It was 35 years ago today...
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It was 35 years ago today...
I remember being in the traffic on Hwy 405 in LA when the news came over the radio...
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I was in my basement student apartment and heard it over Syracuse University student radio station in Oswego NY. I was very upset.
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We had just moved to Southern Oregon and picked up the paper while having coffee on our deck on the Applegate River. We cried and cried.
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Traffic on the 405??ltollefs wrote:I remember being in the traffic on Hwy 405 in LA
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I was at the Waldorf in New York in the Zebra bar when I heard the news . A patron there wanted to pick up a couple of whores and they refused because they were too depressed to work because of the death of John Lemon. The old man got man and called security to have them kick out but the security refused as they were not working so the old man said he was a guess and started making a scandal so the whores left bu as they were leaving one of them stuck up her lit up cigarette in the face of the old man who started screming..the women disappeared.. I will never forget that day,
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We were heading from Huntington Beach to Wilmington, if memory serves - it was 35 years ago, after all - and we were on a highway. I guessed that it was the 405. At the very least, I can assert with authority that we were on land. Somewhere.viajero wrote:Traffic on the 405??ltollefs wrote:I remember being in the traffic on Hwy 405 in LA
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What the heck were you going to Wilmington for?crack?ltollefs wrote:We were heading from Huntington Beach to Wilmington, if memory serves - it was 35 years ago, after all - and we were on a highway. I guessed that it was the 405. At the very least, I can assert with authority, that we were on land. Somewhere.viajero wrote:Traffic on the 405??ltollefs wrote:I remember being in the traffic on Hwy 405 in LA
I spent 25 years and about a million hours commuting to work on the 405..I don't miss it.
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Sorry guys I wrote John Lemon instead of Lennon..morning are tough...
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viajero wrote:What the heck were you going to Wilmington for?crack?ltollefs wrote:We were heading from Huntington Beach to Wilmington, if memory serves - it was 35 years ago, after all - and we were on a highway. I guessed that it was the 405. At the very least, I can assert with authority, that we were on land. Somewhere.viajero wrote:Traffic on the 405??ltollefs wrote:I remember being in the traffic on Hwy 405 in LA
I spent 25 years and about a million hours commuting to work on the 405..I don't miss it.
There was, maybe is, a diver training center there. A buddy wanted to work on the rigs in the gulf and thought that would be a good place to start. We were on our way to check the place out. It didn't work out for some forgotten reason.
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That makes sense,there is a dive school there,I used to dock my King Cruiser 29 in Wilmington,it's a sketchy town.
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I was at sea somewhere between Manila and Singapore. We didn't get much work done that day.
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Lennon Dies
For God's sake people...he was singer in a band...get over it...he's dead and gone!!
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Interesting. I live in a town in Mexico where most of the foreigners are older than me. As I read this thread, I was trying to remember where I was when I heard the news….and I have no idea. I was a little too young for Lennon to represent something important to me, but I certainly remember when he was murdered and that it meant a lot to a lot of people. I could see and feel that by the outpour. He was an Icon. A poet even. He moved people.
And then I read this:
This post, in my view, represents a total lack of understanding and respect for the opinions and feelings of others. Since we are in the public portion of this forum, I'll leave it at that.
RIP / DEP
And then I read this:
WDBarr wrote:For God's sake people...he was singer in a band...get over it...he's dead and gone!!
This post, in my view, represents a total lack of understanding and respect for the opinions and feelings of others. Since we are in the public portion of this forum, I'll leave it at that.
RIP / DEP
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WDBarr wrote:For God's sake people...he was singer in a band...get over it...he's dead and gone!!
Obviously he changed lives or we wouldn't feel like this. I truly feel sorry for you if you never understood what Lennon and the Beatles stood for. He was so much more than a singer in a band or a songwriter he was a spokesperson for a whole generation worldwide. You missed something in life Barr. I can imagine what else you missed in life.
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Well said, Z, looks like Barr still doesn't get it.
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Trailrunner wrote:Well said, Z, looks like Barr still doesn't get it.
If you can read the words to "Imagine" and you don't get it.......it's hopeless.
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Yes, well said Z. I had the tv on but not really watching it, it was football. Howard Cosell broke the news to me. Upset? Yes, you could definitely say that.
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I also got the news from Howard Cosell...cried for days afterward...needed a towel to soak up the tears. (Click on the Youtube logo to view.)
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I too was watching football. My brother called me and gave me the sad news.
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Betcha Barr still hasn't gotten over Lennon proclaiming " We're more popular than Jesus " 1966...
Generations Identify with Lennon as A Man Of Peace, An Anti-War Crusader, An Activist, And A Bitch'n Song Writer...
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No Hell below us
Above us only Sky
Generations Identify with Lennon as A Man Of Peace, An Anti-War Crusader, An Activist, And A Bitch'n Song Writer...
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No Hell below us
Above us only Sky
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