july302001
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Fri May-04-07 11:25 PM
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Six years old. I don't remember anything except my mom being depressed or angry about something on the news.
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| -Today is May 4th. Where were you that day in 1970? |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 01:00 AM |
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I was a senior in high school and I thought |
Kool Kitty |
May-04-07 01:11 AM |
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same here |
ashling |
May-04-07 04:13 AM |
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I was 23, living on a hill in San Francisco |
Blue_In_AK |
May-04-07 01:13 AM |
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I was also 23 |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 01:18 AM |
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I'm glad you survived, Elwood |
Blue_In_AK |
May-04-07 01:30 AM |
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I lost friends over there. |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 01:54 AM |
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At least you got to stay stateside. |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 11:01 AM |
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I was... |
bookman |
May-04-07 01:13 AM |
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Working, ignoring my birthday and worrying about my troubled marriage. |
EST |
May-04-07 01:18 AM |
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happy birthday to you |
madokie |
May-04-07 03:04 AM |
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Thank you! |
EST |
May-04-07 08:48 AM |
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Happy Birthday EST! |
Sequoia |
May-04-07 10:56 AM |
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Thankee, thankee! |
EST |
May-04-07 04:20 PM |
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But what if the water is frozen. A hole will stay. |
Sequoia |
May-04-07 06:48 PM |
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Heehee! |
EST |
May-04-07 11:16 PM |
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It's after midnight |
Madspirit |
May-05-07 12:29 AM |
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I was in high school and was furious and sad when I heard the news. |
saracat |
May-04-07 01:19 AM |
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cannot remember anything about that date |
hfojvt |
May-04-07 01:24 AM |
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High School - Skokie, Illinois |
KharmaTrain |
May-04-07 01:30 AM |
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High School - Watseka, Illinois |
stanwyck |
May-04-07 02:46 PM |
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Watseka, Illinois?? My ex in-laws |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 03:01 PM |
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I was two. I remember being VERY PROUD of the fact that I knew what year it was |
Veganistan |
May-04-07 01:32 AM |
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In first grade |
devilgrrl |
May-04-07 01:36 AM |
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College---Penn State. Week 7 of 10-wk Spring Term; many classes stopped. |
WinkyDink |
May-04-07 01:36 AM |
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I was right there in State College, PA, with ya', WinkyDink, only I was at S.C. Junior High ... |
gauguin57 |
May-04-07 08:51 AM |
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It was a time, wasn't it?? And the football wasn't bad, either! ;) |
WinkyDink |
May-04-07 09:03 PM |
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in high school aghast that my country had fallen so low |
AZDemDist6 |
May-04-07 01:37 AM |
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I was 5 years old...and I knew about . n/t |
pepperbear |
May-04-07 01:39 AM |
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I was two... |
Wheezy |
May-04-07 02:06 AM |
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In college. |
Golden Raisin |
May-04-07 02:14 AM |
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Living in Berkeley and going to Grad school |
FloridaJudy |
May-04-07 02:19 AM |
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You know, from my hillside in San Francisco |
Blue_In_AK |
May-04-07 09:48 AM |
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They used to report "X many casualties in Viet Nam, X many |
sfexpat2000 |
May-04-07 10:35 AM |
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In college in Los Angeles but |
Raine |
May-04-07 02:20 AM |
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I was in 6th grade. |
Nicole |
May-04-07 02:36 AM |
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6th grade here too |
radfringe |
May-04-07 04:48 AM |
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I was 75 days old. |
MrSlayer |
May-04-07 02:41 AM |
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Second On The Crib Thing. |
jayfish |
May-04-07 08:00 AM |
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1-1/2 months old |
riverdale |
May-05-07 12:06 AM |
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Vietnam |
madokie |
May-04-07 03:02 AM |
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Glad you made it back |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 10:48 AM |
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;-) thanks |
madokie |
May-04-07 02:54 PM |
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Seoul, Korea. |
Lasher |
May-04-07 04:02 AM |
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My brother was drafted to Vietnam but then his orders changed to |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 10:56 AM |
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Unborn nt |
arcos |
May-04-07 04:53 AM |
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Ditto... 9 years too soon for me. n/t |
Zing Zing Zingbah |
May-05-07 06:22 AM |
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I was 11 months old |
kdmorris |
May-04-07 05:01 AM |
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An eighth-grader In a small town about 50 miles south of Kent... |
mama |
May-04-07 05:25 AM |
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I was a newlywed, living in Indiana..Totally disconnected from |
SoCalDem |
May-04-07 05:28 AM |
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Just got back from a 6 month Med cruise and in our homeport at |
B Calm |
May-04-07 05:32 AM |
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Senior at Texas Tech |
TheCentepedeShoes |
May-04-07 06:35 AM |
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I was in 10th grade and it was my final tipping point into radicalism |
