Social Science Where were you when...

[brucetiki]

what afl game did peter mitchell interrupt to announce that princess diana had died? or was it during the pregame show?

I reckon it was Essendon v Adelaide

 

[daniel anderson]

yep

 

[Borderline]

- you heard about the 2002 Bali Bombings?
Still in England, didn't care, still don't.

And yet you still sit there crying over whatever paedo/terrorist/murderer they're executing next in the world.

 

[daniel anderson]

its does remind me though has seven or nine had to interrupt a afl match for a news flash outside of diana

 

[Flash of power]

its does remind me though has seven or nine had to interrupt a afl match for a news flash outside of diana

Port Arthur I think - tragic day

Reading back on this thread and seeing "when Sheedy was sacked" made me wonder if the Essendon Board might regret that decision in hindsight.

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

- the Twin Towers collapsed? - Just walked in from cricket training

- you heard about the 2002 Bali Bombings? - At a music festival in Joondalup watching Superheist

- Princess Diana died? - At Lilac Hill in Guildford for a family bbq

- your club won its last premiership? - At my house having a party.

- cathy freeman lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony in 2000`- At home, studying for TEE exams.

- you heard kevin sheedy had been sacked? - he hasnt.

- steve waugh/shane warne retired? - cant remember

- you heard bin laden was killed?- cant remember

- saddam was caught? -cant remember

- port arthur massacre in 1996? -eating eggs on toast in my kitchen with my brother, mum and dad.

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Others:

Michael Jackson's death - working as a teacher at school getting kids on a bus when a kid told me

Aus v South Africa tie to get Aus in the final of World Cup 1999 - watching it bleary eyed in the lounge room

John Aloisi scores penalty to get Socceroos into the world cup - driving. Intersection of Alexander drive and morley drive. I literally wound down by window and screamed.

Found out friend I worked with was on MH370 - having beers with a friend and got a phone call.

Michael Bevan hits four off the last ball to win over West Indies - at home with mum and my brother. Ran out the front wearing nothing but my togs and screamed.

Gilchrist's first ODI century - Bardon Park having a family bbq about to watch the fireworks

Warnie's hat trick - building my lego pirate ship I got for Christmas a couple of days earlier

Eagles first premiership in 92 - dad was doing gardening at the front and chopped through a gas line. He made the rest of my family get out the house and take a long walk around the block.

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

- you heard about the 2002 Bali Bombings?
Still in England, didn't care, still don't.

Its the terrorist attack where 88 Australians and 27 Britons died - refresh your memory?

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Where were you while weeeeee were gettin highhhhh

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Where were you while weeeeee were gettin highhhhh

I was slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.

 

[Gasometer]

- the Twin Towers collapsed- in bed...bros in law woke up and said turn the tv on...didn't turn it off until 8am.

- you heard about the 2002 Bali Bombings?- coming back from a party

- Princess Diana died?- driving in my car to pick up x gf.

- your club won its last premiership?- 99 at the MCG

- cathy freeman lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony in 2000`- at new gfs house...now wife.

- you heard kevin sheedy had been sacked?- NFI

- steve waugh/shane warne retired?- NFI

- you heard bin laden was killed?- at work on heraldsun.com.au

- saddam was caught?- Sunday morning paper

- port arthur massacre in 1996?- in hospital with a suspect appendices.

 

[Gasometer]

Lets test the age barrier.

When Aust won the Americas Cup in 1983?

 

[little graham]

Where were you when...

- the Twin Towers collapsed?

So the third one that fell that day doesn't count?

 

[JUBJUB]

Where were you when...

- the Twin Towers collapsed?

It was back before I had Foxtel,so I just had the Ten late news on in the background while I was on the computer and Sandra Sully broke the news and showed the first plane crash.Then of course while showing live coverage you saw the 2nd plane hit.

- Princess Diana died?

Wasn't that a saturday morning in Aus ?
From memory I just watching some saturday morning TV when a newsflash broke in.

- your club won its last premiership?

At the game

 

[JUBJUB]

Lets test the age barrier.

When Aust won the Americas Cup in 1983?

In bed

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Lets test the age barrier.

When Aust won the Americas Cup in 1983?

Two years old and didn't go to work.

 

[rippersnipper]

9/11-mum shut me out of the room because I was really young. Therefore I was at home sitting by myself outside the lounge room

Bali bombings -again at home, don't remember

Diana-lol I was born that year, have no clue

 

[Adzam]

9/11- woke up and got ready to go to school and went out of my room and everyone was up watching the TV.
Bali bombings- Can't really remember the exact moment except seeing various news reports
Saddum execution- Again can not remember but I do remember seeing a leaking video on youtube of him being hung.
Michael Jackson- My ex was in labor. Went for about 25 hours with no sleep then he finally was born. went into the little tea room to freshen up and get a coffee and heaps of the staff were sitting watching the news about it.
Sydney Siege- Was painting a house and heard it on triple j.

port arthur and diana I remember but was too young to really remember many too many of the details

 

[Adzam]

oh and last time my team won a flag I was at the MCG . So glad I attended that GF and not the one the year before

 

[Prestigerrycomo]

Where were you when...

