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  Space Shuttle Endeavour Today

  by titch in

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  so, is there anyone in the l.a. basin area who saw the space shuttle endeavour and its nasa boeing747 transport, as it made its way over southern california today?

  or, for that matter, anywhere over california?

  i saw it, from the parking lot of a hotel, directly across the street from disneyland, as it crossed over disneyland.

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  Farkel: Great that you had the experience; Leolaia: GREAT picture!!

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  Space Shuttle Endeavour Today

  by titch in

  1. jw
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  so, is there anyone in the l.a. basin area who saw the space shuttle endeavour and its nasa boeing747 transport, as it made its way over southern california today?

  or, for that matter, anywhere over california?

  i saw it, from the parking lot of a hotel, directly across the street from disneyland, as it crossed over disneyland.

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  So, is there anyone in the L.A. Basin area who saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour and its NASA Boeing747 transport, as it made its way over Southern California today? Or, for that matter, anywhere over California? I saw it, from the parking lot of a hotel, directly across the street from Disneyland, as it crossed over Disneyland. It seems there was a lot of "observation parties" all over Los Angeles and Orange counties, waiting to see it.

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  September 11, 2001- Where were you?

  by SophieG in

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  i work at a major airline in the in-flight training department.

  i was sitting at the desk on the computer, i kid you not... writing the security (hijacking) curriculum for 2002, when someone came in and told me a plane flew into the wtc.

  we all thought it was one of our planes.

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  Well, on that morning, I was in bed, sleeping, and I didn't hear ANYTHING about the events of that day until several hours after the major events had taken place. A little background: Back in 2001, the country was very much in an economic recession, then. I had been laid off from a company in late June of 2001, and during the following months, I was unable to find ANYTHING, as far as gainful employment. I think that in August, I had an interview at ONE company, and one only, during that time. So, I was essentially un-employed, and searching for work. Now, IF---and I do mean IF---I had gainful employment to go to that morning, I suppose that my clock radio would have been set to around 6:00 a.m., and I would have heard the news of the events of the morning on some talk station or news station. But, I didn't. So, to me, it was just another morning, as usual, not getting up an an early hour. So, how did I find out about the events of that day? As I've mentioned before on this site, I am a licensed Amateur Radio operator, and in addition to my Ham radio transceivers, I have a couple of radio scanners that are able to tune in to Ham radio repeaters. When I woke up that morning, I turned on one of my scanners, tuned to a local repeater here in Southern California, and heard a couple of Hams talking about what had happened, and one of them said that he was keeping his own kids out of school that day, based upon what happened in NYC. Huh? WHAT had happened in New York City today, I thought? With that I finally turned on the TV to see just what he was talking about. And, it was then, several hours after major events had happened, that I knew. And, I heard that the FAA had ordered ALL civilian aircraft in the U.S. grounded. I live a few miles away from a major airport, John Wayne Airport, and later that day, I took my camera to a business complex that is just outside the airport boundary. It was rather surreal to see all of the airliners, that HAD been set to take off, early that morning, all lined up on the taxiways, abandoned. I took some pictures of that, as there was probably about 10 to 15 airliners lined up. And, I remember seeing a large "X" next to the taxiways, indicating that the airport was indeed, closed, to all aircraft operations. It was rather strange for the next few days, while aircraft operations were shut down, to hear nothing in the skies, the airways, above me: No airliners, no small aircraft, no helicopters...nothing.

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  You too, can have a reverse, JW baptism, at the next convention-

  by moshe in

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  I've seen that video before, a few months ago, on this site, and I've been wondering...Was she really "officially" baptized? Sure, she ran over, jumped in, and submerged herself in the water. BUT, a Witness brother didn't offically perform the ceremony of baptizing her. So, unless she got in line again, and had a JW perform the baptism, is she offially baptized? I wonder. Another thing I've wondered, What would cause her to do that? Maybe she had to use the facilities, urgently, and just thought, "Forget this, I can't wait any longer, I've got to get this over with NOW! Just something to think about.

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  Breaking News: Neil Armstrong Died Today

  by NewChapter in

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  he was 82, and died from complications of heart surgery he had 3 weeks ago.

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  Glander: I had just returned home for Dodger Stadium on July 20th, 1969, just in time to see it on TV. My parents had the TV on---they had attended to "other matters" that day, and didn't attend the International Assembly on its final day. I was 15 at the time.

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  Favorite LAST episode to the ending of series drama or sitcom?

  by dreamgolfer in

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  1) mine, newhart show #2 - when "bob" wakes up and and said he had a dream he was running an inn in new hampshire.

  and it is suzzane pleshette next to him.

  still can't get it outta my little noggin.

