Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[StarWarsGirl]

Have you ever gone and read the "live" chit chat from 9-11 as it unfolded on this site?

If not, you should take the time one day.

Yup. I read it last year when the thread got bumped. Pretty much all I can do is listen to accounts and read about what happened since I have basically no recollection of the day at all. A lot of my friends my age remember it. Some had relatives up there that they were concerned about. My bff's aunt was, at the time, living in New York, so she remembers the panic when they were trying to find out if she was okay. But none of us understand it quite as those older than us do.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Yeah, it's a little weird to think about now. I hardly remember anything about 9-11 since I was only six at the time. My mom was so drugged out that she doesn't even remember it (she had a rough time with my brother). She said it was like a dream. So she wasn't in a position to explain it to me, my dad of course did not explain it, and basically all I remember is that I got out of school early that day. Took years before I realized the magnitude of what had happened.

I had the unique pleasure of experiencing the Polio Scare, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War complete with fallout shelters, the Kennedy Assassination, Watergate, Kent State, the Vietnam war (as a participant), the assassination of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the attempt on Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan and The Pope and, among other things, 9/11. (also the Ford Pinto)

When I think back on that stuff I am more able to understand why I am dead on the inside. I've been bullet proofed. I no longer get shocked about anything that happens in this world. Someone tells me about something and I generally just shrug my shoulders and think, so, what's new! The sad thing is that no matter how much we try and kid ourselves about how the past was a better time, it really wasn't. I lived on the South Gate of a Major SAC Air Force Base that housed B52's fully armed with nuclear weapons. We didn't bother with all the "duck and cover" stuff because if we had a Nuclear War at that point all we would have been is powder anyway, and it was a real threat. I don't remember my childhood as being all that calm and peaceful.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

It hurts me to the core to discuss the events with my kids. The discuss it in school on a very general level. I hate seeing them learn that the world is not all sunshine, puppies and rainbows like when they were little.

You lived through it. Don't be afraid to share it with them. Someday they will really appreciate the perspective.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

I had the unique pleasure of experiencing the Polio Scare, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War complete with fallout shelters, the Kennedy Assassination, Watergate, Kent State, the Vietnam war (as a participant), the assassination of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the attempt on Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan and The Pope and, among other things, 9/11. (also the Ford Pinto)

When I think back on that stuff I am more able to understand why I am dead on the inside. I've been bullet proofed. I no longer get shocked about anything that happens in this world. Someone tells me about something and I generally just shrug my shoulders and think, so, what's new! The sad thing is that no matter how much we try and kid ourselves about how the past was a better time, it really wasn't. I lived on the South Gate of a Major SAC Air Force Base that housed B52's fully armed with nuclear weapons. We didn't bother with all the "duck and cover" stuff because if we had a Nuclear War at that point all we would have been is powder anyway, and it was a real threat. I don't remember my childhood as being all that calm and peaceful.

Wow, you really ARE old

Kidding. Kinda. But thats a hell of a lot to live through. I can totally understand "dead inside" because i feel that way a lot. But i do still have my soft spots, and that's what i hold onto.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

She will learn about it in history class and will be as disassociated with it as you were learning about Vietnam and the World Wars.

^^unfortunately true

 

[Gabe1]

So, changing the topic ....

Two days ago, it was 32 degrees (just under 90); the hottest day of the summer.
Yesterday, back down to a high of 23 (73).
And today, we MIGHT reach a high of 21 (<70).
Personally, I think we were owed a much better summer, considering the winter we endured.

This has been an odd summer. 90 a few days, low 70s the rest of the week and repeat.
No rain, flooding rains and repeat.
It better be a fantastic fall or I'm going to write a letter and complain!

I only had the shotgun one (4 spikes) once.. they were the most painful of them all.
and trust me.. when you have cancer.. you get perforated everywhere, everyweek for a loong time XD

I had the shotgun once. A flu shot. I thought I'd pee my panties. I got a bruise the size of a little league ball.

 

[Andrew C]

Every senior class in high school had a class song. It was usually fun and trendy and fit with the times. Ours was America the Beautiful. It was fitting.