- the Twin Towers collapsed?

Was asleep, my mum woke me up the next morning telling me what happened, the first thing I said was "is it April fools"

- you heard about the 2002 Bali Bombings?

Can remember seeing news reports next day, didn't sink in until they mentioned how many were missing

- Princess Diana died?

Was in my study at home listening to abc grandstand of the footy, remember tim lan going on about how wonderful she was.....it was the first time I think I'd seen all channels show the same thing at once. But seriously how many time could they say "princess Diana has died"

- your club won its last premiership?

Was in Milan, I'd had a horror September with nerves thinking "this could be our year". I was living in London and my girlfriend (now wife) is from Poland and it was driving her nuts! I told her "don't worry whatever happens this week it will be all over and we can enjoy ourselves in Italy next week (it was my birthday that week).....then the bloody draw. I watched the game online and when we won ran like an absolute goose around Milan with people giving me strange looks.

- cathy freeman lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony in 2000`

At home with family in lounge

- you heard kevin sheedy had been sacked?

Couldn't give a toss, although was amazing to think he'd been coaching solone

- steve waugh/shane warne retired?

Watching online

- you heard bin laden was killed?
Was in London, can't remember where

- saddam was caught?

Watching on the tv at home

- port arthur massacre in 1996?
Was travelling in the Northern Territory with family, the news reports were harrowing.

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[Illinois Nazi]

Lets test the age barrier.

When Aust won the Americas Cup in 1983?

Parents got me up at about 3:00am to watch the finish of the last race.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Some more, I expect some "wasn't born" comments:

Tiennamen Square massacre
- waiting for The Big Gig to start on ABC

Challenger / Colombia shuttle disasters
- can't remember in either case, remember the same jokes got recycled

Concorde disaster
- just arrived at the place we were staying in Barcelona, it was on the news when we arrived

Cyclone Tracey
- toddler, didn't know about it

Fall of the Berlin Wall
- not sure, I recall watching news of it on TV but that probably wasn't live (few unplanned events were at the time) and I may have heard before seeing any footage

Annoucement of the discovery of the first planet outside our solar system
- vaguely recall seeing the local newspaper banner was about it that day, hard to believe that until about 20 years ago it was not proven (it was presumed but not proven) that any planets existed beyond our system and now there are hundreds known and many considered possibly earth-like

 

[MisterMarcus]

Where were you when...

- the Twin Towers collapsed?
At home, wondering why Talking Footy wasn't on. What is this shit, who ***** cares about the WTC being on fire, what's the big deal, why are they....HOLY SHIT A PLANE JUST HIT THE OTHER TOWER!!

- you heard about the 2002 Bali Bombings?
I will always remember this one, because it was the evening of the first proper 'date' with my then housemate, who is now my wife of over a decade. We were going out for a "last night went well, let's do more stuff together" brunch the next morning when we heard it on the radio. Put a huge dampener on my emotional high.

As an interesting aside, my wife's birthday is September 11th. So her birthday is 9/11 and our first date was the exact day of the Bali Bombings.

- Princess Diana died?
Listening to the footy on the radio when my younger sister burst in crying.....

- your club won its last premiership?
Stuck in a weekend work retreat, getting only irregular updates! Oh well, I was there in 2007 AND 2009, so I guess it evened out.

- cathy freeman lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony in 2000`
At home watching it, wondering whether the thing getting stuck was supposed to be part of the plan.

- steve waugh/shane warne retired?
Probably listening on the radio somewhere....


Don't remember any of the others.

 

[The_Todd07]

Ones I can remember

9/11 - Slept through everything until it was time to get up and get ready for school the following morning

Bin Laden - All over the news when I got to my hotel in Paris

Michael Jackson - Bali

Geelong's last flag - The G (last 3 of them)

 

[ClarkeM]

- the Twin Towers collapsed?
Remember getting woken up by my parents to come and see CNN coverage or whatever. I didn't really think much of it until I was watching it the morning. Scary stuff.

- you heard about the 2002 Bali Bombings?
Nothing sticks out

- Princess Diana died?
Standing behind my grandma's couch watching the TV.

- your club won its last premiership?
MCG

- cathy freeman lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony in 2000`
Probably watching something more important.

- you heard bin laden was killed?
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