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elfin

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22. in family room with hubby - woke up three week old son
Sat Aug 25, 2012, 03:35 PM
Aug 2012

To " watch" it.

Held my breath and then cheered.

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I thought the landing was on a Sunday? louis-t Aug 2012 #45
July 20. 1969, WAS a Sunday. WinkyDink Aug 2012 #131
On vacation in Nevada. ChazII Aug 2012 #118
In class in July? Unh hunh Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #148
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Remember it very, very clearly. cbayer Aug 2012 #2
At home, glued to the TV. One small step - pinto Aug 2012 #3
Sitting in the living room of my Grandmother's house trying to understand why everybody Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #4
I was on the couch, extremely pregnant, in our beach apartment at the Jersey Shore..n/t monmouth Aug 2012 #5
Oh, I was pregnant too! PatSeg Aug 2012 #89
It was an exciting time. My sons were 7 and 8 years old and just in awe...n/t monmouth Aug 2012 #90
It was an exciting time PatSeg Aug 2012 #97
Just like my mom loyalsister Aug 2012 #216
Half a block off Mack Ave. On Detroit's east side. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #6
I'm an East Sider too. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #9
I went to driver's ed at Denby and to Notre Dame High, right next to Eastland Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #40
Me, too, driver's ed at Denby, on that stupid track. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #67
Denby was my high school MrScorpio Aug 2012 #75
Still alive! Mom worked there from @1960-1982. You may recall her. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #79
I graduated in '79, so we were there at the same time MrScorpio Aug 2012 #94
Your mom met Eleanor Roosevelt? Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #142
Eleanor Roosevelt met my Mom. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #162
That is so cool!! Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #171
My mother's womb gollygee Aug 2012 #7
I have you beat: I was split between an ovary and a testicle Occulus Aug 2012 #74
This is my very first memory of an historical moment Proud Public Servant Aug 2012 #8
Also glued to the TV flor-de-jasmim Aug 2012 #10
Nine months old. No memory of it... Aristus Aug 2012 #11
PRAB, RVN HubertHeaver Aug 2012 #12
We were in Japan enlightenment Aug 2012 #61
Long Binh, Vietnam pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #77
Yup. On an all-expense-paid year-long tour of Southeast Asia. TahitiNut Aug 2012 #114
All that... pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #120
And all the C-rats you could eat glacierbay Aug 2012 #125
On the top of a bunker looking up at the moon in awe N/T IBEWVET Aug 2012 #156
Welcome to DU, brother pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #158
I gotta say, the skies WERE awesome. TahitiNut Aug 2012 #218
I was 20 and watching it over Grandma's house HockeyMom Aug 2012 #13
Finally, a topic that makes me feel young CabCurious Aug 2012 #14
A motel lobby somewhere on the way to do an antique show with my mother.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #15
Saw it on TV Mr.Bill Aug 2012 #16
Sitting criss-cross-applesauce on the floor in Mrs. Maclary's 1st grade class. woodsprite Aug 2012 #17
I bet you are remembering the liftoff. louis-t Aug 2012 #54
In 1st Grade class in July? ? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #149
17-year-old salesclerk at a W.T. Grants store in Pompton Lakes, NJ LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #18
(personal aside) My uncle was a mathematician / physicist who worked with a Lincoln Lab team. pinto Aug 2012 #19
Watching with my family & granddad who remembered hearing about the Wright brothers flight vademocrat Aug 2012 #20
my mother in law's house Celebration Aug 2012 #21
in family room with hubby - woke up three week old son elfin Aug 2012 #22
Chattanooga, TN. I was six years old. I will never forget it. RIP Mr. Armstrong. nt. CottonBear Aug 2012 #23
