Posted on 07/19/2004 10:08:32 PM PDT by Billie
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Thirty-five years ago today, Neil Armstrong uttered those
words as he stepped off the Eagle and onto the moon.
Darn! I did it again! Left off the topper. :(
That's today????
35 years????
Yikes!!!
On another topic, today is my sixth year anniversary at FR. I *knew* you all would want to know!
It so happened we left the service on 1 July1969 and went to Titusville, Florida to visit my husband's brother and family. Jack worked at The Cape, and urged us to stay to see the flight lift off.
We positioned ourselves right across the Indian River from the Cape, and it was incredible to see and *hear* the launch, reverberating with incredible intensity!
Believe dansangel was there, too, and some other Finest Folk, I seem to remember...
When I lived in Melbourne (same county as Cape Canaveral) from 1957 to 1961, I saw many of the early space and manned flights go skyward.
Happy Anniversary, Howlin!
Wasn't it a wonderful and exciting time in those
Whitewater Years here?!!
I lurked from the fall of 1997, and registered in April 1998.
Back then, a Reply stayed on the front page for hours,
crawling slowly down to the bottom.
(I miss North Carolina..:>(
I remember it like it was yesterday. What an exhilarating moment! I was 12 at the time. The Dish is a cute movie set in the tracking station that brought the pics of the event to us. I recommend it. It was released in 2000.
Gag me with a spoon...they made me sit by Hillary
Why is something this atrocious happening happening to me
In other words...go away...in other words...what a bad day
All the brass has warned us that we've got to treat her nice
Otherwise they're gonna make us clean the grease trap twice
In others words...go away...in others...what a day
(musical break - you can advance to 1:44)
Gag me with a spoon...it's really more that I can take
Unlike any Muslim torture...this could make be break
In other words...go away...in other words...what a bad day
We don't want her here...it should be evident to all
We don't shirk from duty, but it's way beyond the call
In others words...go away...in others...what a day
Wow Billie, This is a great thread! Can you imagine this - My great grandmother was born right after the War of Norther Aggression and passed away approximately 7 years before Sputnik?
From horse and buggy to train to car to plane to the moon!
Happy 6th Linda.
Took my son to the Cape when he was 12 or 13. Neither of us wanted to leave! They didn't have any flights scheduled for the time we were there but they were moving the rockets to the launch pad. The machine the were using was enormous and they could only move about 3 miles per hour.
One night on the newscast the weatherman made mention of the fact that if people would watch the sky at a certain that night they would be able to see a lift off from the Cape. Sho' nuff we did. Awesome, really awesome.
I cracked up when I read the following - I think y'all will also when you see who is quoted. It is from the December 1996 issue of FR.
"The Case for Character
By Mark F. (Thor) Hearne, II
"Bill Clinton would rather climb a tree to tell a lie than stand on the ground to tell the truth." So said an Arkansas official familiar with Clinton on CNN during the 1992 presidential campaign. Democratic Senator Bob Kerry has said, "Clinton is an unusually good liar. Unusually good. Do you realize that?" Senator Kerry did not make this observation during the heat of a primary battle but this past January in Esquire Magazine. Kerry is not only a Democratic Senator, but is also a leader of his party and Chairman of the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee. Senator Kerry knows whereof he speaks.
Thanks for the link.
Ya still got it Doug!
Cool wings, Flyboy!
Read: Romans 5:6-11
We love Him because He first loved us. —1 John 4:19
Bible In One Year: Psalms 26-28; Acts 22
It's not easy to understand the depth of God‘s love for us. Because of our pride and fear, we fail to grasp how undeserving we are and how free His love is.
At times I struggle with pride, so I tend to believe that I have earned any love I receive. Pride tells me that I am loved only when I am lovable, respectable, and worthy.
At other times I feel the tug of fear. Deep down inside, I know that I don‘t deserve the love I get. My motives are never pure, and I fear I will be rejected if they are exposed. So even while I am basking in acceptance, I live with the fear of being unmasked, revealing that I am much less than what others think me to be.
When I consider my relationship with God, therefore, I tend to feel that His affection for me is based on my performance. When I do well, He loves me; but if I foul up, then I expect only His scorn.
Yet God does not love us because we deserve it. He loves us in spite of what we are. In 1 John 4:10 we read,“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son." Because of what Jesus Christ has done for us, we know we are always loved by God. That simple truth shatters our pride and dispels our fear. —Haddon Robinson
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.