Like Boris, perhaps another alternative experience... My first memories was when I was 3 (1963); it had something to do with a swing set in churchyard and a Petri 7s rangefinder which my mom gave to me in frustration because of my fidgetting. So those would set me off in my chosen career path :-)
Since then, it was a Minolta SRT-101 when it was introduced in 1965, my favorite film was a Japanese brand named "Sakura" and it came in an orange box (I think it became Konica), President Ferdinand Marcos being elected and eventually taking over the country as a dictator then later being praised by the older George Bush (as head of CIA I think) for his "adherence to democracy". I remember my older siblings listening to the Beatles on 45 rpm singles, then having an out of body (mind?) experience in grade three because the teacher would not allow us out of class to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon. And yeah, Michael Jackson was black. Bong On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
