ET: bugger, missed it.

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik.

Hands up who else was born before the start of the Space Age.

 

You are not over 50!

 

I think you'll find he is.

 

<wimper>
Hey ho.
Today I shall finish cleaning my workshop (prompted by the
imminent arrival of a young Spanish design graduate (f)
working with me for a month)
and the rest of the day will be spent rennovating my rear brake.

Or should that be the rest of the month?

 

Feeling your age, eh?

 

Sucking his keyboard for inspiration, platypus typed:

m
¦¦

 

<shock>

 

I can't say I remember it totally clearly given that I was about my
lad's age at the time. Cue the appropriate Tornadoes track though and
memories of five years later will come flooding back.
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*waves*

 

fx: waves walking stick...

 

<fx:waves>

 

<waves frantically>

I was old enough to remember Sputnik being launched and all the following
crap like launching Lieka the dog into space, never to return. I couldn't
(and still can't) see the point in doing that.


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Beav

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They had monitors on board that showed that she survived take-off and
orbit. Shame thay hadn't worked out the landing bit, but hey, it was
only a dog.

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Not born, but conceived.

 

Heh, when I was 40 last year I asked Platy for some advice on how cope
with mid-life crisises.

The alcohol has fuzzed the memory of what he said but I'm sure it was good.

 

<fabulous furry freak brothers cockroach general mode>

plenty more where that came from...

 

Oh yes, indeed. 1962 - hence the FIVE YEARS LATER up there ^^^^^

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| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 |
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<AOL>

"A glint in the milkman's eye."

 

ISTR that the alcohol was a significant part of the recommended approach.

 

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