At home watching it on TV like everyone else. Cleita Aug 2012 #24
Sitting in a school room auditorium zappaman Aug 2012 #25
It was a SUNDAY. WinkyDink Aug 2012 #132
A Sunday in July. Never forget what? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #151
you sure that wasn't for Apollo 13? eShirl Aug 2012 #209
We were having a family picnic. I told my niece this was something she could tell her grandchildren. libinnyandia Aug 2012 #26
sitting on the living room floor, glued to the tv, and wishing I were there niyad Aug 2012 #27
2:56 UTC July 21, 1969. How were so many kids in school in the middle of the night? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #28
Thought I remembered it being daylight. HubertHeaver Aug 2012 #42
I just looked it up -- they landed at 4 - something EDT, that must be what gateley Aug 2012 #52
They landed in the afternoon but it was hours before they got out. louis-t Aug 2012 #59
Yeah, and now I'm thinking my memory is of the landing, not Armstrong's gateley Aug 2012 #76
Yeah, I recall it being at night Lifelong Protester Aug 2012 #53
I believe they are remembering the liftoff on Wed. louis-t Aug 2012 #57
people's memories are funny, aren't they? graham4anything Aug 2012 #66
That was first step. HubertHeaver Aug 2012 #214
Yeah, all I remember about it was being allowed to get up in what seemed to be the middle of the treestar Aug 2012 #215
Sitting in the living room with my dad . . . fleur-de-lisa Aug 2012 #29
I and all the school were in the library glued to the tv. lunatica Aug 2012 #30
It was a SUNDAY. WinkyDink Aug 2012 #134
You're right! lunatica Aug 2012 #138
My brother worked for GE/NASA at the time and on all the Apollo missions. He was in quality control. juajen Aug 2012 #176
Thanks for that. I was sure I was at school lunatica Aug 2012 #207
If you remember being at school, it was probably the Apollo 13 mission eShirl Aug 2012 #212
Armstong hopping off the ladder onto the ground has been played a million times lunatica Aug 2012 #213
Hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I was in the dorm for a group of hedgehog Aug 2012 #31
Watching the TV... Atman Aug 2012 #32
Probably just a simple cell somewhere.... Panasonic Aug 2012 #33
on the back poor with my girlfriend and her dad watching it on teevee spanone Aug 2012 #34
I was in my parents car outside of Aztec New Mexico driving to Colorado Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #35
i was in a car too, listening to it the radio shanti Aug 2012 #93
I was a teenager, too DippyDem Aug 2012 #36
It happened about 11 years before I was born. Initech Aug 2012 #37
Visiting my parents...sitting on the sofa holding my month old daughter. FLyellowdog Aug 2012 #38
At my summer job in the pool office at a country club. I was alone and couldn't make out the images gateley Aug 2012 #39
Not born yet. :( But Neil Armstrong, and everyone at NASA who worked on Apollo, are true heroes. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #41
Agree. It was a huge undertaking, involving hundreds of people in an array of fields. pinto Aug 2012 #51
still dont think outsideworld Aug 2012 #43
really? Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #48
I was waiting for that one. HubertHeaver Aug 2012 #49
Please, don't start here, now. Please. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #58
And the president was born in Kenya, right? Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #65
There's a special forum on DU for you flat earthers, IIRC. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #71
That's some weapons-grade deliberate ignorance, right there. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #106
Oh for god's sake. Zoeisright Aug 2012 #110
Ditto that. glacierbay Aug 2012 #126
What's the other nine impossible things you believe before breakfast? hobbit709 Aug 2012 #116
Being stupid enough to be an Apollo denier probably counts as six or seven impossibles. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #123
Time for this again... Confusious Aug 2012 #172
Fan of Alex Jones? chknltl Aug 2012 #119
