07-12-2016, 11:17 AM
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#61
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Royal Oak
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Challenger in '86 for me for sure. I was 4 going on 5 at the time. Didn't really understand why my mom was watching so intently but I distinctly remember watching the video and seeing the Y shape of the explosion. Stupid faulty O ring...
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07-12-2016, 11:18 AM
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#62
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In Your MCP
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans
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Some good ones in here.
Definitely Mt St Helens for me, as well as the Falklands War. I couldn't figure out why GB was fighting with anyone that far south. It also introduced me to the Hawker Harrier, which I thought was just about the coolest thing on the planet.
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07-12-2016, 11:19 AM
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#63
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The Columbine Shooting. I remember the Gulf War a little bit, same with the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, but Columbine was where I lost that childhood glow, and realized that the world could - and often was - a filthy awful place.
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07-12-2016, 11:20 AM
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#64
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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OJ Simpson getting chased in the white Bronco. I didn't know who OJ Simpson was or understand the significance of the event but I remember that day vividly.
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07-12-2016, 11:22 AM
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#65
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: On your last nerve...:D
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We didn't have a TV until the late 70s, my dad was uber religious and thought they were bad bad bad but eventually caved. So probably the first "big" news I remember hearing about but didn't see play out on TV was Elvis' death. For a very religious guy like my dad, he sure talked about that a lot.
The next one was the Tehran hostage crisis. Followed that very closely. Then Mt St Helens - before we moved to Canada, we lived in a few places affected by the eruption - Slide Creek, Abernathy, Longview, Kalama. So that had some impact on my folks, more than me, but the story had an impact. Oh, and the the Pope John Paul II assassination attempt because it happened on my birthday.
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07-12-2016, 11:26 AM
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#66
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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Munich Olympic hostage taking.
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07-12-2016, 11:31 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
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I didn't know why Nordberg from The Naked Gun was ruining my TV!
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07-12-2016, 11:41 AM
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#68
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Lifetime Suspension
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Gulf War 1.0.
My first hockey memory is Mess lifting the cup in '90 unfortunately.
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07-12-2016, 11:42 AM
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#69
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MissTeeks
I didn't know why Nordberg from The Naked Gun was ruining my TV!
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I dont mean anything by it, but I have no idea what that sentence even means.
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07-12-2016, 11:49 AM
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#70
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Galakanokis
I was working at radio/TV station at the time of Diana's death so it was a pretty big deal. I still remember a group of us sitting around at friends house eating/drinking and two of the TV reporters and one radio guy sprinting off to work once we saw the news on CNN or something.
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My roommate was a reporter at the Sun at the time, and we were having a BBQ party when the news broke. He took off for work right away. I had been thinking about getting back into journalism at the time, and the fact I didn't really give a crap that Diana was dead and didn't see why it needed an 'all hands on deck' level of local coverage proved that it just wasn't the field for me.
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Last edited by CliffFletcher; 07-12-2016 at 11:51 AM.
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07-12-2016, 11:52 AM
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#71
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I dont mean anything by it, but I have no idea what that sentence even means.
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1988 movie, The Naked Gun - Nordberg was played by OJ Simpson.
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07-12-2016, 11:54 AM
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#72
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
1988 movie, The Naked Gun - Nordberg was played by OJ Simpson.
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OJ Simpsons played a guy named 'Nordberg?'
Oh this I have to see.
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07-12-2016, 11:57 AM
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#73
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Not sure
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Apollo moon landing.
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Maybe he hates cowboy boots.
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07-12-2016, 12:03 PM
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#74
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Lethbridge
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Mt St Helens- I remember the ash falling.
Also John Lennon's death. Was playing in one of my dad's trucks and managed to turn the radio on. The dj sounded so sad when he announced that John had been shot, it really stuck with me.
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07-12-2016, 12:04 PM
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#75
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
OJ Simpsons played a guy named 'Nordberg?'
Oh this I have to see.
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he was hilarious!
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07-12-2016, 12:05 PM
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#76
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
OJ Simpsons played a guy named 'Nordberg?'
Oh this I have to see.
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You poor, poor man. Never experienced Leslie Nelson at his Frank Drebin best? You just haven't lived.
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07-12-2016, 12:06 PM
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#77
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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The situation shall be rectified momentarily.
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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07-12-2016, 12:07 PM
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#78
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
My roommate was a reporter at the Sun at the time, and we were having a BBQ party when the news broke. He took off for work right away. I had been thinking about getting back into journalism at the time, and the fact I didn't really give a crap that Diana was dead and didn't see why it needed an 'all hands on deck' level of local coverage proved that it just wasn't the field for me.
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Probably a wise choice. One of the friends is now a reporter at Global in Calgary and seems to be doing ok but she struggled for years after leaving that small town. Not much or a "profession" now in my mind anyways. I was a techy so the news had no real impact on me either. More beer and dogs for this guy!
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07-12-2016, 12:26 PM
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#79
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
The situation shall be rectified momentarily.
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How have you never seen Naked Gun?
Are you a ####ing Communist or something?
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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07-12-2016, 12:32 PM
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#80
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nik-
How have you never seen Naked Gun?
Are you a ####ing Communist or something?
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Unthinkable. Un-Canadian... Simply shocking. 
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