Has it really been that long?

[pam]

Can you believe that it's also been 11 years since I've known YOU nilla vanilla from the old ldstalk days. Man those WERE the days. Such fun and awesome times. I hope giggles is doing well.

Edited January 18, 2011 by pam

[pam]

  Wingnut said:

LM, a friend of my mom's lost her son the same day that Princess Di died. He died in a four-wheeling accident, and I remember being sad and somewhat indignant that everyone cared about Di and no one cared about a person that some of us actually knew. A "real" person, who left behind a family and a grieving mother.

It's been 17 years today since the Northridge earthquake. I remember that one quite vividly.

I remember and felt that one myself. I was living in San Diego. Sleeping in a waterbed. The bed was sloshing around. I was thinking my spouse (ex spouse I should say) is really restless sleeping. Then I remembered he was out to sea with the Navy and wasn't even there.

Then I realized what was going on.

[Wingnut]

  pam said:

I remember and felt that one myself. I was living in San Diego. Sleeping in a waterbed. The bed was sloshing around. I was thinking my spouse (ex spouse I should say) is really restless sleeping. Then I remembered he was out to sea with the Navy and wasn't even there.

Then I realized what was going on.

I lived in Anaheim and was sleeping on a trundle bed.

[slamjet]

I was living in Torrance and was rushing to the warehouse I managed to see what damage there was (non, thankfully).

[Wingnut]

  slamjet said:

I was living in Torrance and was rushing to the warehouse I managed to see what damage there was (non, thankfully).

My mom grew up in Torrance.

[slamjet]

Actually, my bad, I was living in Inglewood and the warehouse was in Torrance. Dang, this age thing is smacking me good!

[CTR-man]

  slamjet said:

I was living in Torrance and was rushing to the warehouse I managed to see what damage there was (non, thankfully).

  Wingnut said:

My mom grew up in Torrance.

  slamjet said:

Actually, my bad, I was living in Inglewood and the warehouse was in Torrance. Dang, this age thing is smacking me good!

Oh my, you're talking about my old stomping grounds. Born in Inglewood, lived in Torrance until age 8, then moved to Central CA right after the Sylmar earthquake in '71. Even up here I still felt Northridge (and Loma Prieta and a few others). I've about had my fill of earthquakes, and all of the California is sliding into the ocean jokes. But then again, that means I get beach front property when it drops at the San Andreas fault line. Depending whether or not the delta gets flooded. The San Joaquin valley may be a great big salt water lagoon. Maybe I'll be in Utah with my in-laws by that time.

[slamjet]

  CTR-man said:

Oh my, you're talking about my old stomping grounds. Born in Inglewood, lived in Torrance until age 8, then moved to Central CA right after the Sylmar earthquake in '71. Even up here I still felt Northridge (and Loma Prieta and a few others). I've about had my fill of earthquakes, and all of the California is sliding into the ocean jokes. But then again, that means I get beach front property when it drops at the San Andreas fault line. Depending whether or not the delta gets flooded. The San Joaquin valley may be a great big salt water lagoon. Maybe I'll be in Utah with my in-laws by that time.

Or maybe you'll be dead. Hey, you never know

[CTR-man]

  slamjet said:

Or maybe you'll be dead. Hey, you never know

This is true. With the way things are going currently, I welcome the challenge. Death is just a stage anyways. "Checking to see if my affairs are in order."

[Wingnut]

I know I'd rather be dead than living in Hollister.

[rameumptom]

25 years ago, I started using the Internet (years before regular people could use it).

30 years ago, I returned from my mission. 35 years ago I joined the Church.

41 years ago: Woodstock and man first walked on the moon.

Of course, Reminiscing is a sign of older age (I'm not old just yet!).

[slamjet]

43 years ago, I didn't have a testimony of the pre-existence, I had pure knowledge

[Guest]

My mom celebrated her 70th bday a few months ago. That was like a sucker punch.