Alex Jones - LOL - even conspiracy theories on steroids does not describe Alex Jones. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #170
Sadly, he pulls in all too many who should be voting for Democrats. chknltl Aug 2012 #180
And on top of that we have Glenn Beck. A real problem is the human psyche for many drifts RKP5637 Aug 2012 #200
Maybe on your planet they didn't, outsideworld pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #124
Time for this again.... Confusious Aug 2012 #173
Really? ...Are you serious? Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #177
Then you're an idiot. nt Codeine Aug 2012 #206
I was 5 years old abolugi Aug 2012 #44
probably getting my diaper changed (nt) Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #46
I was 2. My mom tells me that I watched on TV. underpants Aug 2012 #47
I wasn't born yet Aerows Aug 2012 #50
San Pedro CA, at Ports o'Call madamesilverspurs Aug 2012 #55
I was 8 mos old chloes1 Aug 2012 #56
I was ironing & watching it all on TV. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #60
In the basement of our home, Ms. Toad Aug 2012 #62
I was in the back seat of a 1965 Oldsmobile Cutlass heading west on Interstate 8 slackmaster Aug 2012 #63
In my grandparents' living room in Ft Collins, CO. With the whole family, kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #64
At home with my mom... We are Devo Aug 2012 #68
I did that too jberryhill Aug 2012 #129
I was a few miles away in my house on McDougall and Mullett, FK, watching it on TV MrScorpio Aug 2012 #69
In Italy.. accepting all kinds of undeserved congratulations! annabanana Aug 2012 #70
In my sisters bed room.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #72
I was -3 years old at the time n/t LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #73
9 MFM008 Aug 2012 #78
Welcome to DU! Paul Revere and the Raiders were the Bomb. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #80
Last I heard they were still touring, doing great shows pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #165
Chu Lai, RVN. glacierbay Aug 2012 #81
Thank you for your service, sir. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #84
If you mean my opinion on Mittens glacierbay Aug 2012 #95
Long Binh Post, USARV HQ TahitiNut Aug 2012 #113
Welcome home brother glacierbay Aug 2012 #115
Long Binh Post, USARV Special Troops HQ pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #160
As we discussed, we probably 'knew' each other (on sight, at least). TahitiNut Aug 2012 #217
At school, sitting in an apt. with my roommates. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #82
Definitely one of my favorite astronauts jimlup Aug 2012 #83
Long Binh, Vietnam Crabby Appleton Aug 2012 #85
I was eight... MANative Aug 2012 #86
I was a week away from being born. smokey nj Aug 2012 #87
In a bachelor pad in Sunnyvale, California that I shared with other naval flight officers and pilots FightingIrish Aug 2012 #88
with my dear dad and brothers . Dad was so excited the next day he bought lunasun Aug 2012 #91
I was seven LiberalLoner Aug 2012 #92
I was in studio B cleaning up the Arizona "moon dust".....j/k...RIP our nations hero... lostnote12 Aug 2012 #96
We lived in military housing in Spring Valley, NY WCIL Aug 2012 #98
I watched it in French .... oldhippie Aug 2012 #99
I was 13 yrs old. DearAbby Aug 2012 #100
Hope you kept that puppy. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #103
Nice. Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #145
I was 17 years old and was a cook at a steakhouse. Doc_Technical Aug 2012 #101
I remember Sesame Street but I was a little too young TBF Aug 2012 #102
At the next door neighbors house TrogL Aug 2012 #104
Sitting at the TV control board of RC Aug 2012 #105
I was 8 and I have no memory of it! cpwm17 Aug 2012 #107
Sitting in a TV lounge in a hotel in Paris... regnaD kciN Aug 2012 #108
Watching it in our family room. Zoeisright Aug 2012 #109
Sitting in front of a grainy black and white only TV chknltl Aug 2012 #111
Sitting at my home, watching it on our black and white TV.. LeftishBrit Aug 2012 #112
Nine years old in Columbus, GA auburngrad82 Aug 2012 #117
