Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Karabiner]

Doesn't Ding-Dell do rectal hydration?

[RED-DOG]

If I have one chewing gum, I have a chewing gum. If I have two, is it two chewing gums?

You have two chewing gums - an upper & a lower.

I lolled a lot. Again.

I'm also trying not to lol at Mrs Red as she sings 'It's All About The Bass' while doing the cleaning.

[booder]

Couldn't find the appropriate thread , so apologies...

The forum clock is still wrong , didn't we have some downtime to fix this ,

or am i imagining things again.

[Knottikay]

I remember the day john Lennon died. I was 7, at home, as I was off school because I was ill. I remember it was the third time I'd heard he had died and was thinking, who the f**** are they talking about? Keeps interrupting my telly. 😡 then my mum came in and she was shocked, gave me a lesson on who he was, then I went back to watching playschool. And all was well in the world again.

Guess it would not mean much to a 7 year old.

For my generation, it was right up there with the deaths of John F Kennedy & Princess Diana, above most others for wow-factor (family excepted). Maybe add Ayrton Senna to the list, just.

Elvis surely must be added to this list? Apart from two family funerals, this was the only time I ever saw my Dad shed a tear in front of the kids. A few will also add Michael Jackson to the list too.......in years to come folk will add him to the 'I remember where I was when......died' list.

[TightEnd]

Couldn't find the appropriate thread , so apologies...

The forum clock is still wrong , didn't we have some downtime to fix this ,

or am i imagining things again.

no we didn't have any downtime for it, it remains unfixed

[celtic]

I remember the day john Lennon died. I was 7, at home, as I was off school because I was ill. I remember it was the third time I'd heard he had died and was thinking, who the f**** are they talking about? Keeps interrupting my telly. 😡 then my mum came in and she was shocked, gave me a lesson on who he was, then I went back to watching playschool. And all was well in the world again.

Guess it would not mean much to a 7 year old.

For my generation, it was right up there with the deaths of John F Kennedy & Princess Diana, above most others for wow-factor (family excepted). Maybe add Ayrton Senna to the list, just.

Elvis surely must be added to this list? Apart from two family funerals, this was the only time I ever saw my Dad shed a tear in front of the kids. A few will also add Michael Jackson to the list too.......in years to come folk will add him to the 'I remember where I was when......died' list.

Felt absolutely nothing about the death of Michael Jackson. Think a lot of it was to do with the fact he was the umpteenth celeb to have major coverage of his death on TV. think the others before him are more powerful, because of the rarity.

[TightEnd]

I remember the day john Lennon died. I was 7, at home, as I was off school because I was ill. I remember it was the third time I'd heard he had died and was thinking, who the f**** are they talking about? Keeps interrupting my telly. 😡 then my mum came in and she was shocked, gave me a lesson on who he was, then I went back to watching playschool. And all was well in the world again.

Guess it would not mean much to a 7 year old.

For my generation, it was right up there with the deaths of John F Kennedy & Princess Diana, above most others for wow-factor (family excepted). Maybe add Ayrton Senna to the list, just.

Elvis surely must be added to this list? Apart from two family funerals, this was the only time I ever saw my Dad shed a tear in front of the kids. A few will also add Michael Jackson to the list too.......in years to come folk will add him to the 'I remember where I was when......died' list.

Felt absolutely nothing about the death of Michael Jackson. Think a lot of it was to do with the fact he was the umpteenth celeb to have major coverage of his death on TV. think the others before him are more powerful, because of the rarity.

Princess Diana for me

Woke up on a Sunday morning, switch on the news and there it was

remember where i was, who i was with, what i was wearing the whole lot


Elvis, not so much. JFK not born

Jackson..no, not at all. can't recall it at all in terms of where i was at the immediate moment

[Knottikay]

I remember the day john Lennon died. I was 7, at home, as I was off school because I was ill. I remember it was the third time I'd heard he had died and was thinking, who the f**** are they talking about? Keeps interrupting my telly. 😡 then my mum came in and she was shocked, gave me a lesson on who he was, then I went back to watching playschool. And all was well in the world again.

