Wow, those are some memories! I remember the Korean War in the movie theater news reels. And air raid drills where we ducked under our desks at school, in case of nuclear attack.
Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:13 AM, willdo-1 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>> 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. > -- 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.
