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Originally Posted by lazypucker
I remembered the first internet we had at home was through some "free" provider - I think CadVision, and the catch of being free was that there was an giant ad on the browser that's blocking half the screen at all times. Also I think there was a limit of 1 hour connection per day, and everything took forever to load....
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Thanks for the reminder, it was CadVision.
I still remember getting those AOL disks in the mail weekly.
Other historical things.
I was probably too young, but I vividly remember watching Neal Armstrong stepping on the moon.
I remember the Reagan Speech, One of the great speeches of all time "Mr Gorbachev tear down that wall"
I remember sitting in my living room with my girl at the time on Nov 9, 1989 and seeing people dancing on and tearing down the Berlin Wall.
I remember seeing the Space Shuttle Explosion, I was at school studying for the finals in the Library at Scarlett. The Librarian had pushed out a TV so we could watch even though Shuttle launches were rather ordinary. I remember the Library got quieter then usual, and I looked up to see the twin forks from the explosion, and people were crying. I think I failed my final that day.
I was in College in Texas getting ready to go out for a night at the clubs in Downtown Dallas. We decided to take a few seconds to watch Mike Tyson as he destroyed James Buster Douglas. We didn't go out that night, I remember at the end when Tyson got knocked down and was fishing for his mouth guard that we all realized we had seen one of the greatest sports upsets of all time.
I remember seeing the Miracle at Manchester with some friends one of whom was an Oilers fans.
I remember when Mt St Helen's errupted and walking out the next day to pink skys Willow Road in Lake Bonivista.