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Post by: on June 25, 2006, 09:42:21 pm

the most memorable thing you've ever seen or done?


Mine is the 1999 solar eclipse on the Isles of Scilly.  It was awesome in the old fashioned sense of the word.  I was gob-smacked.

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Post by: on June 25, 2006, 09:59:46 pm
Seen? The reef around the island when I spent time on holiday in the Maldives.
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Post by: smurfboy on June 25, 2006, 09:59:56 pm
The view from the top of the World Trade Centre.
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Post by: loulou on June 25, 2006, 11:11:30 pm
Standing on the spot where JFK was shot .
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Post by: minty on June 25, 2006, 11:26:43 pm
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Post by: loulou on June 25, 2006, 11:27:21 pm
I don't do heights.
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Post by: on June 25, 2006, 11:34:29 pm

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Standing on the spot where JFK was shot .


JFK was shot from a moving car so according to Newton there is no point in space at which he was shot; only a point in time.


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Post by: loulou on June 25, 2006, 11:37:50 pm

So why is there a big metal cross marked on the ground. Ok I looked out of the window in the book depository he was supposedly shot from.

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Post by: minty on June 25, 2006, 11:40:26 pm
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Post by: on June 25, 2006, 11:41:23 pm

Fair enough.  The cross can only mark the area he was in when he was shot.

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Post by: loulou on June 25, 2006, 11:42:53 pm
The grassy knoll was 15 feet away from where he was shot. The book depository was 150 feet away. I think Minty is right.
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Post by: on June 25, 2006, 11:45:41 pm
The grassy knoll is an old favourite, but the book depository is more likely to be the place according to recent analysis by ballistics experts.
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Post by: loulou on June 25, 2006, 11:48:17 pm
I thought an FBI agent shot him from the grassy knoll.  The day after I visited the spot someone lay down on that metal x and shot himself.
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Post by: on June 25, 2006, 11:49:58 pm
Ooof
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Post by: loulou on June 25, 2006, 11:51:55 pm
I always thought it a pity that I hadn't went to the zoo the day before and book depository the next day and i may have seen the man shoot himself.
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Post by: on June 25, 2006, 11:55:11 pm
That's a bit morbid. 
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Post by: loulou on June 25, 2006, 11:56:23 pm
No it's not. It's life. Or death in that mans case.
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Post by: goldencup on June 26, 2006, 12:35:43 am
Returning to the topic please.... (just call me Pandapants II) the most amazing thing I've seen is the Great Barrier Reef.  From under the water of course.
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Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 12:37:49 am
Yeah why did my answer cause a flippin debate.
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Post by: oldspice on June 26, 2006, 08:03:43 am
In 1984 I went to Glastonbury and bought a 5p CND raffle ticket. I won a trip in a hot air balloon! In those days, not many members of the general public had flown in balloons. We set off at 5am the next morning and rose into the air. We drifted acroos Somerset as the sun rose in the sky. The landing was bumpy but it was a beautiful experience. I'm too much of a coward to do it nowadays!
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Post by: on June 26, 2006, 09:09:34 am
I couldn't go in a balloon, the basket is too low.
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Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 10:56:25 am

I can't decide if I would or not. I'm scared of heights so probably not a good idea.

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Post by: goldencup on June 26, 2006, 05:21:02 pm
Oldspice that sounds wonderful.  I've only been in a tethered balloon (I can see one out of my window!) but I'm hoping to go up in an untethered one in Egypt in November. goldencup38894.6815856481
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Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 05:40:32 pm
Will it be pulled along by a camel?
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Post by: goldencup on June 26, 2006, 05:43:09 pm

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Will it be pulled along by a camel?


 I hope not!

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Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 05:44:39 pm
 Hot Air Balloon Camel 





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Post by: oldspice on June 26, 2006, 05:45:49 pm
It is very noisy when they fire up the burner.
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Post by: Jamsi on June 26, 2006, 10:09:37 pm

This may sound slushy but my most memorable thing is when my Son was born and I knew he was ok... all the right bits in all the right places and in good health.



 

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Post by: oldspice on June 26, 2006, 10:11:14 pm
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Post by: goldencup on June 27, 2006, 08:47:22 am
Quote from: Jamsi

This may sound slushy but my most memorable thing is when my Son was born and I knew he was ok... all the right bits in all the right places and in good health.



 



Good point - I forgot about those little events! 

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Post by: chocolate chick on July 06, 2006, 04:50:33 pm
Standing at the top of the Empire State Building. Being part of the Live8 Concert last year