Yeah,
But who remembers when WWII broke out? When the Queen Mary,
Queen Elizabeth, The Arc Royal and so many others I can't
remember for the moment, were anchored all at the same time in
the roadstead outside Cape Town harbour; and the U Boats stopped
local fishing trawlers from Hout Bay out at sea to buy fresh
fish? They used a variety of currencies that included Sterling,
US and South African. And I took pictures with a folding Kodak
from our front stoep (stoop) or verandah for the Brits which
afforded a wonderful view of Table Bay.
D
Dr E D F Williams
41660 TOIVAKKA
Finland
Ph: +358(0)400706616
On 30/12/2010 13:49, paul stenquist wrote:
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
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