> -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: The shuttle is away ... > > Just watched the Shuttle Atlantis take off. Always makes me sit there > in total awe ...
Completely. One of the very few crystal-clear memories from when I was younger was watching "Columbia" launch for the first (I was 10). It was a Sunday, no school. I had a bowl of dry "Fruit Loops" and was setting up an enormous "G.I. Joe" offensive. My birthday (and birthday money) was coming up the following week and I was still considering which holes in my defenses I would fill. It was early (I still got up early then). We had this old giant wooden console TV - the kind that's 8-feet wide and 5-feet tall but only has a 20" screen. The power button had broken years before and my father had wired an enormous toggle switch through the side (this was back when you could "wire" a TV). Channel 7 (home of Buffalo's "Eyewitness News") cut into programming to air the launch. I remember sitting slack-jawed and straight for the entire launch. I was completely and utterly enthralled. I still choke up when I think about Columbia's last flight. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253742 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
