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Just saw a news flash that astronaut Neil Armstrong who was the first man to step on the moon just died. He was 82...
"It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
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My parents let me stay off school to watch that small step for mankind on TV. I still think it's one of the most memorable events that have happened in my life time. RIP to a true pioneer of space.
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We were talking about this at work, I was amazed how many of the kids that work there had no idea who he was.
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Dunno if it's a false memory, but I'm pretty sure I was kept up to watch the landing live on telly. I was 2 at the time, so as far as I knew, it was an everyday occurrence. Still, it's the first memory I've got Quote:
We were talking about this at work, I was amazed how many of the kids that work there had no idea who he was.
Kids ain't taught sh1t nowadays 
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Yup, my parents rarely let me stay up past my bed time, but the landing was an exception.. they knew it was history in the making and it would be something that I would remember for the rest of my life. They were right.
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The most memorable words of my generation. "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." RIP and Godspeed Neil. We watched it on tv while vacationing at the Sea Oats Motel in Myrtle Beach, SC. I'll never forget it also. I was 13 years old. 
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Must have been too much for him loosing all his Tour de France titles? 
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I found out the guys at work didn't know who he was by making a Trumpet playing joke, when almost no one got it I asked if they knew who he was. For almost all the answer was no!
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Oops,
That's Neil not Lance. Better get my specs checked.
God Speed Neil Armstrong.
I still remember that telecast on the day he walked on the moon. Looking up at the moon tonight I can't believe that was so long ago now.
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I remember clearly watching that first step.
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I gotta admire any of those guys with the stones large enough to ride a 363 foot tall / 160,000,000 horsepower vehicle.
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A truly class act and probably the most significant human of the 20th century
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Another goodbye to an American hero and Icon !!! That grainey picture on our Zenith black & white T.V. will forever be etched in my memory....
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They had set up a TV in the supermarket where I worked as a boxboy at the time Neil guided the L.E.M. onto the lunar surface, and I'll never forget the cheer that arouse from all us employees and the few patrons there as he and Buzz Aldrin touched down.
(...R.I.P. Neil Armstrong)
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Love what the National Review said about the NBC misprint: Quote:
"That’s one small error for a writer, one giant error for an entire news organization."
Cheers,
Brad
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Quote:
Astronaut Neil Young, First Man to Walk on the Moon.
Well, we know what the online news room listens to while they're token. 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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A true reluctant American Hero. RIP Col. Armstrong.
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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