Singer Michael Jackson dead at 50

Randy

Super Moderator
#21
1. Challenger exploded (watched it at school with all my classmates)
I was on the ground at Edwards AFB as part of the helicopter medivac assigned during all launches and landings.

2. Re-entry explosion (forgot name of shuttle - was at Walt Disney World wondering why all the flags were at half-mast)
Columbia

3. Iraq War 1 - (at university with very anti-war roommates)
Maybe next time their country will get invaded and we'll see how ani-war they are.

Sorry, but the death of any star doesn't rank with those.
Got to agree with ya there...I hope it ends soon and we can get back to minor issues like Global warming, the economy, N Korea and fixing my 'Vette
 
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Craig H.

#22
Yes, I remember the Challenger. Heard about it on the radio on the way to class. Professor said something about us not being meant to go into space. Two quarters later the idiot got busted for playing around with coeds. Cost accounting class. I had job offers from IRS agents...

Columbia? Going out to the hunting camp and trying to call my brother in Texas. He was in north Texas, and did not see it. Sucked. Those are real heros.

Iraq I? Working a picture puzzle in front of the TV in my parents' house.

Sure, Thriller is one of the best, but, people, our attention is being diverted. MJ's life was backward, to be sure. He got famous early, and had to deal with it later. The business decisions made by him or on his behalf were amazing (Beatles book). But, the media has again been successful at diverting our attention from the really important issues.

I stand by my assessment of MJ's recent antics. I do not deny that he had a big impact on pop, for what that's worth. I do have a problem with the seeming public acceptance of those antics.

There are those who do not like my previous comments. So be it. Even better, prove me wrong. Please.
 

Randy

Super Moderator
#24
Me too. A lot.

For what it's worth, I remember exactly where I was & what I was doing when I heard the news of JFK's assassination - it was the first time I'd ever seen headlines so big.
I was on Okinawa w/my family, I was 12. At the time dad was in a little known and heard of country called South VietNam helping their Air Force create a marksmanship program.

About 2 or 3 in the morning the entire island went on alert (there were over 50,000 US service people stationed there from what I remember)...every siren and alarm on the island went off and planes were launching from both the Kadena and Naha Air force bases. (We were only 300 miles or so from the Chinese coast)

Of course nothing happened other than our Christmas festivities being cancelled at school and around the island.
 

gpainter

Quite Involved in Discussions
#28
Great performer of the late 70's and 80's. No one compares. Offstage, it is hard to seperate fact from fiction and the desire to be in the news. If they are talking about you, chances are you are making money. Regardless of the judgment of the courts or people we all answer in the end to the old man above for our doings.
 
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