OJ trial verdict: Working, I believe
Princess Diana death: On vacation in NYC
9/11: Working at IBM in Toronto
Canada hockey gold in Vancouver: At home, just me and my preggo wife
Canada hockey gold in SLC: At a pub in Richmond Hill, ON. Face painted like the Canadian flag
Gretzky trade: Working that summer at a golf course north of Toronto. Funnily enough, I ran into Bernie Nicholls that afternoon, who was pretty excited about the news.
Flames eliminating the Canucks in OT, game 7, 2004: Hanging out at my townhouse in Crescent Heights with a buddy. Then we hit the streets.
Challenger explosion: Happened over lunch in Grade 10. Found out in math class right after, when the principal made an announcement
Columbia explosion: On my way to helping a friend move when the radio interrupted normal programming to go to the NASA feed.
1st Iraq Gulf war: The one in the early 90s? No idea. If it was the 2003 invasion, I was in South Africa on vacation.
Live Aid 1985: Working my VCR and watching every single moment
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We may curse our bad luck that it's sounds like its; who's sounds like whose; they're sounds like their (and there); and you're sounds like your. But if we are grown-ups who have been through full-time education, we have no excuse for muddling them up.
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