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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:53 PM Original message |
What were you doing when you heard that John Lennon had been shot? |
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madison2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was at home in my apartment |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sweeping the floor. |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh my...how ironically hilarious |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I got to stay home from school the next day, too. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Watching Monday Night Football |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Yup, watching the then-Patsies blow another one in mid-playoff race |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Football. Grew up in a Patriot household |
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NoSunWithoutShadow (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Me too. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Me too. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Ditto, only cause the Pats were playing |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Same Here |
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J-Lo Biafra (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Swimming around my daddy's glands |
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Champ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Me too, born in '86 |
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Frozen Hamster (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 06:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. and me |
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Aiptasia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bob Geldoff should talk.. the boomtown rat whiney-puss |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Lying on the couch (age 18) |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. My cousin was at a Teardrop Explodes gig in Glasgow. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dunno. I was four. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was at work and was shocked when I heard it |
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WMliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. bouncing in my mamma's ovaries |
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bloodyjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. dude, that's gross |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Playing on the stairs at my house. 1st and only time I saw my father cry |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. It was my 18th birthday. |
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buckettgirl (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I was being conceived! n/t |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I Was in The Leprechaun Tavern in Morristown, NJ |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. I was in high school |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. I was almost 12 and in 7th grade |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was getting ready for school (my junior year of high school) |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Watching the Patriots game on MNF in San Diego. |
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BigBigBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Wasn't it Dallas-Denver? n/t |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. In Chicago, driving a cab on LSD north. |
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sleepyhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I was in Chicago too. |
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DODI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. I wonder if that is where my brother called from. |
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kayleybeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Watching football |
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frictionlessO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. was my first time home alone, came across the tv as a family friend |
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micrometer_50 (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. In a friend's garage |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I was in denial for several days as well. I eventually called one of the |
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micrometer_50 (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 09:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. I saw him only one time |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. I only saw him as a Beatle, that one time in Cincinnati. |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. My drinking was out of control,Reagan was prez-elect,and John is murdered |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. I was at work in my dorm deli - somebody came in and told us |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. I was 10. Since I became truly 'conscious' of The Beatles |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. I was listening to the BBC World Service |
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ZoCrowes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. Was not born yet |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-04 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. I heard it on the news the morning of December 9, 1980. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. I didn't hear until the next morning. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
43. Driving from Chilliwack to POrt Moody |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
44. The next morning... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
46. Getting ready for school in my sister's room |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. I was 17..... |
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NamVetsWeeLass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. WMMS? The Buzzard! They always fought WDVE |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Yep! |
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shesemsmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
48. I was a work |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
49. I was at work |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. On my way to school....seventh grade. I cried. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
52. I was in College and............... |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
53. I didn't hear until the next morning. |
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AFSCME girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
54. I was home from school that day... |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. Over at friends for dinner |
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tsakshaug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
56. I was in the OR |
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scarlet_owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
58. I was in my mother's womb. She was nine months pregnant |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. Driving home from the store |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
60. cleaning my guns... |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
61. at home listening to the radio... |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
62. Studying for Final Exams, UCLA |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
63. I didn't hear about it until the next morning |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. I was five. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
67. cleaning my pistol |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. LOL |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. Watching "Little House on the Prairie." |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-04 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
70. Lennon's been shot???? |
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