[pam]

  CTR-man said:

Oh my, you're talking about my old stomping grounds. Born in Inglewood, lived in Torrance until age 8, then moved to Central CA right after the Sylmar earthquake in '71. Even up here I still felt Northridge (and Loma Prieta and a few others). I've about had my fill of earthquakes, and all of the California is sliding into the ocean jokes. But then again, that means I get beach front property when it drops at the San Andreas fault line. Depending whether or not the delta gets flooded. The San Joaquin valley may be a great big salt water lagoon. Maybe I'll be in Utah with my in-laws by that time.

If you are trying to get away from earthquakes, don't come to the Salt Lake Valley then. We have one of the top 5 biggest faults that run along the Wasatch Mountains.

[Bini]

For me.. I remember Diana and September 11.

[lizzy16]

16 years ago I was born :)

8 years ago I was baptized.

It doesn't seem so long ago. I remember what I was thinking, feeling as I was an 8 yr old and growing up.

People assume children don't notice things. That they don't comprehend. They really do, you'd be surprised :)

[Guest Godless]

  pam said:

4. 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down.

21 actually. I was there. And I was 4.

[bcguy]

If anyone cares to ask me what it was like to watch Niel Armstrong jump off the luner lander onto the surface of the moon ask me. My parents did not believe it until I begged them to turn on the tv "for another reason" and it was shown live :)

[Guest leodown]

We went on hikes into the woods behind our house, crawling under barbed wire fences and through tangled undergrowth. Heat new york escorts humidity found their way throught he leaves to our flushed faces. We waded in streams that we were always surprised to come new york escort across. We walked past cars and auto parts that had been abandoned in the woods.

[rameumptom]

I remember as a small child watching JFK's funeral procession on television. I sat with my family and watched Neil Armstrong land on the moon. I still have a piece of the Berlin Wall in my deceased Dad's cuff link box (it fell and he died in 1989). And in August, my wife and I will celebrate 25 years!

[Blackmarch]

I stil have the tunes from the atari games of

Spyhunter, Ball blaster (or blazer, depending on the version), cosmic tunnels, and capture the flag, still pop into my head....

[Wingnut]

  rameumptom said:

I still have a piece of the Berlin Wall in my deceased Dad's cuff link box (it fell and he died in 1989).

I have a piece in a storage box in my attic, from my great-aunt.

[Iggy]

November 22 1963- JFK was assassinated

Thanksgiving, Nov 28,1963 my little sister died. I was 11 she was 10. I thought the entire world was grieving with us over her death, not JFK. It wasn't until I was 16 that I learned who JFK really was and that he died 6 days before her.

My sister had a brain tumor- she was rushed to the hospital in the wee hours of the morning on the 22nd of November. Our TV wasn't turned on from that day until a month after her funeral- so us kids really had no clue what was going on in the outside world. No it wasn't a religious, or cultural thing. My Dad and Mom just did not want to hear the TV and us kids did other things to occupy ourselves. Quiet things like read, sew, embroidery, knitting.

She will be 58 years old this Sept. It always amazes me that even after so many decades I still miss her.

Last year was 40 years since I graduated from High School. 41 years since the Columbus Day storm. 46 years since the earthquake in Seattle that shook our house so hard that one side of the house had to be repaired and reinforced, also caused extensive damage at Ballard High and James Monroe Jr. High.

[bcguy]

Ohh Iggy, do you still reside in Seattle? I am from the Puget sound my self. I did also go though that quake that Niqually quake some years ago. We lost half the fireplace chimney. Mom told me all about the Columbus day storm. she was working in a hospital in Portland. She told me the bricks were being ripped off the roof. I was at the 12th street bridge when the Kingdome was exploded. I did not know it, but a Discovery TV crew was next to me filming it and cause my voice on the audio saying WOOHOO after it imploded :)

[TL10]

Who the heck is Ryan White? I've heard of and known of many of the other events on the list (espicially #2 and 5), but I have NEVER, NEVER heard of this guy.

Also, I believe that the Columbia disaster was around this time of year as well, about 8 or so years ago, right?