On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:10:45 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

Couple of moments are burned in my brain like it happend a minute
ago...

I was serving detention with only Miss Douglas and myself in the 4rth
grade classroom when I learned JFK was dead. I was doodling on an
Indian chief tablet.


Too young.

Ten years ago today, I was picking Wealthy apples with my honey.
Second tree from the end of row 225. We were talking about the bad
accident in New York when we learned the second plane hit. My picking
bag was half full and I was reaching up for a couple more apples. My
honey was walking back toward the tractor.


36 03 54.50 N 114 56 44.21 W in the middle of the pool, I had just
started the tile under the center of the spillway after a week of
prep. work. One of the most nerve wracking parts cause you need to
work both ways with approx. 3 vertical feet of tile that is the main
focus of the backyard and it has to be done fast, correct, and ya
can't stop until approx. 20 feet of the main wall is up.

The lady of the house came out on the other side of the house yelling
and running down the hill to the shop where the man was and I asked my
helper (who was as usual, not helping me) who was between the pool and
the shop what they where saying as they all ran up to the house. After
the minimum was done and trying to put together two words airplane &
building, I went up to the house where this guy had a 10 foot
projection TV and as started watching the second one went in. First
thought was , see... that's what you get for ****ing with everybody.
This particular pool happens to be directly under the approach to the
airport and I notice every airplane (grew up with them) and then
silence while I continued to work.


I do also remember the first step on the moon. But not in the same
vivid like it just happend a second ago detail. of course, we were all
a bit more prepared for this.


Was about 8 and had to argue with my mom to stay up to watch it. She
didn't think it important ! That was COOL and big time ballsie.


Karl


SW