Where were you 50 years ago when man landed on the moon?

[danj]

Same place as these guys

 

[chairo]

I was 4 years old in Urbana Illinois. So this was a very early memory. I don't remember the landing but I distinctly remember that weekend because the cartoons were not on and my parents and their friend were watching the TV non-stop!

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

Wow I feel so young after reading this thread.

I am one of those that just cant accept what we were shown/told.

Its a joke.

Even Razor Ray knows this.

 

[goalieboy82]

was born 12 and 1/2 years later.

 

[goalieboy82]

I was 4 years old in Urbana Illinois. So this was a very early memory. I don't remember the landing but I distinctly remember that weekend because the cartoons were not on and my parents and their friend were watching the TV non-stop!

what were you doing there?

 

[davefromjerra]

I was in first grade at Frankston Primary School. We were all marched into the big hall to watch the landing.

 

[goalieboy82]

I was in first grade at Frankston Primary School. We were all marched into the big hall to watch the landing.

 

[Hojuman]

was born 12 and 1/2 years later.

You missed a good show Timmy.

 

[Hojuman]

Just hope l'm not too old when we land someone on Mars.

 

[goalieboy82]

I was in the CBD at Brash’s watching the moon landing with hundreds of other folk on black and white TV’s. You could cut the atmosphere with hot butter. I was standing on a milk grate when an elderly lady tapped me on the shoulder and motioned for me to step down.
I proceeded to spit at her feet and started thrusting my hips to “Here Comes the Sun”. She soon got it. God bless her sole.

When Lance Armstrong descended the ladder from his rocket, there was a dry eye in the house. There were high-fives galore and the elderly lady behind me was boiling her eyes out. We shared a tear and ended up going back to The Hotel Spencer for a few sherbets and a chicken parma. I had a few Split the Bill tokens and so got my meal for half price. I’ll never forget it.

its Neil Armstrong by the way.

 

[goalieboy82]

also Neil Armstrong wasn't the first person on the moon, it was Alice:

 

[Mav]

I was in the CBD at Brash’s watching the moon landing with hundreds of other folk on black and white TV’s. You could cut the atmosphere with hot butter. I was standing on a milk grate when an elderly lady tapped me on the shoulder and motioned for me to step down.
I proceeded to spit at her feet and started thrusting my hips to “Here Comes the Sun”. She soon got it. God bless her sole.

When Lance Armstrong descended the ladder from his rocket, there was a dry eye in the house. There were high-fives galore and the elderly lady behind me was boiling her eyes out. We shared a tear and ended up going back to The Hotel Spencer for a few sherbets and a chicken parma. I had a few Split the Bill tokens and so got my meal for half price. I’ll never forget it.

Ya bastard. My Auntie always tells the Watching The Moon Landing story and how she was spat on by a guy in Orange and Yellow talking gibberish.

 

[outwecome2play]

Was at school but i can't remember this.

I never knew Lance Armstrong had been to the moon.

 

[Zondor]

Was at school but i can't remember this.

I never knew Lance Armstrong had been to the moon.

Yeah he and Buzz Lightyear flew their Rocket Ship up there many moons ago. :stern look

 

[gokangas]

Was at school but i can't remember this.

I never knew Lance Armstrong had been to the moon.

He rode his bike there - I think thats when the suspicion he was using performance enhancing drugs emerged.

 

[Hawk Dork]

He rode his bike there - I think thats when the suspicion he was using performance enhancing drugs emerged.

Spielberg paid homage to the event in ET

 

[Snake_Baker]

I was contemplating the encouraging debut of a 17 year old kid named David Dench, and wondering whether he could keep the equally promising 18 year old Geoff Blethyn quiet when we played the scum in the upcoming match on Saturday.

He did.

Blethyn kicked 0:6.

North (reigning wooden spooners) beat the scum (previous years grand finalist) by 27 points at Arden Street (Best: McCarthy, B.Goodingham, Dwyer, Dowdle Goals: McCarthy 4, Kekovich 3, Wood 3, Dugdale 2)

 

[Chicago1]

I was 4 years old in Urbana Illinois. So this was a very early memory. I don't remember the landing but I distinctly remember that weekend because the cartoons were not on and my parents and their friend were watching the TV non-stop!

what were you doing there?

Yeah... what were you doing there? My brother lives in Champaign. There's another BF poster who lived in Urbana. He had been a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Edited to add: the BF poster I mentioned was at Illinois State in Normal, not U of I in U-C. Sorry.

 

[DarwinRoo]

I know where I was when I met the last man to walk on the moon.

 

[Quolls19]

Form 4 (year 8) Imacculate Heart College, Preston, Victoria, Australia. Watching it in the science room in black and white (colour tv was still 7 years away) with our English literature teacher, Mr Burleigh, eating minties. Can’t remember how he got control of the science room.

 

[Groucho]

I was contemplating the encouraging debut of a 17 year old kid named David Dench, and wondering whether he could keep the equally promising 18 year old Geoff Blethyn quiet when we played the scum in the upcoming match on Saturday.

He did.

Blethyn kicked 0:6.

North (reigning wooden spooners) beat the scum (previous years grand finalist) by 27 points at Arden Street (Best: McCarthy, B.Goodingham, Dwyer, Dowdle Goals: McCarthy 4, Kekovich 3, Wood 3, Dugdale 2)

Keka was on fire in ‘69. Think he got injured and after a promising start we fell apart. An all too regular North story in the ‘60’s

 

[koshari]

Its was almost as emotional as the time that Ming the Merciless deployed war rocket ajax.

 

[koshari]

There should have been a Woman on the Moon back then as well.

Not to mention at least 5 representatives from the lgbiq+ community.

 

[koshari]

Was at school but i can't remember this.

I never knew Lance Armstrong had been to the moon.

He was high on drugs for 7 years.

 

[Gasometer]

Be interesting to see what other dates people remember

Abe Lincoln
JFK
Diana
9/11