denidem |
May-04-07 06:42 AM |
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Learning to be a corpsman at Great Lakes |
GreatCaesarsGhost |
May-04-07 06:48 AM |
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I was a senior in High School in a small town about 100 miles |
Trailrider1951 |
May-04-07 06:56 AM |
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I Was Twelve |
RobinA |
May-04-07 07:36 AM |
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That is exactly how I remember it. The country was a crazy place, and this was just more craziness. |
Gormy Cuss |
May-04-07 09:20 AM |
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I was about to flunk out of college. |
rug |
May-04-07 07:43 AM |
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I was nonexistent. |
Connie_Corleone |
May-04-07 07:44 AM |
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Fort Carson Colorado |
Hubert Flottz |
May-04-07 07:53 AM |
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A day before my first wedding..... |
a kennedy |
May-04-07 07:55 AM |
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high school senior, already |
laruemtt |
May-04-07 07:57 AM |
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May 4th, 1970 |
Thothmes |
May-04-07 08:00 AM |
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High school freshman in Dallas, TX |
subliminable |
May-04-07 08:21 AM |
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I caught hell over that CSN&Y song... |
Catshrink |
May-04-07 08:23 AM |
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Nobody's gonna buy that "little angel" bit. |
EST |
May-04-07 09:04 AM |
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In my Momma's belly. |
Dawgs |
May-04-07 08:31 AM |
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Just over 8 months old. |
HughBeaumont |
May-04-07 08:35 AM |
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Put a candle in the window, 'cause I feel I've got to move. |
Swamp Rat |
May-04-07 08:43 AM |
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Quantico, Va |
Catchawave |
May-04-07 08:43 AM |
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About 9 years from being born... |
ncrainbowgrrl |
May-04-07 08:44 AM |
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Probably either playing with my mom or taking a nap |
Morrisons Ghost |
May-04-07 08:58 AM |
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I was 14, finishing my freshman year in high school in Indianapolis. |
Longhorn |
May-04-07 09:00 AM |
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I was born and raised in IN.....on this date in history I was |
snappyturtle |
May-04-07 11:04 AM |
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I was at IU in 1970 |
karynnj |
May-04-07 11:56 PM |
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I was in 2nd grade |
supernova |
May-04-07 09:06 AM |
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Second Grade, also. Betty Thigpen was my teacher. I remember My Lai quite well, |
nealmhughes |
May-04-07 09:19 AM |
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Toddling |
Lilith Velkor |
May-04-07 09:12 AM |
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I was either JUST conceived.... |
danagsk8 |
May-04-07 09:22 AM |
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I was 10 years old and frightened that our soldiers would shot |
merh |
May-04-07 09:51 AM |
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Mrs. Keating's bizarro 5th grade classroom |
HamdenRice |
May-04-07 10:08 AM |
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Six months back from Viet Nam, homeless, staying with fraternity brother, getting counseling, ... |
TahitiNut |
May-04-07 10:10 AM |
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Yup....it was a 'tragic irony'! |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 10:51 AM |
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Probably shitting in my diapers |
shadowknows69 |
May-04-07 10:18 AM |
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I was in second grade. I remember coming home from school that day |
Javaman |
May-04-07 10:27 AM |
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Working a phone tree |
SteveG |
May-04-07 10:33 AM |
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Just finishing freshman year at UW Madison |
mariema |
May-04-07 10:33 AM |
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I wouldn't be born until 8 years later |
wicket |
May-04-07 10:35 AM |
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In college in L.A. It was the day that the last shred of my "patriotism" died. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
May-04-07 10:37 AM |
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a fetus. n/t |
rucky |
May-04-07 10:38 AM |
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I was a junior in HS and 700 + of us walked out in moratorium. |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 10:44 AM |
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It's important to remember that the 'Student Strikes' were also precipitated by changes ... |
TahitiNut |
May-04-07 11:06 AM |
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Oh, I know it was 'panic time'! |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 11:17 AM |
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The number of draftees by year ... |
TahitiNut |
May-04-07 11:27 AM |
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Thanks. 50, 000 in 1972...still a lot!! |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 11:32 AM |
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My cousin went in '68 |
Blue_In_AK |
May-04-07 02:18 PM |
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By 1972 NO deferments were issued |
BrotherBuzz |
May-04-07 11:57 AM |
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Inducted in March 1968, I was one of the last pre-lottery draftees. |
TahitiNut |
May-04-07 12:01 PM |
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I had a student deferment from 65-69 |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 12:11 PM |
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I'd guess at least 15,000 fewer dead. A far shorter Wall. |
TahitiNut |
May-04-07 01:38 PM |
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I never met a son of a single rich person |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 01:55 PM |
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Yep. My parent(s) were high school grads - blue collar and clerical. |
TahitiNut |
May-04-07 02:43 PM |
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The smartest people I met in the Army were draftees. |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 07:31 PM |
