[Magdalen] Where Were You?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

> Thinking more about it, I was 38. Now I’m 88.
>
> Allan Carr
>



I know.... Thinking about it, I was 16 and I thought immediately, how did I 
get to be 67 so fast!! : )


I remember being glued to the B&W TV taking it all in.  My ex remembered, 
back when we were celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Moon landing, that 
he and some of his college friends rented a motel to be able to watch it on 
TV back in '69 (we went to college in the  remote UP of Michigan where there 
was no TV reception without 'cable', a relative unknown at that time in 
large populated areas!! Cable only got you the 3 local stations, but most 
students did not even have TVs.

Lynn --- who has loved 'hearing' from all of you over the last few weeks and 
owe a report on my time away soon!!

cyber hugs all around!



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single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
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From: "Allan Carr via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 10:13 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Cc: "Allan Carr" <allanc5 at me.com>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Where Were You?

>
>> On Jul 16, 2019, at 8:07 PM, Allan Carr via Magdalen 
>> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>> I was 39 years old with a wife and three young children. I had come to 
>> Pasadena 2 years before and the company established a new division in 
>> Thousand Oaks. I bought a new house a year later, the house I’m still 
>> living in 50 years later.
>>
>> Allan Carr
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 16, 2019, at 7:21 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Jul 16, 2019 10:15 PM
>>>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Where Were You?
>>>>
>>>> I was celebrating my birthday with friends.
>>>> We went across the river to Maine for fried clams,
>>>> then all took celebratory drugs.
>>>>
>>>> By the time we made it back to a friend's house,
>>>> the television was broadcasting the snowy black&white image of the 
>>>> stiff
>>>> flag.
>>>> We watched for awhile, but it was boring,
>>>> so we went to sit on the porch and listen to the night and the leaves
>>>> blowing.
>>>>
>>>> Three weeks later we went to Woodstock.
>>>> Three years later I was working with the designers of Skylab.
>>>> -M
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I was 17 years old, a new mom, sweltering in our tiny, newlywed studio
>>>>> apartment, lights off for the sleeping baby, and glued to our tv 
>>>>> screen.
>>>>> The husband was working his well-paying factory job at Columbia 
>>>>> Records.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:20 PM Brian Reid 
>>>>> <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was in a small auditorium at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
>>>>>> Greenbelt, Maryland. Goddard was not directly involved with manned 
>>>>>> space
>>>>>> flight, but there was an strong sense of community. I got to be there
>>>>>> because I had a job working for one of the researchers involved with
>>>>> Apollo
>>>>>> 17.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was a transcendent experience. Despite being in a group of 300
>>>>>> engineers who mostly did not know how to weep with joy.
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ann
>>>>>
>>>>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>>>>> Buffalo, NY
>>>>> www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>>>>
>>> I was 25 years old newly ordained sitting with my parents in my nice 
>>> rectory suite watching the event on Tv on a Sunday afternoon. I don't 
>>> know what we did later. I am imagine we went out to dinner. Not knowing 
>>> the lay of the land I didn't recommend any nice restaurant but maybe we 
>>> got a suggestion from someone.
>>>
>>> Joe Cirou
>>
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