Comments on: Back Forty http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/ bstewart23 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:45:42 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Malle Babbe http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10719 Malle Babbe Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:28:51 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10719 Stay classy! Stay classy!

]]> By: Cb http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10718 Cb Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:05:32 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10718 I remember peeping out from my mothers vagina to watch... I remember peeping out from my mothers vagina to watch…

]]> By: Malle Babbe http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10712 Malle Babbe Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:55:51 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10712 Forty years ago, I wasn't even hypothetical. Still, to someone my age the fact that the moon landing was accomplished with slide rules and LOTS of coffee is what amazes me. I guess the closest thing for me in my own lifetime was the sight of folks taking sledge hammers to the Berlin wall, but that was more a sense of relief than wonder. Forty years ago, I wasn’t even hypothetical. Still, to someone my age the fact that the moon landing was accomplished with slide rules and LOTS of coffee is what amazes me.

I guess the closest thing for me in my own lifetime was the sight of folks taking sledge hammers to the Berlin wall, but that was more a sense of relief than wonder.

]]> By: rptrcub http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10711 rptrcub Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:51:02 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10711 <blockquote>Are there any comparable events today which brings a family together around the television, filled with hope and fear and excitement, as much as did that event?</blockquote> No, just fear.

Are there any comparable events today which brings a family together around the television, filled with hope and fear and excitement, as much as did that event?

No, just fear.

]]> By: Dan http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10710 Dan Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:05:03 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10710 I think it is sad that the only landmark moments I have in my life are bad ones... like 911, or the Sunami... (obviously not first hand, but I can always remember where I was the moment I saw my first image of or heard of these events). I think it is sad that the only landmark moments I have in my life are bad ones… like 911, or the Sunami… (obviously not first hand, but I can always remember where I was the moment I saw my first image of or heard of these events).

]]> By: Rick http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10709 Rick Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:58:48 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10709 I love the illustration in the WFP, it reminds me of old issues of Highlights Magazine. I want it on a t-shirt. 947 boxes – for real? Dang. I love the illustration in the WFP, it reminds me of old issues of Highlights Magazine. I want it on a t-shirt.

947 boxes – for real? Dang.

]]> By: bstewart23 http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10701 bstewart23 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:18:17 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10701 <em>TIME <strong>CANADA</strong></em>, my friend. And they've been in storage boxes for decades. They went offsite in the first week. TIME CANADA, my friend.

And they’ve been in storage boxes for decades. They went offsite in the first week.

]]> By: timber http://bstewart23.com/blog/2009/07/20/back-forty/comment-page-1/#comment-10700 timber Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:11:01 +0000 http://bstewart23.com/blog/?p=3738#comment-10700 you still have the 'winnipeg free press' and 'time' issues from the moon landing?! no wonder you have 947 boxes of stuff to unpack. you still have the ‘winnipeg free press’ and ‘time’ issues from the moon landing?! no wonder you have 947 boxes of stuff to unpack.

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