That's a hard thing. Would it make you feel any better to know that my odds would have been even more terrible?Originally posted by imaplanner
That's a hard thing. Would it make you feel any better to know that my odds would have been even more terrible?
"...I would never try to tick Hink off. He kinda intimidates me. He's quite butch, you know." - Maister
I was getting ready to work the 1 pm to 9 pm shift at a local department store. My brother-in-law and I watched the whole thing live on TV... what a shock. By the time I got to the store, everybody knew about the disaster. I worked near the electronics department, and all the sales associates kept sneaking over to watch the TV coverage.
Why just dandy? I LOVE blueberries, blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins, blueberry yogurt, chocolate-covered dried blueberries...
My friend Dave and I were in his car in the parking lot of a Wendy's in Mandeville, Louisiana when the media was covering the launch came over the radio. Listened to the elation and then the horror.
One of those life moments you never forget.
"I am very good at reading women, but I get into trouble for using the Braille method."
~ Otterpop ~
I was in the 6th grade and we were watching the launch on tv live.
"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" Jeremiah 22:16
Check out this thread from 5 years ago.
http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showt...ght=challenger
Remembering this still sends shivers up my spine...to stand there and watch the vapor trail(s)...it is certainly one of those things you remembering exactly where you were when it happened.
"Whatever beer I'm drinking, is better than the one I'm not." DMLW
What I wrote five years ago:
Still think it the greatest understatement, and agree with NHP later in the thread that the "throttle up" call and reply still send chills.
I have seen
old ships sailing
like swans asleep
CVS sells a chocolate covered fruit and nut mix. It is divine! It includes chocolate covered blueberries. I think I could eat an entire can of that mix. *straps on the feedbag*chocolate-covered dried blueberries...
Same here. I just knew that somethine "big" was happening. I don't even recall thinking 'Wow, people just died'.I was in the 4th grade. I remember watching it in the classroom and not really understanding the gravity of the situation.
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
Where was I, 25 years ago when the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy happened ?
I was not in school, living & working in Breckenridge, CO.
That specific moment I amto say I don't remember what I was doing
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
85% dark chocolate is too bitter for me. I'm more of a 65 - 75% dark chocolate girl.
Yuuuuummm ... chocolate!
"Whatever beer I'm drinking, is better than the one I'm not." DMLW
I think that should be your dominant paradigm. That is, the way in which you principally view yourself and your role in society/world/universe.
Advisor: "Mr. President, preliminary polling data concerning the new policies on health care reform suggest the new initiatives enjoy wide support among families earning less than $30,000 a year."
President: "Before we introduce phase II initiatives, let's see what numbers are on 65 -75% dark chocolate girls...."
Speaking of chocolate...
World’s supply of sustainable cocoa could run out by 2014 - from the UK Daily Mail.
Sounds like a name for a song.
dark chocolate girl
dark chocolate girl
I bring you ice cream and you frown
caramel makes you down
only one thing can bring a smile to the face of
my dark chocolate girl
Children in the back seat can cause accidents - and vice versa.
I have named her Pu`eo, which is an endemic Hawaiian white owl.Scoot scoot scoot....
Scoot scoot scoot scoot
Her partner's name is Kaio`e, which is the Hawaiian Lizard God.
Slow ride. Take it easy. Slow ride. Sleazy.
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams
For some reason, I started to think about Brown Sugar...
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
I have fallen in love with dark chocolate. 85% and higher cocoa content is really good with red wine. *smacks lips* Mmmmmmm.
Too bad we don't have either of those in the house right now. Our wine fridge is almost empty!
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Take photos on a National Recreational Trail and enter this year's contest.
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
Sorry to hear about the illness of your friend's son Veloise. That's so heartbreaking...especially when it happens to a child.
As for the Challenger, it happened a year before I was born.
I remember the Columbia diaster though, which happened about 8 years ago, on February 1, 2003. It was the weekend and I didn't do hardly anything at all except watch the news coverage of that event. Even when I had to go somewhere, me and my mom listened to it on the radio in the car, and we never listen to news radio. The Columbia disaster began a series of bad things to happen that month...the E2 nightclub stampede, the President's Day blizzard, and then the Station nightclub fire. The Iraq War followed in the next month. Crazy times.
"Life's a journey, not a destination"
-Steven Tyler
Yesterday, I was at a coffeehouse that I regularly frequent. A geeky couple walk through the door; both big and doughy, with the man wearing a fedora and speaking in a deviated septum-inflected voice. They sit down on a couch, begin a conversation about anime, and within five minutes they're both going to town. With loud slurping and moaning noises.
Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey
I did a photoshoot today in 38 degree heat. The guys were all in suits and ties. I considered myself lucky in shorts and a singlet top!
"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" Zoolander
What was the Heat Inndex ?
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
It was celsius- so around 100 F
"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" Zoolander
Some people on this board are going to make me loose my hair..and cause me to have some excessive drinking
Brotip #2418 - know when it's time to switch from being "the little engine that could" to the "little engine that said, 'f*ck it'"
