INbengalfan Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 20 hours ago, ET80 said: I remember the Challenger disaster when I was five... But that was more interesting because I was big into NASA when I was a kid. (That same week, the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl took place, which I didn't even know about until I was in my early teens). I'm sort of in the same boat here. This feels significant, but I don't know if it's significant enough to burn itself into my memory. You're making me feel old. We were skipping school (10th grade for me) at the bowling alley on that one. I was so distraught that I actually decided to just go to school. The amazing thing to me was that my stay at home mom didn't know when I got home last afternoon because she hadn't flipped on the TV all day. When I got to school, no one even believed me, until the principal announced it an hour later. Is it odd that I was dumbstruck the flag at half staff today? I can never remember that for someone that wasn't an American. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 19 hours ago, August4th said: Dianna's death is my first vivid memory of huge cultural level news Elvis, John Lennon and the attempt by Hinkley on Reagan are mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 21 hours ago, ET80 said: I remember the Challenger disaster when I was five... But that was more interesting because I was big into NASA when I was a kid. (That same week, the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl took place, which I didn't even know about until I was in my early teens). TL;DR A few years ago my dad was posthumously inducted into his HS HOF. Another lady there was also inducted as a long time educator/sports contributor (announcer at games, etc.). Her daughter inducted her, and she started off the speech with a letter her mom wrote her when she was a little girl entitled "It wasn't meant to be", because she was the last elementary teacher eliminated (down to the final 2) to do the lesson from space on The Challenger. Small world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 20 hours ago, Bullet Club said: I was also 9 You sir can kindly go kick rocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, MWil23 said: TL;DR A few years ago my dad was posthumously inducted into his HS HOF. Another lady there was also inducted as a long time educator/sports contributor (announcer at games, etc.). Her daughter inducted her, and she started off the speech with a letter her mom wrote her when she was a little girl entitled "It wasn't meant to be", because she was the last elementary teacher eliminated (down to the final 2) to do the lesson from space on The Challenger. Small world. Oh WOW - between her and Christa McAuliffe, wow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVScout Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 It will take me a long time getting used to saying "the king". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, ET80 said: Oh WOW - between her and Christa McAuliffe, wow. It was a fairly neat "shift" on the speech with a tribute to Christa McAuliffe too, but basically the message was "You were right mom and I'm thankful it wasn't meant to be for you, and basically an overview of the next 3 decades and how it culminated into what was meant to be instead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, MWil23 said: You sir can kindly go kick rocks. If it makes you feel better I was 9 and 3/4. Edited September 9, 2022 by Bullet Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Just now, Bullet Club said: If it makes you feel better I was 9 and 3/4. It's funny because age range we are within not too many years of each other, but the difference between 3rd Grade/4th Grade and HS is a big gap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Ngl I thought Prince Charles was the ghastly undead vampire from the memes a couple years ago but that’s Prince Philip I guess. Charles looks fit enough to “rule” for about 20 years I’d imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Bullet Club said: If it makes you feel better I was 9 and 3/4. I see the two of us are now enjoying living in our 30’s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrILL! Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, INbengalfan said: You're making me feel old. We were skipping school (10th grade for me) at the bowling alley on that one. I was so distraught that I actually decided to just go to school. The amazing thing to me was that my stay at home mom didn't know when I got home last afternoon because she hadn't flipped on the TV all day. When I got to school, no one even believed me, until the principal announced it an hour later.. My entire 6th grade class watched it happen live on TV. I was really into NASA so I was stoked for the launch. My friend’s family knew the McAuliffe family so it was a big deal for him to even see her get to go to space. I just remember him crying… 😢 It was all so surreal. I also remember the teachers being mortified on our behalf like they had unknowingly gathered our entire class to witness a tragedy together. Edited September 9, 2022 by thrILL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, thrILL! said: My entire 6th grade class watched it happen live on TV. I was really into NASA so I was stoked for the launch. My friend’s family knew the McAuliffe family so it was a big deal for him to even see her get to go to space. I just remember him crying… 😢 It was all so surreal. I also remember the teachers being mortified on our behalf like they had unknowingly gathered our entire class to witness a tragedy together. My sixth grade class watched the first Columbia launch, and then gathered in the auditorium a week later to watch it land safely. Oddly enough, we had just studied the Challenger disaster years later with my fifth graders and I mentioned that the Columbia would be landing on TV that Saturday. Needless to say, I ruined a lot of kids weekends with the outcome because they got up to watch it Another weird "six degrees" connection. When I first was hired to teach, I replaced a teacher who moved to middle school to teach astronomy, and she was one of the nine finalists that lost out to McAuliffe for the spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 5 hours ago, MWil23 said: TL;DR A few years ago my dad was posthumously inducted into his HS HOF. Another lady there was also inducted as a long time educator/sports contributor (announcer at games, etc.). Her daughter inducted her, and she started off the speech with a letter her mom wrote her when she was a little girl entitled "It wasn't meant to be", because she was the last elementary teacher eliminated (down to the final 2) to do the lesson from space on The Challenger. Small world. I replaced another teacher who was among the ten finalists as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan4life51 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Oh, Hello: the P'dcast (simplecast.com) A deep dive into what really happened with Princess Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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