I remember hearing the dirges on Radio Moscow just after Brezhnev''s
death. That was THE MOST DEPRESSING thing I have ever heard,
Cheers
Mike
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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