Thread: Where were you when...?

Originally Posted by hallelujah

What about when the queen died then, snubby?

I dunno maybe having a wank.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Cos she was THE queen.

Your queen. I couldn't care less about some imported German royals.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

The other one I have in my life is Kurt Cobain.

Affected me profoundly. I saw Nirvana before they were famous many times as they played many local clubs and dives, back then they were not popular and totally unknown. The day he died it broke on MTV news and the held it live, many of my friend got together stunned and numb and mostly silent. Someone mentioned that there was a memorial to him at the Seattle Center fountain. A bunch of us went down there, still a glum memory.

I was on a boat in the North Sea when Princess Diana died. During the same trip a helicopter also went down in the Norne Field killing all onboard, which had a much greater impact on me to be honest.

In fact the death of Diana had virtually no impact, but more than the death of Michael Jackson.

Originally Posted by bsnub

I dunno maybe having a wank.



Your queen. I couldn't care less about some imported German royals.
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Snubby in not knowing or caring about the world outside the US shocker!

Originally Posted by Mendip

I was on a boat in the North Sea when Princess Diana died. During the same trip a helicopter also went down in the Norne Field killing all onboard, which had a much greater impact on me to be honest.

In fact the death of Diana had virtually no impact, but more than the death of Michael Jackson.

I'm just trying to get the board speaking and not falling out...

You can find that on the football threads!

Originally Posted by hallelujah

JFK was killed

Was on a dive boat off shore, La Paz Mexico.
Upon returning to my posh $4 a night hotel saw this at the bar.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Where were you when...?

JFK was killed

Princess Diana died

Michael Jackson died

I was in a caravan kitchenette in Fontainbleau when JFK was assassinated. Well, when the news of his death was broadcast on the radio anyway. I remember because of the shock on my parent's faces and the threat of a nuclear war.

I was in bed with my girlfriend when we heard of Princess Diana's death, again on the radio. I took said girlfriend to London to lay flowers in Hyde Park in remembrance, recall it quite well because of how easy it was to park that day, close to Dorchester Hotel.

Only vaguely recall Michael Jackson's death. Heard it on the TV but can't remember where I was, or who I was with, at the time.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Princess Diana died

Was in Taipei. Saw on TV in a much more posh hotel.

Originally Posted by Norton

Was on a dive boat off shore, La Paz Mexico.
Upon returning to my posh $4 a night hotel saw this at the bar.

Cronkite fighting back the tears there.

Reminds me of Huw Edwards, which I posted earlier, when the Queen died.



I'm not a royalist and I doubt Huw or Walter were especially enamoured with either of those who they reported on, but I think the emotions come from your memories or hopes that have been taken from you after these people have gone.

Or I could be talking bollocks again .

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Michael Jackson died

Totally blotto in 5 Star bar Soi Cowboy.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Don't expect him to remember much.

Wrong again grasshopper.
Sitting at home in Bangkok when David decided to hang himself next to his Levi shirt.

Originally Posted by Norton

Wrong again grasshopper.
Sitting at home in Bangkok when David decided to hang himself next to his Levi shirt.

What do you remember from WW2 and the following years?

I'm sure the forum would love to know (I would).

Originally Posted by hallelujah

What do you remember from WW2 and the following years?

Don't remember the announcement but I do remember all the partying that went down in the following days.

Saigon
Sukhothai
Surin

Originally Posted by Norton

Don't remember the announcement but I do remember all the partying that went down in the following days.

Oh yeah, I have an accent just like Winston too.

Cut glass.



Mancunian.

I was in either kindergarten or first grade when JFK was shot. The first I knew of it was my cousin phoned me and she was crying. Then, like AO said, all the cartoons were replaced by news and JFK being wheeled around by horse drawn carriage.

When Diana died, I was in Japan watching TV. My husband came running into the room all excited shouting “Diana’s dead! Diana’s dead,” then ran back to his office. I sat on the sofa stunned that my friend Diana was dead (husband knew her, too) and then wondering how he would know if she died. Husband comes running back in and shouts, “she was with Dodi in a car crash.” My pea brain starts trying to figure out who this Dodi is with my friend when she died…then the penny dropped…Princess Diana. It was a relief.

MJ death didn’t make the cut. I have no idea when I heard.

Originally Posted by misskit

MJ death didn’t make the cut. I have no idea when I heard.

Really?

He was the biggest musician in our lifetimes.

Up there with Elvis.

I remember when Elvis died.

Wasn't alive when JFK died, but I always hear from my mom where she was and how she reacted.

I don't really remember where I was, but I remember crying when MJ died. He was my first crush when I was a teenager. I also knew all of his songs by heart. Around the time of his death and before, there was a big controversy on whether he was a kiddie fiddler, and I never believed it.

I don't remember where I was when Princess Di died, but it really impacted me. I was pissed off at the paparazzi and felt really bad for her kids that she left behind.

I do remember where I was when the twin towers were hit and collapsed. I was in teacher's college, and we all watched it on the screen in the main school foyer in utter shock.

It's quite interesting I guess remembering where one was during these events....but who actually gives a flying fuck where any other kunto was?

JFK was well before my time.

I was a teenager when Diana died. I remember we were on holiday abroad and came back to the news.

MJ had a long and public downfall. By the time he died I was mid 20s and it was hardly a suprise.

^ Rivetting!!


It's quite interesting I guess remembering where one was during these events....but who actually gives a flying fuck where any other kunto was?

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

It's quite interesting I guess remembering where one was during these events....but who actually gives a flying fuck where any other kunto was?

Sobriety treating you well it seems.

Originally Posted by MarilynMonroe

I do remember where I was when the twin towers were hit and collapsed? Was in teacher's college, and we all watched it on the screen in the main school foyer in utter shock.

Yeah, another one, MM,

I was at work and remember saying there's no way 2 planes crash into the same tower.

Unless you're Dan Air in the 80s, maybe.

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

^ Rivetting!!


It's quite interesting I guess remembering where one was during these events....but who actually gives a flying fuck where any other kunto was?

Shut up you fat Brummie bus driver.

Sunburn your right arm, you fat kunt.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Really?

He was the biggest musician in our lifetimes.

Up there with Elvis.

Originally Posted by armstrong

MJ had a long and public downfall. By the time he died I was mid 20s and it was hardly a suprise.

Tidbit.

Remember when Justin Timberlake was the biggest twat in the world. Maybe 2005-ish. Pharrell and the rest of the N.E.R.D. production team did all his album and he was the world's biggest popstar.

That album was actually supposed to go to MJ, but just before recording started his management team had him pull out of it.


Sliding door moment.

Originally Posted by MarilynMonroe

I do remember where I was when the twin towers were hit and collapsed. I was in teacher's college, and we all watched it on the screen in the main school foyer in utter shock.

I remember very well. I was here at this house where I am now in Mae Jo. A friend called and told me to turn on the tv. For some reason, I had no tv, but I did have a computer on dial-up. The frustration waiting for the news to slowly update. Finally, jumped in my car and drove to Chiang Mai and watched it on the news at the friend’s house.