Where were you?

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time…......................................................^^

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Well there's some bigguns here…

Princess Diana: I was at my nana's house playing Age of Empires when I heard the news over the television. No one in my family are monarchists but the sadness that fell about for the Queen of Hearts was humbling.

Port Arthur: I was in Year 6\. I remember our teacher trying to explain the gravity of the whole event, and it was my first realisation that perhaps Australia wasn't a completely safe place. An overreaction at the time as it has come to be an isolated event, but the scale of the tragedy put us on the map for all the wrong reasons at the time.

Sydney 2000 Olympics Announcement: I'll never forget the pictures of Juan Antonio Samaranch announcing that we'd picked up the "Greatest Olympics Ever" and John Fahey nearly having his way with the poor gentleman next to him.

Steve Irwin: I was finishing up on a worksite at Erina Fair installing the refrigeration for the Aldi when that news broke over Triple M. I can't remember whom the broadcaster was but they were close to tears. Everyone on site pretty much downed tools.

Peter Brock: I had come home from the Central Coast to do the Woolies Exhibition at the Convention Centre at Darling Harbour when this was announced. I remember a bloke I worked with was exceptionally upset at this, was a huge Brock fan and it was quite a surprise as he was someone that didn't often vent his emotions.

Jacko died on my birthday, I remember watching it on the news in bed, that was about it. I liked him but it didn't stay with me.

September 11th: I was in Year 11\. I remember my mother waking me up to inform me of the news as she knew I was interested in world events. I'll never forget feeling hollow as a person, as this was my first genuine contact with the world as we now know it: world tragedies being filmed live and repeated ad nauseam for maximum effect. I remember our school having a huge assembly about it, and our individual year advisors offering counselling to those whom were especially frightened. What was sobering that I you could clearly see the fear on certain faces, even though the events were a world away.

I remember our Modern History teacher saying during our Vietnam War module only days before that the U.S. foreign policy had made them targets.

Columbia Tragedy: I had come home from the early shift at Macca's and watched this for near on 4 hours on CNN. I'm a bit of a space buff so this was especially sad for me. To die so close from home was tragic.

Bali: I remember getting up to study for the HSC and the news about the bombings were on. It actually encouraged me to become interested in politics in our local region.

 

[Frank_the_tank]

Australia II winning the Americas cup (1983) sitting in the lounge room at the old house in Regents Park, Sydney. Must have got up about 3am. Don't think anyone went to school or work that day. That was a really memorable event.

Watching he first ever space shuttle launch, same lounge room. I was 14 and thought it was about the coolest thing I ever saw.

Challenger space shuttle blowing up. I was in the army in Townsville. We were doing something cant remember what but we ended up watching it on tv. Took until lunchtime for the jokes to start.

Gulf war (1991) same as above. I remember everyone freaking out that petrol prices were going to go berserk. They actually dropped about 10% the day the air war started.

Princess Di…....I was getting drunk in a vineyard in NZ.

NSW first state of origin series win. Really drunk in a pub in Townsville. Won a bet with my girlfriend at the time, she was a queenslander, so that became a memorable night. Oooooooooh yeah.

9/11\. Driving to work really early one morning. Didn't really do much but watch tv that day.

Christchurch earthquake. At work driving back from a job. My mate's sister was badly injured and he was kinda freaking out. Sounded like she was going to die. She's ok now.

 

[tig_prmz]

9/11 i was at my friend's place watching WWF for the first time. i was happy that the news took over coz i was very young and would've been called a girl for not watching WWF- thought it was brutal

asia tsunami: it was india's republic day i think.. i was watching a parade

MJ death: at the bus stop going to school when my friend started crying as he came to the bus stop- he told me

steve irwin: i think i was watching cartoons… had no idea who he was really (had been in aus for a couple of years iirc) and everywhere it was him and his family.

bin laden: CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY B*TCHES ! day of his death and my bday are the same i think

 

[tig_prmz]

actually i have been part of an earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Gujarat_earthquake

it was one of the scariest moments of my life. esp seeing photos of buildings i used to live near. only one leg was visible of a woman. i used to live in a high rise building as well. my uncles and cousins (about 15 of them) lived close by as well. all moved to grandpa's house later that day.

