[Vision2020] Where were you . . .

Mon Nov 18 10:18:11 PST 2013

You may wish to check your math, Donovan.

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Donovan Arnold <
donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> You remember only a tiny bit. Because there were dozens of attacks on 911,
> outside the US too. JFK died 60 YEARS ago. Most of us were not even alive,
> and if so, were to young to remember. Pick a topic we can all relate too.
> Unless new information is released, JFK, might as well be Garfield's
> assassination.
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> * From: * Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>;
> * To: * Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>; Donovan Arnold <
> donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>;
> * Cc: * vision2020 at moscow com <vision2020 at moscow.com>;
> * Subject: * Re: [Vision2020] Where were you . . .
> * Sent: * Mon, Nov 18, 2013 5:25:10 PM
>
>   Where I was is a theological question I'm not equipped to answer.
>
> Paul
>
>
>   On Monday, November 18, 2013 8:56 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> wrote:
>  I have absolutely no problem remembering when and where I was at the
> time of important events.
>
> September 11, 2001 - I was installing mofifications on a
> utilities-tracking database at UI Facilities (Office of Utilities and
> Engineering).  I had just stepped outside for a smoking break, joking
> around with Mike Holthaus (the Facilities water utilities guru), when a
> news-flash was broadcast from a radio in the HVAC shop (they always had a
> local radio station on their shop radio) announcing that a commercial jet
> had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York.
>
> The primary purpose for my starting this thread was to develop a topic
> that (hopefully) might serve to unite us V-Peeps in discussion, and
> possibly share some experiences, NOT to provide a platform to question
> peoples' memories.
>
> I was hoping that the Viz might be open to discussing John F. Kennedy, the
> impact of his presidency, and the loss (still felt by the USA) resulting
> from his death . . . realizing that November 22, 2013 (Friday) marks fifty
> years since his assassination.
>
> I realize now thT I was expecting too much from this listserve.
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
>
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> People remember things differently because we are all different. The brain
> remembers thoughts and feelings too. Usually, when we experience a major
> event we cannot realize what is happening until afterward. So what we
> remember are our thoughts and feelings at the time, not always the actual
> events. When events on 911 occured nobody knew what was happening at that
> moment. Many people still only remember their thoughts and feelings about
> the planes crashing into the WTC, nothing else that happened that day and
> other tragic events.
> Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
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> * From: * Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>;
> * To: * 'Chasuk' <chasuk at gmail.com>; 'Tom Hansen' <thansen at moscow.com>;
> * Cc: * 'Vision2020' <vision2020 at moscow.com>;
> * Subject: * Re: [Vision2020] Where were you . . .
> * Sent: * Mon, Nov 18, 2013 9:14:00 AM
>
> While I agree that human memory is flawed, I don’t know that I agree with
> your sweeping generalization about the inaccuracy of human memory.
>
> I was in OKC & was about five weeks shy of my third birthday.  I was at
> home with my mother, who was watching her soaps while ironing.  She’d just
> gotten her bag of sprinkled clothes out of the fridge when the tragedy hit
> the air.  I had absolutely no understanding of the actual event, but my
> mother’s reaction is something I clearly recall – it was the first time I
> ever saw her cry – even if I didn’t understand The Bigger Picture.
>
>
> *From:* vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [
> mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Chasuk
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:47 PM
> *To:* Tom Hansen
> *Cc:* Vision2020
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Where were you . . .
>
> I was also in California,  five days before my 3rd birthday. I don't
> remember the assassination, but I do remember the countless stories from my
> chrono-peers who all thought that they did. It was my first lesson on the
> inaccuracy of human memory.
> On Nov 18, 2013 12:29 PM, "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> . . . on November 22, 1963?
>
> I was in the 7th grade at Robert Fulton Junior High School in Van Nuys,
> California.
>
> The news of Kennedy's assassination was received at about 11:00 AM.  Some
> of the teachers were visibly shaken by the news.  The school closed down
> for the day at noon.
>
> Do you remember where you were when . . .
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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