Earth Shattering Events
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What is sobering is that Nice this morning is not really registering on the shock and awe scale.
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<p>What is sobering is that Nice this morning is not really registering on the shock and awe scale.</p>
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<p>Compassion fatigue. Much like car bombings in Iraq or mass shootings in the USA, you're starting to expect it.</p> -
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<p><strong>Wahine disaster</strong>.</p>
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<p>Moon landing.</p>
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<p>Munich Olympics.</p>
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<p>Norm Kirk dying - "The Press" headline was "Death of a Statesman".</p>
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<p>Christchurch Commonwealth Games - after Dick Taylor's run I went down to the local rugby ground and ran laps until I'd done 10,000 meters - or an approximation of - started my running "career" .</p>
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<p>French nuclear testing at Mururoa.</p>
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<p>Springbok tour.</p>
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<p>While not earth shattering for me because it happened five years before I was born my father was on it when it sank and understandably I don't think he ever got over it .</p> -
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<p>Chris can't believe I forgot the wahine and mururoa</p>
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<p>Wahine is the first news item I can remember seeing on TV.</p>
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<p>Not surprised Jegga - I've watched some of those big storms in Wellington and imagined jumping into the harbour.</p> -
<p>Freddie Mercury's death, vividly recall coming back after hunting for a piston wristed gibbon that smashed into my mates mums car and took off and seeing it on the news.</p>
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Hilary Barry's last appearance on 3 news.</p></blockquote>
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But 9/11 was the earth shattering moment. I was living in the mess and someone said a plane had crashed into the WTC so I went down to the TV room to have a look. There was a bunch of us in the room and after a while I was about to go outside to have a smoke when the second plane hit and the realisation of it all hit me like a 10 foot wave. I turned to everyone else in the room who had various expressions of shock and simply said; "the world has changed men, we're going to be busy from now on". Nothing else has had such an impact.</p></blockquote>
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At home on the couch, watching Sandra Sully deliver the late night news. Had just turned the TV on and she was there looking very concerned with a smoking building in the background.<br><br>
Called out to the fiancée (future Mrs TA) "hey look at this!" <br><br>
As she walked into the room, the second plane hit. Fucking surreal. We just sat there and held each other for the next hour, wondering what the hell was going on, and how the world was going to change in the next year leaving up to our wedding.<br><br>
Flew out to NZ on 7 September 2002, nervously wondering if there would be anniversary follow up attacks while we were overseas. <br><br>
And we had the time of our lives over there, including a stack of honeymoon sex, so I forgot about it. <br><br>
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<p>Freddie Mercury's death, vividly recall coming back after hunting for a Willis that smashed into my mates mums car and took off and seeing it on the news.</p>
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<p>Freddy was great on the piano but he really sucked on the organ</p> -
<p>you'd know!</p>
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At home on the couch, watching Sandra Sully deliver the late night news. Had just turned the TV on and she was there looking very concerned with a smoking building in the background.<br><br>
Called out to the fiancée (future Mrs TA) "hey look at this!"<br><br>
As she walked into the room, the second plane hit. Fucking surreal. We just sat there and held each other for the next hour, wondering what the hell was going on, and how the world was going to change in the next year leaving up to our wedding.<br><br>
Flew out to NZ on 7 September 2002, nervously wondering if there would be anniversary follow up attacks while we were overseas.<br><br>
And we had the time of our lives over there, including a stack of honeymoon sex, so I forgot about it.<br><br>
Who's laughing now, Usama?</p>
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<p>My brother rang me from UK and woke me with the news which he was watching live. My end of the conversation was "No fucking way! Fucking Hell! Fuck off! " Watched it all right through night until I had to go to work.</p>
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<p>I had to catch the red eye to Sydney the next day. There were about 20 passengers on what was usually a full flight. Quite eerie - only about 5 ppl in the Koru lounge</p> -
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<p>I seem to remember that Daisy Duke from Dukes of Hazzard and Wilma Deering from Buck Rogers in 25th Century had a pretty earth shattering effect on my psyche as I was growing up.</p>
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<p>I always preferred Wonder Woman for some reason....</p>
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<p>Fuck!</p>
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<p>That has to be shopped</p> -
<p>I was baked off my arse in the family living room watching 9/11. Was a pretty intense experience. Was going to go wake my mum up but was worried she'd see how wasted I was and ask questions.</p>
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<p>Oh the life of a student.</p> -
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I seem to remember that Daisy Duke from Dukes of Hazzard and Wilma Deering from Buck Rogers in 25th Century had a pretty earth shattering effect on my psyche as I was growing up.</p></blockquote>The urban legend was that Daisy had her legs insured back in her Dukes days. She had fine pins and even got a cut of women's shorts named after her.<br><br>
The first desert storm was significant because it was the first big event for the fledgling 24 hour CNN network. Who knew people wanted so much information all the time