 

[snowleopard]

With no disrespect for the previous posters but it interests me for those that were supporters then to know where you were and felt on 24 September 1989

For me it was most definately the worst day of my life so far..My mother became critically ill the day before, drove from Ballina to Sydney..picked up my brother and then drove to Melbourne..listened to the game on the way to Melb and when we got got there. cried twice..once for mum..once for tigers..most depressing day of my life..on both counts.

 

[happy_tiger]

With no disrespect for the previous posters but it interests me for those that were supporters then to know where you were and felt on 24 September 1989

For me it was most definately the worst day of my life so far..My mother became critically ill the day before, drove from Ballina to Sydney..picked up my brother and then drove to Melbourne..listened to the game on the way to Melb and when we got got there. cried twice..once for mum..once for tigers..most depressing day of my life..on both counts.

Remember that day well Was coming back from Tangalooma at Moreton Island and cheering the Raiders/Qlders on having a few ales on the Ferry

Oh wasn't I suppose to say that 😱pen_mouth:

 

[Flippedy]

With no disrespect for the previous posters but it interests me for those that were supporters then to know where you were and felt on 24 September 1989

For me it was most definately the worst day of my life so far..My mother became critically ill the day before, drove from Ballina to Sydney..picked up my brother and then drove to Melbourne..listened to the game on the way to Melb and when we got got there. cried twice..once for mum..once for tigers..most depressing day of my life..on both counts.

Remember that day well Was coming back from Tangalooma at Moreton Island and cheering the Raiders/Qlders on having a few ales on the Ferry

Oh wasn't I suppose to say that 😱pen_mouth:

I was quite happily pissed at a BBQ at a workmate's place in western Sydney that day. Certainly one of the best grand finals I've ever seen. Being an old Magpie fan, I can't really remember which team I was supporting - just enjoyed the game immensely.

 

[system]

With no disrespect for the previous posters but it interests me for those that were supporters then to know where you were and felt on 24 September 1989

For me it was most definately the worst day of my life so far..My mother became critically ill the day before, drove from Ballina to Sydney..picked up my brother and then drove to Melbourne..listened to the game on the way to Melb and when we got got there. cried twice..once for mum..once for tigers..most depressing day of my life..on both counts.

My father died in 1989 a young man in june and was a balmain man his whole life, and we were at the previous final with the dogs the year before. Most painful game ever but the best gf of all time. I was 8 at the time and have cried and bled black and gold (and white) ever since and will till the end

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[JPPretzel]

Interesting thread…strangely most of these major events seem to happen when i have been on holidays or having something on myself

Princess di - whilst i was very young at the time im quite it occurred when i was rather sick with bronchitis or something (i would have been 5 or six) and my father brought home a toy ambulance car and was joking that unless i some how miraculously shrunk there'd be no way id be having to go away to hospital, i also remember all the family gathered around the tv for many hours and they were talking about someone having died who im quite sure was princess di

sep 11 - this one was real crazy, i was around 10 years old and we had gone up to cairns for a holiday, incredibly bill clinton had been staying there the same time as ourselves and when we went out to the great barrier reef the day before he was at one of the pubs we went to lunch at before the trip. Anyway i got up in the morning switched on channel ten and was ready to watch cheeze tv which back then had pokemon and dragon ball z on it (anyway remember that show) and i was initially dissapointed my cartoons weren't on but i was excited as i thought i was witnessing a new action movie with these great explosions and planes flying around i told my dad this cool movie was on and as we sat there watching they began to show the footage over and over and we quickly realised something big had happen. That night whilst asleep we heard many sirens which was apparently clinton being ushered to the air port - this was the same time that Ansett had collpased...