Guess it would not mean much to a 7 year old.

For my generation, it was right up there with the deaths of John F Kennedy & Princess Diana, above most others for wow-factor (family excepted). Maybe add Ayrton Senna to the list, just.

Elvis surely must be added to this list? Apart from two family funerals, this was the only time I ever saw my Dad shed a tear in front of the kids. A few will also add Michael Jackson to the list too.......in years to come folk will add him to the 'I remember where I was when......died' list.

Felt absolutely nothing about the death of Michael Jackson. Think a lot of it was to do with the fact he was the umpteenth celeb to have major coverage of his death on TV. think the others before him are more powerful, because of the rarity.

Princess Diana for me

Woke up on a Sunday morning, switch on the news and there it was

remember where i was, who i was with, what i was wearing the whole lot


Elvis, not so much. JFK not born

Jackson..no, not at all. can't recall it at all in terms of where i was at the immediate moment

Totally agree with you on Princess Diana. I remember also trying to explain to then g/f it wasnt the Queen Mother who had died while watching the news.
Also, the whole remembering everything about the time, is also very valid for 911 for most folks too I would imagine.

I only recall the Jackson news because I was at a live band gig in a pub, and they stopped their set to announce it!


Turning a bit morbid now all this talk.....so....

MERRY XMAS EVERYONE!!! 

[RED-DOG]

Micheal Jackson and my dad died on the same day.

[DaveShoelace]

My Dad used to get sick of coming home from work at night and seeing all the lights were on upstairs, but all of us were downstairs. One day something went tits up with the upstairs fuse box and all the lights went out upstairs. To prove a point, he deliberatley didnt fix them and let us wander around in darkness for six months.

I'll never forget the day my Mum said "Princess Diana is dead"

Me "wow, that's a surprise"

Mum "And Dad's fixed the upstairs lights"

Me "Holy shit!!!!! Are you kidding me? Shocker!"


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One that always sticks with me is when they announced Father Ted had died, I loved that guy. The one that will always leave the biggest imprint was 9/11 though.

[maccol]

I think 9/11 must be deeply imprinted in most peoples consciousness as it unfolded live on tv  over the course of a day.

[Kev B]

I remember coming home from the pub and finding my Mum and sister in tears. The radio announcing the King is dead. Radio Luxembourg 208 played Elvis records all night.

Princess Dianna was a massive shock.

Lennon was so sad as he moved to New York because he felt he could live with less hassle than in the UK.

9/11 was like something from a disaster movie as it unfolded.

Strangely though Michael Jackson wasn't such a shock.

[scotty77]

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141209-miracles-of-aviation-history

[MrDickie]

Some Australian friends were living (minding) the ex-Russian Embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens and held a BBQ on the last Sunday of August 1997 as it was a Bank Holiday on the Monday and we didn’t have to go to work.
Cue about 1am and all hell broke loose, helicopters were landing and police cars were everywhere.
We thought Diana must be arriving home so we all watched from the balcony in anticipation of getting a glimpse of the princess.
I was the first up at about 9am, quickly showered and opened the gates so I could get my car out of the drive and police were everywhere.
Completely oblivious I went up to one of them and said “Has something happened”
He stared at me as if I had just arrived from another planet.

[The Wycher]

I was at a house party when Princess Diana went, we had no idea in the morning and were feeling a bit delicate so just wanted to watch Rawhide or the Walton's and feel a bit better, it took us ages to work out what had happened in the state we were in, there were just lots of people in dark suits instead of cowboys!!!!!

I can also remember where I was when the shocking news about Eric Cantona retiring came through (car park in Glastonbury) I had to take a moment to compose myself before driving off. (Much to my Wife's amusement) As a strange co-incidence I was living in Leeds when he was sold to United, and living in Newcastle when they sold Andy Cole to United, could not keep the smile off my face on those days.