From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Sun Nov 01 1998 - 01:13:51 MST
Kathryn Aegis wrote: I would be curious to know whether
anyone sees little trickortreaters dressed as astronauts this year.
no astronauts. plenty of those roswell alien guys with the huge
eyes. long broken sigh. {8-[
> My own first recorded memory is one of standing
> in front of the television, watching the first steps on the moon.
mine too kathryn. the radio transmitters used at the time
were activated by sound, so if the astronauts started to talk,
the first 200 ms of the message would be cut off. they
took to saying aaah all the time (aaaah houston aahhh we
have a problem). when armstrong stepped on the moon
he was so overwhelmed he forgot to speak continuously
and preface important words with aaaah. i recall as a young
child hearing him say what sounded to me like:
thats...one small step for man, worp bipe eep horgag scratch.
i was so puzzled. small step? thought my childish brain, that
was one hellllll of a step! what do we hafta do to *impress*
this guy? {8^D spike
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