Watching it on TV. ananda Aug 2012 #121
Sitting in a bar in Colorado Springs, sipping a beer with a friend. 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #122
Home sick with a strep throat. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2012 #127
Probably taking my own space trip on LSD graywarrior Aug 2012 #128
"At 4:18 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969, the landing module landed...." SUNDAY. WinkyDink Aug 2012 #130
I was a "Twinkle in my daddy's eye" AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #133
camp Nellie Huckins flamingdem Aug 2012 #135
I was -11 years old... Earth_First Aug 2012 #136
Working at an interstate gas station in Iowa rurallib Aug 2012 #137
It's my earliest memory... Mad_Dem_X Aug 2012 #139
In front of the tv. LWolf Aug 2012 #140
Probably celebrating one of my sister's 10th birthday Catherine Vincent Aug 2012 #141
An undeveloped sperm in my father's testicles. Alduin Aug 2012 #143
Flipping burgers at a Dog 'n Suds Drive-In NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #144
Sitting in my Girlfriends apartment SteveG Aug 2012 #146
In Marietta Ga with my two oldest children. asjr Aug 2012 #147
My family was stationed in panama..... rppper Aug 2012 #150
On dad's shoulders at the Sport Center in Mexico City nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #153
I found it peculiarly undramatic. kwassa Aug 2012 #154
I had to hear it on the radio Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #155
losing my virginity Gabi Hayes Aug 2012 #157
I would have sworn the TV cut from a Cubs game to the landing but... Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2012 #159
I didnt exist darkangel218 Aug 2012 #161
Sitting in front of the TV liberal N proud Aug 2012 #163
At the Can Tho Army Airfield in South Viet Nam Homer Wells Aug 2012 #164
A 12 year old at summer camp IDemo Aug 2012 #166
In Holly Springs Mississippi for my Grand-dads funeral. Greybnk48 Aug 2012 #167
Watching It On A Zenith Black & White, In Sacramento, With Our Entire Family, On The Couch WillyT Aug 2012 #168
We also had a Zenith black & white TV... rexcat Aug 2012 #174
I Was 14... WillyT Aug 2012 #178
The cool thing about the space program... rexcat Aug 2012 #182
My Old Man Was A Marine B-25 Pilot In The SouthPacific In WWII, And Was A Democrat And Journalist... WillyT Aug 2012 #185
I was stationed at Patrick AFB in Cocoa Beach, FL... rexcat Aug 2012 #187
I Hear Ya... My Dad Got "Sucked" Into Korea... His Words... Thought WWII Would Be The End Of War... WillyT Aug 2012 #191
My draft number in 1971 was 18... rexcat Aug 2012 #193
Nine years old at home with my parents, siblings Brewinblue Aug 2012 #169
My parents were dating. RandySF Aug 2012 #175
lol darkangel218 Aug 2012 #181
10 years old, hotel room, Spokane Washington steve2470 Aug 2012 #183
With a bunch of other beveeheart Aug 2012 #184
In the day room of the enlisted Student Battalion, jdadd Aug 2012 #186
I was 12 years old, sitting in my cousin's living room, eating dinner on a TV tray. KatyaR Aug 2012 #188
this is a great thread, thanks for starting it Kali Aug 2012 #189
+1 CabCurious Aug 2012 #190
I was minus 11 years old. Terra Alta Aug 2012 #192
Yankee Stadium, Bat Day BeyondGeography Aug 2012 #194
working at the factory... madrchsod Aug 2012 #195
My parents were only 21 and newly engaged. Jennicut Aug 2012 #196
breastfeeding arely staircase Aug 2012 #197
I was camping at the time Canuckistanian Aug 2012 #198
Going outside to dig a "shadow" with NOTHING in it. /nt TheMadMonk Aug 2012 #199
I was 17 years old... virgdem Aug 2012 #201
I was a 9 yr old watching on TV at home. rateyes Aug 2012 #202
I was a pre-k kid in New Orleans. Bucky Aug 2012 #203
In Shriners Hospital in Shreveport Courtesy Flush Aug 2012 #204
I was about two months along. Codeine Aug 2012 #205
Summer camp. nt avebury Aug 2012 #208
Illinois State University noel711 Aug 2012 #210
Taking a picture of the television set in our living room Gabby Hayes Aug 2012 #211
One thing I remember is that the Soviet Union Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #219
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