Do You Remember? Yes I do three times!

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Hello Hello Silverites and fellow Hivers

As we now move into the second half of the month, that means it is time to post an entry to the #BoM in the Silver Bloggers community.

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Technically, I cannot enter the #BoM as a competitor due to the fact that I am one of the judges, so this this post comprises my contribution to the BoM for September!

Let's kick off with a song from Phil Collins... Speaking of Phil Collins, I often got him and Bob Hoskins confused, they do look alike.


Do You Remember

There is the clue to the prompt for the September BoM...

Blog of the Month - New theme for Tuesday, 20 September is the BOM post in question and the jist of it taken from the post is as follows:

September theme:

Where were you when...?

For this month's #bom edition, we want to know about that event that will forever stick in your head. It must be something that hit the national news in your country or which made the world stop and pay attention. Events that spring to my mind are

the announcement that Nelson Mandela would be free(d)
the first moon landing
the Tiananmen Square protests
the fall of the Berlin Wall
Tell us about one or more such events that are seminal in your life, why, and what you were doing when it all went down.

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I don't actually have any vivid memories of the suggested events.

Instead I am going to pop three things down from my memory that definitely hit the UK and international news, and strangely enough they all happened around August/September!


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9/11 2001

Yes that is a picture of NYC pre 9/11 because you can see the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. I had friends who worked in the banking sector so visited Manahattan a few times over the years.

Prior to 9/11 I had finished a rotation in the Middle East and was well aware of the groups that were active. With some of the unfriendly groups around I actually had to travel/work on my Irish passport, and not one of my British ones.

Mrs T got a call from her mother to switch on the news. We were living in Florida at the time, and it was a day off so we were still in bed. The telly was put on, and we stared in disbelief at what was happening.

Straight away I was saying Bin Laden.

Then the calls became non stop. It turned out that the cousin of Mrs T was working in one of the towers and nobody had heard anything from cousin Steve.

By this time the planes had hit and we could see the devestation to the Towers and the unfortunate victims.

Into the afternoon and still no word about the cousin.

We went round to Mrs T's mothers house and waited for news.

Finally the aunt called to say that cousin Steve had managed to call his brother who was a cop in Colorado.

The cop cousin was telling the cousin to get away from the Towers. The cousin though was wanting to go back inside the Towers. Apparantly there was a lot of money in a safe that he was responsible for, and he was worried about getting the sack etc if he did not get the money.

Luckily, he ws barred from rentering the Tower and eventually made his way to safety. He was describing what he saw and hearing and seeing falling people. To this day he still had nightmares about what he saw and heard, and suffers from survivors guilt.

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Princess Di 31 August 1997

If we go back a few years and in fact it was the 25th anniversary of this even a couple of weeks ago.
The death of Princess Diana in a car accident in Paris.
I was at a wedding in the South of England of a second cousin of mine and havea grand old time with a young lady Angela.

We got word that Princess Diana had been involved in a car accident. A couple of hours later we heard she had passed away. It was a sad time thinking about the two Princes losing their mother.

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Elvis 16 August 1977

This is one of my earliest and vivid memories.
I woke up on the 17th August very excited. It was my birthday and we were moving from Edinburgh to the Orkney Islands off the North of Scotland. This meant a long car trip then a two hour ferry trip.

Cars and boats were stuff that little boys loved and I was no exception!

However, it transpired that Elvis had died the day before in America.

I had never heard of Elvis. Who was Elvis? I soon found out!

Playing on the radio during that 8 hour car trip it was Elvis Elvis and more ruddy Elvis!

So it is only fitting I close this contribution with All Shook Up from the King.

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There we have it, three events in history that I remember where I was and what I was doing!

If you would like to participate then check out the rules at Blog of the Month - New theme for Tuesday, 20 September and in the meantime have a fantastic day.



All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman @TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated.
September 19th 2022
Note: The two YouTube videos that I have shared are not owned by me, I am simply spreading great music on Hive.

DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND DO IT OFTEN

Haste Ye Back!

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Osama Bin Ladin... What a terror that man was. Your cousin survived and that is good although It must be awful to always feel guilty. I am so sorry for him.

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Yeah we just need to live in peace. It is not fun and scarred him for life.

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I would have also chosen exactly the same three as you although I do have memories of the Berlin wall coming down as I flew out there for the weekend to join the party.

By far my most vivid memory though is created by the title...

'Do you remember?'...

Choc pops melting on the playground wall....

;-)

Hope you're well mate :-)

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You joined in the party at the Berlin Wall, damn that would have been cool!
Doing great thanks Nathen, hope you are too:)

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Good to hear your cousin Steve was ok.

This is a great track by Phil, I often mix him up with Bob Hoskins and the film Buster.

Have a great week Ed!

