tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post8949124570623628028..comments2024-01-04T09:30:41.625-05:00Comments on All The Good Names Were Taken: Where were you?Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-51182210325591974672008-11-22T20:49:00.000-05:002008-11-22T20:49:00.000-05:00I was standing on an airplane field in Milton, Flo...I was standing on an airplane field in Milton, Florida for a dress inspection. <BR/><BR/>I was 19 and in the Navy when they announced it. <BR/><BR/>At 19 I just found it to be interesting news, I didn't know much back then. <BR/><BR/>I wish I didn't know much now, ignorance is bliss.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-20591798729588905752008-11-22T19:55:00.000-05:002008-11-22T19:55:00.000-05:00This is lovely and sad. I never got to see him in...This is lovely and sad. I never got to see him in person, but I sure remember the day, the shock, and the strange stopping of time. There are long stretches just after that death that are a blank space in my memory.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-49345678997816884332008-11-22T17:23:00.000-05:002008-11-22T17:23:00.000-05:00i was married and living in roswell new mexico..my...i was married and living in roswell new mexico..my husband and i had walked to town to pick up some cleaning..it was a beautiful day ..we went inside and the lady behind the counter was really really old..(to us at the time) and said 'the president's been shot'...I thought gee, poor ole dear, she's talking about abe lincoln..then she said he was in dallas, texas and they shot and killed him...bobyellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-86892421886866834992008-11-22T11:46:00.000-05:002008-11-22T11:46:00.000-05:00A friend and I were the first persons in our schoo...A friend and I were the first persons in our school to get the news. As a tech nerd, I worked one period a day in the school's closed-circuit TV studio, and when nothing was going on, we'd switch one of the monitors to the broadcast feed and watch daytime TV. That day we were watching the "Ann Sothern Show," a typical lame sitcom of the era, when the bulletin broke in. I ran out and told the Ranger Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03230068091748621186noreply@blogger.com