RIP Neil Armstrong. I remembered that he actually got it wrong, by saying "one small step for man" instead of "one small step for A man", showing the power of the article in English - something I endeavour to get across to my Russian colleagues, with limited succcess. But he was a native speaker of English and he got it wrong. It didn't really matter though. We knew what he meant. I was 15 that year. The excitement of the new. Rest in peace Neil. I remember your colleague Buzz Aldrin punching a moon-landings denier in the face on live TV, which was great fun, but that is another story.
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I was 15 too - and you knwow what? I think that the death of Neil Armstrong is finally, the death of the sixties. RIPx
My Dad and I were sat and listening entranced when the words 'the Eagle has landed' came in.
Had a job to hear it though as my mother and wife were discussing house prices!!
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My Dad wouldn't let me stay up. I was eleven.Never forgiven him.
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