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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The day after the radio was very somber, playing mainly love songs, the one I
    Always remember and I think of 9/11 whenever I hear it is " There you'll be"
    By Faith Hill from " Pearl Harbour"
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1gO1h_-cqpc
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Ashamedly, I was more interested in playing on my PS1 :#

    Another one that sticks in my Mind was the Announcement of when the Queen Mother died. Me and my Dad were watching Steptoe and Son on BBC1 or 2 (I can't fully remember) and the Screen slowly going black.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    I was working about 35 miles from it, and my Brother-n-law was working next door to it. He happened to be getting coffee on the street when it happened, and escaped safely.
    On the radio & a portable TV we watched in disbelief.
    Then the news of bringing the wounded into a tower's lobby for safety. I was so pissed- I knew they were going to come down, why didn't PROFESSIONALS?!?!?!?! Then it happened.
    Bad day.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The big moment I can remember was the death of Princess Diana.
    Got up put on the news and all the talk in every station was of a
    Death in a crash, but all I heard was" She" so not even thinking
    About Diana ( as she was so young) I assumed for the first few
    Minutes the Queen had died.
    On 9/11, I had a nephew working in NY at the time, and according
    To him ( I have no reason to doubt him) his boss gave out several guns
    to them, as he was sure it was the start of a major offensive.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
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    On 9/11, I had a nephew working in NY at the time, and according
    To him ( I have no reason to doubt him) his boss gave out several guns
    to them, as he was sure it was the start of a major offensive.
    I'd believe him as I recall that thought being discussed in earnest where I was working as soon as reports of the Pentagon explosion came in.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I was at my Nans when the News came in about Diana's Death (This was early in the Morning) and my Nan started Crying.

    When BBC announced that Micheal Jackson died, I was laying in Bed with a Hangover (Me and a few Mates decided to go and get Rat Arsed after College the previous Day)
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,836MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    I'd
    Charge Fox with aiding Terrorists X-(
    Sounds a reasonable course of action.

    Perhaps even worse, Fox News aided George W. Bush :#
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    It was a Tuesday ,I will never forget it .I was in the garden doing some work .My wife called me in for lunch.so I sits down on the sofa ,with me sarnie and tea, puts the tv on and sees the twin towers on fire .Hmmm thinks to myself ,don't remember seeing this film before,then the reality struck home ,this was for real .
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    With the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, I mainly remember it because I received the Nokia N-Gage for Christmas that Year. And I was more interested in playing Tomb Raider on it :#

    You can be nasty when your younger :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Always Shaken wrote :
    " Hmmm thinks to myself ,don't remember seeing this film before !"

    My sister in law thought the same thing, walking past a telly showing
    The attack, she thought it was a trailer for a new Die Hard film.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,836MI6 Agent
    Some journalist wrote of 9/11: "That was the day the news turned into a Michael Bay movie ...." He had a point ...


    I remember the shock and thinking of the poor people in the buildings. My next thought was: "Please, no - not under this President!" Sadly I was not only right, Bush was even worse than I feared. :(
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    On Bush I can believe another member of the Bush clan is running for
    President ? The Bush's will soon be the equivalent of " The American
    Royal Family. :)) if he's anything like the last Bush ..... God help us All! :#
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Yes :#
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,483Chief of Staff
    9/11: Working in Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Breaking out ? ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    9/5, I wanted to go to "Windows on the World" as always when being in the neighborhood.
    The bellboy in front of the elevator did not want to let us up as I was wearing black jeans and I admid that I was not very friendly to him with my reply on that.

    9/9 I just watched up the towers to say goodbye to the city before driving to JFK.

    9/11, I've just returned from work to see the first tower fall and I could not believe that they are never there - I've seen them 2 days before.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    9/11: Working in Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes.

    actually that's quite a good preparation for being a mod on AJB :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,836MI6 Agent
    On Bush I can believe another member of the Bush clan is running for
    President ? The Bush's will soon be the equivalent of " The American
    Royal Family. :)) if he's anything like the last Bush ..... God help us All! :#

    You know what's even worse? Jeb Bush is considered one of the moderate Republican hopefulls :o
    God help us all ....
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    When 7/7 happened, many of us in School thought it was the French getting Revenge due to them loosing the Olympics the previous Day

    How daft you are as a Teen 8-)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I was in London a week after 7/7 on a weekend break, my wife was a bit
    Worried about going ( had to laugh as we're from N.Ireland, and she's
    Worried about going to London ) 8-) . we were getting them every week at one
    Stage. :#
    As I said, we're going, They don't get to win. Life goes on, the terrorist fail.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    On 7/7, I was on the tube and got off at Kings Cross just a couple of minutes after the first explosion at Aldgate. Then the second bomb went off in the tube in Kings Cross when I was on the platform above it, but I had no idea (the tubes are really deep below ground, you couldn't hear or feel anything). First I knew about it was on the train to Leeds about 20 minutes later when friends started calling to see if I was ok - I didn't know what they were talking about.

    There but for the grace, etc...
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I remember we had an American Kid in our Year, who's Uncle worked across the Street opposite the Towers themselves. He was alright thankfully :)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Wow ! Amazing story. C&D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I agree {[]
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    On Bush I can believe another member of the Bush clan is running for
    President ? The Bush's will soon be the equivalent of " The American
    Royal Family. :)) if he's anything like the last Bush ..... God help us All! :#

    You know what's even worse? Jeb Bush is considered one of the moderate Republican hopefulls :o
    God help us all ....
    +1 !!!!
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Jeb, didn't he ( lets say Help) in the first Bush election with all those
    Hanging " Chads" ? And others going missing ?
    Who is his political hero, Richard M Nixon ? :))
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Question: How many years do you Brits get out of your cars?
    My car recently started going crazy. First the cooling system stopped working (luckily it's freezing out just now), then the engine started dumping its oil. Today the belt to the charger flew off its tracks.
    My car is a Saturn, made the same year as TWINE. Do you guys generally get 15 years out of a new vehicle, or more? ?:)

    OMG, I just want a SAAB... :#
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sorry to hear about your car trouble. Only I put my car through
    A fence one winter, I'd still be driving it now. :D if it works and
    Gets me about, I'm happy, she was 11 years old when she died.
    My new one, Will be the same until it starts giving me trouble, I'll
    Keep on driving her. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    I put my car through
    A fence one winter, I'd still be driving it now.
    Never try that without a few optional Q extras. :))
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    10-15 years is about right until bits start falling off. Major contributing factors are how well the vehicle is maintained and how it's driven.
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