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ah yes Buster, good film!
Thanks Steve, and you have a great week too :)

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Jeez - and 8 hour trip of listening to Elvis - pure torture. Although I do prefer him to Fife's answer to Elvis (Jimmy Shand) !
!LOLZ

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Jimmy Shand haha not heard any for years and years!

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When I was a kid my cousins, my aunt, my sister, and I went to the top of the twin towers where there was an observation spot. I don't know what prompted us to do that since we lived there and didn't do any other touristy things like that; I've never been to the Statue of Liberty or anything. But we went and somewhere my mom has a photo of my sister and cousins learning on the glass and my terrified arse gripping the railing like "hurry up and take the picture so I can get away from the glass!" because I was afraid of heights.
When they came down, I was living in Colorado and the bus driver on my way to work had the radio on about it. I figured it was going to be an accident, like decades ago some plane hit the empire state building. Until the second one hit. Then it was obvious that this was something wholly different.

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It is strange, we often do not do the touristy things on our doorsteps until someone visits!
Oh yes once that second one hit, we knew it really was a totally different ball game, unfortunately:(

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Thanks for the historic trivia Uncle Ed. Really appreciate it

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You are so very welcome wee teacher:)
How have you been recently?

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That's an interesting way to mark history. I'm all shook up. I'm surprised you didn't include December 8th, 1980 or January 28, 1986. I guess I remember more things from the 80s than the 70s but I do remember the flood of Elvis impersonators that came after his parting. It really didn't matter if they looked nothing like Elvis as long as they had the swag.

!LOL

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Maybe, you should do a separate post on the memories that you still have. It will be an awesome read, I know.

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How are you @edystringz? Are you in school now? I think you probably noticed I haven't written very much in the past couple months. A lot is going on. If I have time I would like to put together some of my writing and make a collection. After it is in the blog it is just so difficult to go back.

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I am doing okay, @mineopoly. No, I am not in school. We are currently on strike. We haven't had school in the past few months.

I am sorry about what's going on around you. I hope you'll get it all sorted out soon. Sending a big bear hug 🤗🫂

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hi there @mineopoly so you had me looking up those tow dates. I was never a Beatles fans and although it was shocking I have no idea where I heard it, likewise the space shuttle, that was devastating and I do remember seeing it on the television, although I have no idea where.
Oh yes the impersonators, even today he still gets impersonated!

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I think this is the difference of looking at the world from American eyes or Scottish eyes. It's just different. I was still a little kid but shocked when my parents said that someone shot John Lennon. I couldn't believe that anyone could do such a thing. Every classroom in America was watching the Challenger. We were so happy that we didn't have to have class. Instead they rolled in a TV from the multi media room and we watched the space shuttle take off live. Before the launch they talked about a teacher who was on board. We all thought they should fly our teacher to the moon. The moon was pretty festive and bubbly until we saw what we couldn't believe hat we were seeing. Our teacher actually turned off the television and actually said something like,

"These things can happen. Now open your readers to page 132 and we will talk about this more tomorrow."

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Exactly, where you are in the world does determine what you see and hear. Although there is the time difference too, we may well have watched the shuttles depending on the times.
Of course there was the teacher, so I can imagine how all you kids would have been thinking!

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9/11 will always be in my heart not only because it's the day we heard about the twin towers but because it's my dad's birthday too. So, every year, when we celebrate my dad's new age, we remember the twin tower too. Dad was the one who shared the news that year, and he never forgets either. I guess, my entire family will never forget.

By the way, I love Phil's song too especially the one you choose, it makes my heart bleed when I listen to him. And typing this comment while listening to him again, still makes my heart bleed...

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aww Happy Belated birthday to your Dad.
Well that is one way that your family will never forget 9/11.
Oh cool you like Phil Collins, he is a great singer and a great musician:)

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I remember I was in high school we went to the gymnasium and They just told us two planes crashed into the towers, and I said “wait, one into each tower?” And everyone aligned because they couldn’t imagine that’s what actually happened. I was right across the river. Some parents couldn't make it home for a few days. The tv went out for a few hours and we imagined there'd be a bunch more targets

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oh yes, that was what was waiting for, to hear if there were more targets.
A memory that you will not forget.

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The attack of 11 September was such a dark moment for the world at large. It was a time of such anguish. My boss at the time was American, and his daughter was living in NYC. The world changed so much that day.

And when Princess Diana died, I remember it perfectly. I got home late that night, and I thought it was strange to hear the TV on in my parents' room. When I came in, my dad told me that Princess Diana had been in a car accident in Paris. I remember watching the news on TV until they announced that she had died. It was so sad.

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Yes Princess Di was sad, that was probably the first time I have watched the news to wait about the outcome of a person in a car accident.
I hope that your boss's daughter was okay Super Eli, it was a dark day, yet another dark day in the history of what humans are capable of doing to each other.