 

[Gabe1]

You're a shoe, you're a shoe, you're a shoe
What if I don't want to be a shoe, what if I want to be a purse?
or a hat?

 

[NYwdwfan]

I had the unique pleasure of experiencing the Polio Scare, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War complete with fallout shelters, the Kennedy Assassination, Watergate, Kent State, the Vietnam war (as a participant), the assassination of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the attempt on Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan and The Pope and, among other things, 9/11. (also the Ford Pinto)

When I think back on that stuff I am more able to understand why I am dead on the inside. I've been bullet proofed. I no longer get shocked about anything that happens in this world. Someone tells me about something and I generally just shrug my shoulders and think, so, what's new! The sad thing is that no matter how much we try and kid ourselves about how the past was a better time, it really wasn't. I lived on the South Gate of a Major SAC Air Force Base that housed B52's fully armed with nuclear weapons. We didn't bother with all the "duck and cover" stuff because if we had a Nuclear War at that point all we would have been is powder anyway, and it was a real threat. I don't remember my childhood as being all that calm and peaceful.

I feel like if we got a cup of coffee, I could listen to you talk for hours. And I mean that as the highest compliment.

 

[unkadug]

You're a shoe, you're a shoe, you're a shoe
What if I don't want to be a shoe, what if I want to be a purse?
or a hat?

??

 

[Goofyernmost]

You're a shoe, you're a shoe, you're a shoe
What if I don't want to be a shoe, what if I want to be a purse?
or a hat?

Calm down, Rachel.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I feel like if we got a cup of coffee, I could listen to you talk for hours. And I mean that as the highest compliment.

Thank you, but, trust me, it better be caffeinated coffee otherwise you will fall asleep within the first 10 minutes.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

This has been an odd summer. 90 a few days, low 70s the rest of the week and repeat.
No rain, flooding rains and repeat.
It better be a fantastic fall or I'm going to write a letter and complain!

It's going to be hotter on Labor Day than July 4. Odd Summer indeed.

I had the shotgun once. A flu shot. I thought I'd pee my panties. I got a bruise the size of a little league ball.

Once again, I am lost. Explain please?

 

[unkadug]

Calm down, Rachel.

Oh...I totally missed that reference

 

[acishere]

I wasnt reading this forum at the time, but i was in my world history class in high school when the second tower fell.

Ill never forget, right before that class and before i knew what was going on, sitting in my english class, day dreaming out the window, and wondering why the skies were so clear of planes.

Im about 35 minutes from pittsburgh international airport...which is mere minutes by air...and 60 minutes from somerset, where the one plane crashed. A handful more minutes and it could have hit my city.

I went home after my world history class that day. I learned enough.

We got no announcement at my school. I think one teacher must have said something because it was like this bizarre rumor the whole day. It just didn't sound like something real. Then I got on the school bus and the driver said something about going home and telling your family you love them.

Never got actual confirmation until I saw my mom at the bus stop sobbing, instead of being at work.

 

[donaldtoo]

And it's the drizzle rain right? Not the theatrical rain you get with thunderstorms and lightening. When my exhusband, who is from Washington state, moved here he was excited with our thunderstorms. That should have been my first clue.

I actually like a lot of our thunderstorms down here. Not the hailing, heavy winded, tornadic kind, obviously, but, those slow, steady, soakers late at night, with the lightning flashing and the thunder rolling are just so comforting to me.

 

[NYwdwfan]

You lived through it. Don't be afraid to share it with them. Someday they will really appreciate the perspective.

I will - when they're older.

 

[Gabe1]

@JenniferS is back

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Ha! Love those little guys!

 

[NYwdwfan]

We got no announcement at my school. I think one teacher must have said something because it was like this bizarre rumor the whole day. It just didn't sound like something real. Then I got on the school bus and the driver said something about going home and telling your family you love them.

Never got actual confirmation until I saw my mom at the bus stop sobbing, instead of being at work.

I forgot how young you are!!!

 

[Gabe1]

I actually like a lot of our thunderstorms down here. Not the hailing, heavy winded, tornadic kind, obviously, but, those slow, steady, soakers late at night, with the lightning flashing and the thunder rolling are just so comforting to me.

It is all fun and games until the power goes out!