Comments on Where were you...?TypePad2010-12-08T13:51:23ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2010/12/where-were-you/comments/atom.xml/ProphetJoe commented on 'Where were you...?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0147e08f207d970b2010-12-10T14:20:30Z2010-12-10T14:20:30ZProphetJoehttp://americanapologist.comZahava -- they didn't actually close the school did they????<p>Zahava -- they didn't actually close the school did they????</p>zahava commented on 'Where were you...?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0147e0842c09970b2010-12-09T12:12:53Z2010-12-09T12:12:53Zzahavahttp://www.zatar.co.ilI was just about to enter my (HS) honors English class when the department head (someone we all assumed was...<p>I was just about to enter my (HS) honors English class when the department head (someone we all assumed was an insensitive dinosaur) came up to the door sobbing incoherently that "John is dead. We're closing school. John Lennon is dead."</p>
<p>Weird as it may sound, the sight of our sobbing English chair was a comfort. Made us all feel less bizarre about being shattered by the news. It also proved conclusively that she may have seemed old to us, but our English chair was anything but insensitive.... </p>Alex commented on 'Where were you...?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0148c68d33a5970c2010-12-09T10:12:18Z2010-12-09T10:12:18ZAlexhttp://craftyweemidden.blogspot.com/I remember I was not long married, sitting in the living room and couldn't quite believe it; a very surreal...<p>I remember I was not long married, sitting in the living room and couldn't quite believe it; a very surreal feeling. Later that day went to the local pub with a friend and had several drinks. I have a very vivid mental image of myself sitting in that room, though; like looking at someone else.....like ou I grew up with the Beatles.<br />
Alex in frozen Scotland</p>Elisson commented on 'Where were you...?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0148c68bbd74970c2010-12-09T04:45:05Z2010-12-09T04:45:05ZElissonhttp://cheeseaisle.blogspot.comI heard it the next morning on my way in to work. A little chunk of my childhood died that...<p>I heard it the next morning on my way in to work. A little chunk of my childhood died that day...</p>
<p>What's bizarre to me is that Lennon only lived to the age of 40... and he's now been dead a full 30 years.</p>ProphetJoe commented on 'Where were you...?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0147e07e120a970b2010-12-08T21:19:54Z2010-12-08T21:19:54ZProphetJoehttp://americanapologist.comI remember that day as well. I was working in a restaurant in college and we heard it on the...<p>I remember that day as well. I was working in a restaurant in college and we heard it on the radio in the kitchen. I remember just hearing that he had been shot and my (admittedly flippant) response was "It was probably Yoko". I grew up with the Beatles and I'm not sure why, but I never liked John. Paul and Ringo were my favorites. George was quiet and unoffensive. I guess I always blamed John AND Yoko for the band's breakup...</p>Aharon commented on 'Where were you...?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0147e07b2da1970b2010-12-08T14:38:34Z2010-12-08T14:38:34ZAharonhttp://www.alluregraphics.comI remember Lennon's death but I cerainly did not understand its importance at the time. The first 'I remember where...<p>I remember Lennon's death but I cerainly did not understand its importance at the time. The first 'I remember where I was when' date for me was the Challenger explosion.</p>