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  Well, as Lore stated---and I AM serious---Lost. Still mystifying when watching the ending that I recorded on VHS tape! Also, the series finale of "Picket Fences." Boy Meets World. Home Improvement. Speaking of Picket Fences, it wasn't the SERIES FINALE episode, it was the 2nd Season finale, in 1994. For those who got into P.F. you might remember the season finale ended with the funeral for Mayor Howard Buss, after he had been shot by his own son, after going into the final stages of Alzheimer's. And, after the eulogy was delivered by Judge Henry Bone, everyone in the church slowly walked past the casket, giving it a good hard "whack", to let him know that they all missed him. And, the show's theme song slowly played in the background. A great piece of writing from David E. Kelly, the series creator, and I've got that episode on VHS tape. Love that scene. As an aside, I truly wish that the remaining seasons would be released on DVD. The first season is out there, but all the remaining seasons, I haven't seen them on DVD YET! Oh, yes, another great finale from another great David E. Kelly-created show...Boston Legal. With Denny Crane and Alan Shore getting married, for the sake of convenience. And, a Chinese organization taking over the law firm. Brilliant writing.

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  I went to my first Hypnotist show last night. I was amazed at how much it was like JW’s

  by life is to short in

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  ok i was a born in and never watched or touched anything to do with hypnotist's as we are told to avoid them at all costs and i always followed all the rules to the letter.. so yesterday we have the county fair going on and they have this hypnotist show so i went to it.

  the hypnotist called up about 15 people on stage and tried to put them under.

  about five of them he just could not put them under so that left about ten people on stage.. of those ten the hypnotist could do almost anything to them, it looked like it was staged expect one of the young women had been sitting right by me and her friends were right next to me, so it did seem legit.. the hypnotist had them fall asleep and when they were in that state he would tell them that when they woke up they would react to key words he had said to them or when he touched his face a cretin way.. it sort of freaked me out because it was like how i was in the religion.

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  Life Is To Short: Just out of curiosity, was the name of that hypnotist at the county fair Mark Yuzuik, perchance? I've seen Mark at county fairs in the Southern California area (Orange County, San Diego), and he is always entertaining. What he puts on at county fairs is a "comedy hypnosis show", but still, his shows are rather entertaining; he has great showmanship sytle.

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  Holy Rollers

  by Megachusen in

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  not witness related but still pretty funny:.

  how to dance to dubstep - pentecostal edition

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  Wow! So... if that's supposed to be some kind of "proof", a manifestation that a person has received the so-called "Holy Spirit", then...no thanks, I don't want anything to do with that "Holy Spirit." It always amazing me, while channel-surfing on the TV, and I come across a Benny Hinn "healing convention", aka circus side show, and see people who have supposedly been "slain" with the holy spirit. People will fall upon the the floor of the stage, and flop around on the floor, like a fish out of water, as though they are in an epileptic seizure. So, that's the manifestation of the holy spirit eh, going into an epileptic seizure? No, thanks, holy spirit. I don't want any part of "you."

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  Did You Watch The Waltons?

  by snowbird in

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  if so, did you enjoy the show?.

  i loved it.

  missed quite a few episodes due to attending kh meetings, but i'm making up for that.. the show reminds me so of growing up in a large family, having to share everything, and looking out for each other..

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  It was, and continues to be, a real "first-class" show. And, to think that CBS was actually considering CANCELLING the show, before its first season was even finished. I can remember at the time that there was a "grass-roots" campaign of letter-writing to the officials of CBS, asking them, What were they ***thinking***, cancelling such a great show? But, CBS re-considered, and the show continued on for many seasons after that.

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  Ray Bradbury Died today

  by NewChapter in

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  he was 91. he wrote fahrenheit 451 and the maritan chronicles.

  i loved the martian chronicles.

  i didn't read the other but saw the movie..

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  Yes, indeed, sorry to hear about his passing. I have some memories of him. Way back in the olden days of my high school years, my high school Engligh teacher became friends with Mr. Bradbury, and she invited him several times, to come to our high school for student assemblies, to hear him speak. The first time that he came to our high school was, I think, back in 1970. After school had ended for the day, he was in the school cafeteria, just chatting informally with a group of students. I went in and listened to him for a while. I took out a sheet of notebook paper from my notebook, handed it to him, and he graciously signed his autograph for me. I still keep that sheet of paper in my own copy of The Martian Chronicles. The paper is kind of "yellowed" now, after over 42 years, but his signature is still very clear! The last time that I saw him in person was back in 2000, when he was doing a book signing at a bookstore in Southern California. Thanks for your work, Mr. Bradbury, thanks.

  Titch