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I am curious... how do you know they are NOT the same person? Has anyone ever seen Phil Collins and Bob Hoskins at the same time, in the same room?

I remember the day the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. I remember it well. I remember the night the Gulf War started. and 9/11, very clearly. So many iconic, and tragic events.

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hehe I think they have been together at awards ceremonies!
oh Challenger exploded on the night the gulf war started, I don't know that. Unfortunately yes there have been so many iconic and tragic events.

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ahh, no, the challenger explosion was a different night (Challenger was Jan 28th, Gulf war started with Iraq invading in August, and then Coalition forces began liberating in January)

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gotyou, I did start doing some googling about dates out of curiosity.

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9/11 certainly was the most horrific and unvelievable events, it must have been agonizing for the family not knowing what happened to your wife's cousin! That people can commit acts like this is beyond comprehension.
I cannot begin to imagine how terrifying it must have been for the survivors!
I was a huge Princess Di fan, what a tragic end to a beautiful lonely woman who was desperate for love.
Not being much of an Elvis fan and seeing how he looked in the end, it was not a surprise but did not have much of an impact on me. I however thoroughly enjoyed the recent movie Elvis, another tragic life. The way that manager used and abused him by pushing for more shows, is deplorable.
The perfect #bom entry Ed!

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Thanks Lizzie, so the Elvis movie seems to be quite a true account by the sounds of it.
Yeah events like 9/11 are traumatic for survivors and victims families alike.
One day just maybe events like that won't happen anymore.

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hey Ed, this is an interesting question... and you've picked some iconic moments. I was 6 years old when Elvis died so I wasn't really aware of it...even though my dad played him a bit when we were younger....Elvis died the day after my birthday... so chances are I was still celebrating birthdays in my own little head. I know exactly where I was with both Princess Di and 9/11... the memories are ingrained on my soul. Both devastated me. So many other iconic events... I have memories of... but now...I need sleep... as I have a stupidly hectic day tomorrow !LOLZ !ALIVE !LUV

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Yes when we are small children I don't think we remember iconic events unless they are associated with something that happens to us!
There are loads of iconic moments, however not that many I vividly recall where I was and what I was doing!
I hope your day was not too hectic
!LUV
!ALIVE

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Yeah, 2001 hit a lot of people really hard, and so did Princess Di, and I don't remember Elvis going. But I do remember John Fitzgerald Kennedy being assassinated, and his brother Robert Kennedy being assassinated a few years later.
Another totally excellent post Ed.
But Bob Hoskins at least had a crazy rabbit's sexy wife hahahahahahaha!!!
I'd like to make a recommendation to you Ed @tengolotodo, that you use the author's name to go straight to the photo when you have it up, no sweat, and then you could put the author's address for the Pixabay.com URL. The reason for this is that I went to the author's page, and went down the first page, and the twin towers are not on the first page; I have seen photos where they are like 30 or 40 pages back and sometimes they have way more.
[Gerd Altmann](https://pixabay.com/photos/world-trade-center-wtc-new-york-city-2699805/)
Gerd Altmann this is the same URL in the strip, and when you click on it, it takes you straight to the photo where you will immediately see the Pixabay license on the right. Only a suggestion.
By the way, I went 10 pages back on his site and still no twin towers. lol
This post was obtained through Dreemport.

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!LUV !ALIVE !PIMP

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hehe that rabbit lol yeah Bob Hoskins did have that.
As for the sourcing, it is funny I just take the recommended attribution straight from pixabay when you download a free to use image.
I did used to manually write the tags pretty much like you have done, I should do that again if the pixabay attribution does not take you back to the original picture!
Thanks for that James.

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I knew you would write about Mrs. T's cousin and you did :) It must have been really hard for him to have witnessed many others dying on that day. He's blessed to have survived... hope the nightmares will leave him na, Tito Ed.

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Yeah kinda hard not to mention Stephen CJ.
They are less but never go completely, maybe one day...

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Elvis, huh?

At least you didn't have to sit through The Beatles for 8 hours, right? :)

Yeah... Diana. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm....

Good woman.

And the towers... I dunno, dude. I'm still suspicious of the whole story and the USA. Sorry. Not sorry. They've done some dodgy as fluff things and I wouldn't be surprised if this was set up to start a war.

Or to move money somewhere or something financially driven.

No I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I just know that when people, power and money are in the mix... really, really bad things do happen.

And there was this massive, well organized, terrifying, militant terrorist group and then poof!

*crickets

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8 hours of the Beetles oh lord help me, now that would have made me jump out of the car!

Humans have the ability to kill maim and destroy each other with ease, and for what. Power and people don't mix, and whatever happened on 9/11 it was the ordinary public who suffered.

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It's always us masses who take the hit. :(

Yep. Follow the money. The catch phrase of Earth 2022 but since forever and we're finally catching on.

Shall we start a band? No Beatles covers. I promise!

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