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Re: History in your life

Postby OTTOL » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:52 pm


It made perfect sense to me when I was 5 years old, too!



Yeah, but you spoke Spanish when you were 5.  ::)  ;)
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Re: History in your life

Postby mosquito633 » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:28 am

I was born in 1987
so im just going to say what i vaguely remember.or have heard about

But please feel free to add what i missed.

fall of the berlin wall
1st gulf war
Bill Clinton scandel.
9/11
bombing in barley
colombia crash
war on iraq

and thats bout it i think
but please correct me if im wrong ;)
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Re: History in your life

Postby eno » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:18 am

Well its the big 40 for me next year .... so if we're talking things I can remember then it's probably half the technology we take for granted, almost certainly 1 war for every year of my life, at least one very high profile and controversial death, several breakthroughs in medicine.
The things which stand out and have had a direct effect on me .....

9/11.
Death of Diana Princess of Wales.
Kidney transplants (My Mum has recently had one).
Concorde being withdrawn from service.
The first Gulf war (thought I was going to be called up and remember the first night of it  distinctly).

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Re: History in your life

Postby Flt.Lt.Andrew » Fri Oct 29, 2004 2:57 am

For me,

1) Gulf War I (happened when I was born!)

2) Mir

3) US presedential election

4)  Gulf War II

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Re: History in your life

Postby Saitek » Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:21 am

For me there are two separate issues.
What I remember and what has happened.
Born 14 June 1987. What has happened has already been said.

The events that really stand out to me are more local. I also exclude all recent events - i.e from 9/11 onwards:


Princess Diana - that had a real affect on me.
Our first Microsoft Windows computer - a 95. :D It even had one of 'em new fangled cd-rom drives and a mouse! :o lol!

Bosnia/kosova - I remember talk about the stuff at the time.

Most of the stuff though would be things like our election of Tony Blair :-/ :-X :-/ :-X :-/ :-X - no more needs to be said there and things like pileups, road crashes, horrible news items :-/ and just ones own experiences. Being only 17 I've on;y just woken up to reality in life - I'm taking in now whats going on. ::)

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Re: History in your life

Postby ATI_7500 » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:53 am

A lot of things happened during my life. Just look for everything past April 24th,1986.
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Re: History in your life

Postby FLYING_TRUCKER » Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:53 pm

December 31st 1999 16:00HRs.

I removed the last uniform and burned it that I will ever have to wear :)
Don't get me wrong I had an excellent military and commercial career and never once regretted it :)

But as of  that date I now:
-get up when I want
-eat and drink when I want
-shave when I want
-fly when I want
AND:
All of the above are subject to the approval of the old girl depending on what she wants ;DLOL

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
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