Fascinating, Boris. On Dec 30, 2010, at 1:44 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> My first memories are from the Moscow-Kiev overnight train when I was like 5 > or 6 on out way to my great uncle and aunt living there at the time (before > Chernobyl). To make that vaguely on topic I should mention that my great > uncle from Kiev had some range finder camera (probably Soviet clone of Leica) > and I remember having to sit rather still when he prepared the gear and took > my pictures. Then I recall the announcement of Brezhnev's demise. The > ceremony of becoming a pioneer > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_movement). Our first color TV set some > time throughout the 1980s... The events of Aug 1991 and me sitting in front > of that TV set trying to tune in to the BBC or CNN or whatever channel that > was apparently broadcasting over to us. I also recall the Electornika > supermarket kind of shop when I was like the 8th grade. My programmable > calculator bought at the time still works by the way. My first cup of real > black coffee towards the end of school. Wonderful memories of Moscow State > University class rooms where I was listening to math and physics lectures > having ran away from Kerosinka that happened to be not too far away. Got A's > later one 'cause I kind of knew the material... > > So, effectively, as my age suggests I am the child of 1980's. I remember the > Moscow Olympic games, obviously, and the sad song and the Bear balloon flying > over and away from the Luzhniki sport's arena... > > So, Elizabeth, ma'm, I suppose that would be a good alternative /wink/ to > your experience, would it not? > > Boris > > > On 12/30/2010 3:46 AM, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: >> Ok, the age question thread made me start thinking how different each >> generation's experiences are. Mine are kind of a mismash because my parents >> were much older before they started their family and almost all of my >> cousins were old enough to be my parents. Thought it might be fun to do >> some comparing of stuff we remember. >> >> The Aldridge Family radio program >> The Shadow radio program >> It being safe to eat anything you got on Halloween (homemade/unwrapped/etc) >> Riding the go-kart down the main street in town and not getting in trouble >> with the police >> All grown ups having the authority to call you down if you acted up in >> public >> Walking home from school to eat lunch >> The first big CB craze (my dad bought us handheld CBs to use as walkie >> talkies - wow did we hear some stuff) >> Challenger Explosion >> Ronald Reagan getting shot >> When the K1000 was metal and glass (my first SLR) >> Lawn darts that had points >> >> ~Liz >> http://lizmasoner.wordpress.com/ >> http://thornsnclaws.wordpress.com/ >> http://photography.about.com >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