Steve irwin - every year we would stay at forster gardens in forster tuncurry for a week in summer and i will always remember this one vividly i would have been about 14 and my mate shane had joined us for the week. We were fishing myself with a hand held trident/spear out the back of Lani's caravan holiday place and a sting ray swam past - i tried to spear it and missed, very fortunate as either the following day or the day after news that steve irwin had died due to a sting ray getting him in the chest and it truly scared me, before that i had no idea they were even dangerous

Heath Ledger - i think heath was 2 or 3 years after steve irwin and i was again at forster gardens as a 15/16 year old, i was shooting hoops when one of the other teenagers staying there who i had befriended ran out and told me ledger had over dosed and died, she was really shaken up as she was a big movie buff

 

[Juro]

1989 Grand Final - Watching it at home with my mate who I had converted to be a tigers fan. Would have been 16 at the time. Was such a gut wrenching day, going from what you thought would be an ultimate high to such a horrible low.

2005 Grand Final - At the ground with my wife, behind the dead ball line, in the corner so I was behind Benji when he did the flick pass. Had a fantastic view of him and Richards going up that side line. Also was at the right end to celebrate when we scored the final try. I remember not wanting to get too excited, having experienced 1989\. My wife was thinking we were safe, but it wasn't until they missed that last conversion from out wide that I knew we had it.

 

[westTAHger]

watching the grand final at home.

here's one for you, who can remember the day man walked on the moon. yep 1969.
I was four at the time, and still remember sitting a distance back from the tele and watching it.( in those days you had to sit back a distance from the tele due to its " image power"

 

[tigerbenji]

Was @ School when Man walked on the Moon doing my trial School certificate.

 

[tigerbenji]

2005 Grand Final i watched it from Star City with Mates, I had tickets but wouldnt go as i had to work the whole Final series which we one & i thought if i went to the G/F i would jinx them, must be trueful shed some tears that night when i caught up with my Wife & Daughter whom had been to the Game.

 

[tigerbenji]

2005 Grand Final i watched it from Star City with Mates, I had tickets but wouldnt go as i had to work the whole Final series which we one & i thought if i went to the G/F i would jinx them, must be trueful shed some tears that night when i caught up with my Wife & Daughter whom had been to the Game.

 

[jctiger]

2005 Grand Final i watched it from Star City with Mates, I had tickets but wouldnt go as i had to work the whole Final series which we one & i thought if i went to the G/F i would jinx them, must be trueful shed some tears that night when i caught up with my Wife & Daughter whom had been to the Game.

Love your style Tigerbenji,
Surprising how many of us suffer from this superstitious stuff. I've done similar things I the past. My wife thinks I'm a bloody idiot.

PS. Thanks for going to Star City, it obviously worked

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[batboy]

Bit out of left field… But,
I remember exactly where I was and who I was with when I first heard the song "Smells like teen Spirit" By Nirvana.
The positive energy from it, The way it made us all feel and then to watch it go on and basically single handedly change the course of rock music... Was something to behold. But that first moment, I'll never forget it!!
It's a story I have shared many a time, It's actually quite amazing how many people remember the first time they heard that very song. -It changed everything!!
On a bit of a more depressing note, I also know exactly where I was and who I was with when I heard the news that the guy who wrote that song had commited suicide!! Sad Times...

 

[GoldXR50Leroy]

I still have vivid memories of how I heard of the demise of Michael Hutchence, was enjoying numerous home brews with other brewers on a great Saturday arvo when this bloke came in laughing about how Hutchence had topped himself, being a huge INXS fan I was devastated.

 

[stryker]

With no disrespect for the previous posters but it interests me for those that were supporters then to know where you were and felt on 24 September 1989

Haha Black Sunday….

I was 14 at the time and had been taken by my uncle the year before to the Tiges v Bulldogs GF. I was very upset at the loss and to console me, my dad said "the tigers are a great side, if they make the final next year we will go". Sure enough we had a superb year and I was excited for weeks about the possibility of seeing my team play another GF. Dad kept his word and we made the trip to Sydney....I have never forgiven him LOL.