/Germany reunifies</font>
- Chemical gas attack in Tokyo subway</font>
- Death of Princess Diana</font>
- Desert Storm</font>
- Conflict/War with Iraq</font>
- Space Shuttle Disasters (Apollo 13, Challenger, Columbia)</font>
- Gorbachev wins election in Russia; birthmark on his head makes bigger news than him for a couple of months</font>
- President Reagan getting shot</font>
- Pope John Paul II getting shot</font>
- Nixon going to China</font>
- Watergate</font>
- Clinton (put him back in office! At least I had more money to spend AND a romance going)</font>
- Cold Day in Hell</font>
- Hell Freezing Over</font>
^ Hmmm, remember standing with my dad one summer as he pointed out Apollo-Soyuz passing overhead ...
Fritz_Brown
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The first thing I remember (news-wise) growing up was sitting up late one night with my Dad, watching an Apollo mission - I'm pretty sure it was the last moon shot.
Couple of big ones you missed, Marquis Deadlock:
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Couple of big ones you missed, Marquis Deadlock:
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- American Embassy in Iran taken over by Islamist revolutionaries</font>
- "Last flight out" images from Saigon in 1975</font>
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Pickles
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First shuttle take-off?
The Hinterworlds Rambler
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Oh yes, and Challenger as it hamppened it Florida, pretty sad.
The Hinterworlds Rambler
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But my first Clear memory was seeing 2001 for the first time.
daltoncalford
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I remember watching the first soviet/us docking in space.
I remember watergate on tv day and night.
I remember the first episode of space 1999 and the first season of happy days.
Huggy bear was the best representation of blacks on tv while starsky and hutch was barely tolarable.
I remember watching a dallas rerun because I wanted to see JR shot, but I did not care by who.
I remember going to the movie theatre to watch star wars, back when there was only the one, while munching on a 25 cent chocolate bar.
I remember opening a grey box, with very poor line art of a wizard on the front, and cutting up the back page of the rules to have chits that where used as dice, cause nobody made a d20.
I am 200% of my expected life expectancy, while trying to relive my childhood by playing with toy soldiers and make believe universes.
Of it all, I remember my daughter, on the day she was born. I had been awake for 86 hours, inhaling jolt cola while trying not to show any of the fear I was feeling to my wife.
I have alot of memories, mostly useless trivia, but, in my 38 years of existance, I have one or two that nothing else compares.
best regards
Dalton
I remember watergate on tv day and night.
I remember the first episode of space 1999 and the first season of happy days.
Huggy bear was the best representation of blacks on tv while starsky and hutch was barely tolarable.
I remember watching a dallas rerun because I wanted to see JR shot, but I did not care by who.
I remember going to the movie theatre to watch star wars, back when there was only the one, while munching on a 25 cent chocolate bar.
I remember opening a grey box, with very poor line art of a wizard on the front, and cutting up the back page of the rules to have chits that where used as dice, cause nobody made a d20.
I am 200% of my expected life expectancy, while trying to relive my childhood by playing with toy soldiers and make believe universes.
Of it all, I remember my daughter, on the day she was born. I had been awake for 86 hours, inhaling jolt cola while trying not to show any of the fear I was feeling to my wife.
I have alot of memories, mostly useless trivia, but, in my 38 years of existance, I have one or two that nothing else compares.
best regards
Dalton
I remember looking out the window on a dark winter's night and seeing the flare of light off a moon lander while watching it on TV.
I had a pulse before the first manned moon landing; breath by the second; I remember the last.
I remember my mom saying "No, you can go see it [Star Wars] when the lines die down..."
I remember buying my first box of polyhedrals: red, round-edged, and with a yellow crayon; I promptly borrowed a black lab marker instead, to make the numbers black on red.
I remember both shuttle "disasters." Neither dims my want to "slip the surly bonds of earth..."
I remember gasoline rationing and air-raid drills. I remember when Television News was literally a day late, since it had to be flown up from Seattle to Anchorage.
I remember Quincy ME, ST:TAS and Space 1999 in first run, and the real, mormons-in-space, BSG... and still enjoy each when I see it.
I remember growing up being "that trekkie" (and other less savory terms) when seen with any sci-fi novel.
I remember having to explain to a school teacher
1) what a "L.A.S.E.R." was.
2) How it was pronounced.
3) That it wasn't Sci-Fi.
I remember both evolution and creationism being taught in the classroom...
I remember Reagan's assassination attempt... and exactly where I was, and who and what I talked about during that recess.
I remember Eric's Mom and Dad taking down photos of eric's oldest brother "'cause he ain't comin' home from 'nam."
I remember police who didn't mind giving directions..
I had a pulse before the first manned moon landing; breath by the second; I remember the last.
I remember my mom saying "No, you can go see it [Star Wars] when the lines die down..."
I remember buying my first box of polyhedrals: red, round-edged, and with a yellow crayon; I promptly borrowed a black lab marker instead, to make the numbers black on red.
I remember both shuttle "disasters." Neither dims my want to "slip the surly bonds of earth..."
I remember gasoline rationing and air-raid drills. I remember when Television News was literally a day late, since it had to be flown up from Seattle to Anchorage.
I remember Quincy ME, ST:TAS and Space 1999 in first run, and the real, mormons-in-space, BSG... and still enjoy each when I see it.
I remember growing up being "that trekkie" (and other less savory terms) when seen with any sci-fi novel.
I remember having to explain to a school teacher
1) what a "L.A.S.E.R." was.
2) How it was pronounced.
3) That it wasn't Sci-Fi.
I remember both evolution and creationism being taught in the classroom...
I remember Reagan's assassination attempt... and exactly where I was, and who and what I talked about during that recess.
I remember Eric's Mom and Dad taking down photos of eric's oldest brother "'cause he ain't comin' home from 'nam."
I remember police who didn't mind giving directions..
I know I missed a few memorable moments, after all I only listed 10 out of how many. There were some I wanted to include, but were too close together, or couldn't remember just when they took place. Also some of my most memorable are/were not news worthy like the time I proposed to my wife. I am 56 and the two on my list that I remember most were comming into the class for one of my history type courses in the seventh grade to see the principle watching the news of President Kennedy's assagination (that classroom had the only TV in the school at the time.) and comming home on Sept. 11 and seeing the TV replays of the news I had been listening to on radio all day.
To those who listed events I didn't thanks for the walk down memory lane. Some of them are just as significent as my list, some I overlooked when making my list, and a few I even did not know about.
To those who listed events I didn't thanks for the walk down memory lane. Some of them are just as significent as my list, some I overlooked when making my list, and a few I even did not know about.