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Yup! My ex was on the Dean's list and got drafted. No questions asked! |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 12:47 PM |
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I believe I was on the Dean's 'other' list |
BrotherBuzz |
May-04-07 01:35 PM |
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You mean "the shit list"??? |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 01:49 PM |
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Freshman in high school |
bikebloke |
May-04-07 10:51 AM |
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I was 16 days old. Don't remember much. |
grace0418 |
May-04-07 10:53 AM |
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not even thought of |
mikelgb |
May-04-07 10:57 AM |
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Elwood P Dowd? Where were you?? |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 10:58 AM |
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I was driving to Atlanta for a Braves-Pirates baseball game |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 11:09 AM |
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Amazing diary on Kos if you haven't seen it. |
Oreo |
May-04-07 10:59 AM |
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I was a senior at Burbank High School |
Jack Rabbit |
May-04-07 11:01 AM |
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Just barely here. |
Clark2008 |
May-04-07 11:11 AM |
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First grade |
rox63 |
May-04-07 11:18 AM |
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I was working for a law firm on Madison Ave. in NYC as a receptionist. |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
May-04-07 11:21 AM |
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Unfortunately, not in this earthly incarnation. |
lildreamer316 |
May-04-07 11:22 AM |
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in my mother's belly! |
Marrah_G |
May-04-07 11:59 AM |
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Hmmm... |
tlsmith1963 |
May-04-07 12:01 PM |
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I was 8 years old and lving about 68 miles away from Kent n/t |
48percenter |
May-04-07 12:19 PM |
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I was not quite 2 years old, living in Warsaw, Indiana |
jeffrey_X |
May-04-07 12:21 PM |
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This song always gives Mr. kt and I chills. |
Kerrytravelers |
May-04-07 01:40 PM |
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I was not even a twinkle in my parents eyes... |
deepthought42 |
May-04-07 02:39 PM |
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in a high school class |
musette_sf |
May-04-07 02:42 PM |
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I was in the tenth grade. |
Perragrande |
May-04-07 02:57 PM |
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Somewhere in the Cosmic Fugue.... |
PreacherCasey |
May-04-07 02:59 PM |
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In the fifth grade |
treestar |
May-04-07 03:00 PM |
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crying my eyes out in Oregon as I was a senior in school and |
roguevalley |
May-04-07 03:10 PM |
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I was 4 years old. |
Dulcinea |
May-04-07 03:12 PM |
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Cambodia |
unhappycamper |
May-04-07 04:14 PM |
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Fourth Grade. Our Teacher told us what it was all about. n /t |
cherokeeprogressive |
May-04-07 04:18 PM |
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In my momma and daddy's arms |
WakeMeUp |
May-04-07 04:19 PM |
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I was a school kid. Kent State utterly destroyed my ability to believe the standard myths |
struggle4progress |
May-04-07 06:30 PM |
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I was 2 1/2. Because of Young's song, I feel like I remember the event. |
Iris |
May-04-07 07:29 PM |
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In Kindergarten, waiting for summer and my 6th birthday. I knew |
indie_voter |
May-04-07 07:35 PM |
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In my crib |
Gelliebeans |
May-04-07 07:36 PM |
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I was on a field at Kent State |
Donna Zen |
May-04-07 07:56 PM |
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OMG!! |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 08:01 PM |
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I save my OMG |
Donna Zen |
May-04-07 08:10 PM |
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Well. I have enuf omg's for that |
Breeze54 |
May-04-07 08:52 PM |
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BTW, |
Donna Zen |
May-04-07 07:58 PM |
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I was 16 |
Madspirit |
May-04-07 08:54 PM |
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Something good did happen on one May 4th. |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 09:04 PM |
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10 years old. Had just arrived in America 6 days ago..scared shit |
burythehatchet |
May-04-07 11:22 PM |
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In kindergarten |
july302001 |
May-04-07 11:25 PM |
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Hixson ,TN |
ZombyWoof |
May-04-07 11:27 PM |
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I was one day shy of my 10th birthday |
Throckmorton |
May-04-07 11:29 PM |
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13 yo and in the eighth grade |
MN ChimpH8R |
May-04-07 11:35 PM |
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The government killed some of my friends in 'Nam, |
Elwood P Dowd |
May-04-07 11:47 PM |
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About to graduate from 10th grade. Those people died for me. |
XOKCowboy |
May-05-07 12:21 AM |
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I just remembered...to k & r...n/t |
Madspirit |
May-05-07 12:28 AM |
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6th grade |
kineneb |
May-05-07 02:30 AM |
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I was a 9 month old poop machine, |
nookiemonster |
May-05-07 02:52 AM |
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I was a junior in college. |
murielm99 |
May-05-07 04:03 AM |
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Kontum Province, Viet Nam |
ThomWV |
May-05-07 06:41 AM |
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Correction! Cambodia .... |
ThomWV |
May-05-07 06:45 AM |
#154 |
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