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600 million tv viewers
Battlestar Galactica when it aired got either 30 or 60 million viewers. I always get the number mixed up, but its one of those two. The new one got like 4 or 5 million.
But what really puts all shows in its place, was the Neil Armstrong-Buz Aldrin Show. This one of a lifetime event, no... one of akind in the history of all men kinda event, this got 600 million viewers!!!!!
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February 22nd, 2004, 05:14 PM
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I was tempted to go sarcastic comedy, and explore the moon landing as a hoax theory, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
Good point though.
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February 22nd, 2004, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by thomas7g
Battlestar Galactica when it aired got either 30 or 60 million viewers. I always get the number mixed up, but its one of those two. The new one got like 4 or 5 million.
But what really puts all shows in its place, was the Neil Armstrong-Buz Aldrin Show. This one of a lifetime event, no... one of akind in the history of all men kinda event, this got 600 million viewers!!!!!
Pretty impressive number eh? And no damn commercials either!!! |
Yes THAT was VERYYYYYYYY Impressive! I especially LOVEDDDDDDDD the
NO Commercials ......I wish they'd do MORE of THAT! 
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February 22nd, 2004, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by thomas7g
Battlestar Galactica when it aired got either 30 or 60 million viewers. I always get the number mixed up, but its one of those two. The new one got like 4 or 5 million.
But what really puts all shows in its place, was the Neil Armstrong-Buz Aldrin Show. This one of a lifetime event, no... one of akind in the history of all men kinda event, this got 600 million viewers!!!!!
Pretty impressive number eh? And no damn commercials either!!! |
Oh and the original got 67 million viewers ...................and the mini
got 4 million if the ratings were correct ..................which I believe it
might have been
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February 22nd, 2004, 06:53 PM
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July 12 1969 "The Eagle has landed"...poor Michael Collins he always gets forgotten. I was almost 5 1/2 yrs old but I remember it clearly. We were at my grandmother's cottage up on Lake Newago. The night before the landing my mother took me outside onto the balcony and pointed up to the moon and told me tomorrow people would land there and walk around for the very first time and we could watch it happen all the way back down here on Earth. The next day we were glued to the black and white TV watching it unfold. My mother's excitment was contagious as she explained everything, and impressed upon me how historic this was and how I must never forget. That moment impacted me profoundly! So she could hardly argue with me on April the 12 1981 when I begged to be allowed to stay home and watch the first space shuttle Columia take off. It's the only day I ever got to play hooky from high school.
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February 22nd, 2004, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaelen
July 12 1969 "The Eagle has landed"...poor Michael Collins he always gets forgotten. I was almost 5 1/2 yrs old but I remember it clearly. We were at my grandmother's cottage up on Lake Newago. The night before the landing my mother took me outside onto the balcony and pointed up to the moon and told me tomorrow people would land there and walk around for the very first time and we could watch it happen all the way back down here on Earth. The next day we were glued to the black and white TV watching it unfold. My mother's excitment was contagious as she explained everything, and impressed upon me how historic this was and how I must never forget. That moment impacted me profoundly! So she could hardly argue with me on April the 12 1981 when I begged to be allowed to stay home and watch the first space shuttle Columia take off. It's the only day I ever got to play hooky from high school.
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I had to work when the Columbia took off .........but I got to watch the
Columbia take off at work ............  ........it was TRUELLY magnificant!
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February 22nd, 2004, 07:15 PM
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I was at work when the Challenger exploded, I cried. I still have a copy of the newspaper showing the pics etc.
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February 22nd, 2004, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by thomas7g
Battlestar Galactica when it aired got either 30 or 60 million viewers. I always get the number mixed up, but its one of those two. The new one got like 4 or 5 million.
But what really puts all shows in its place, was the Neil Armstrong-Buz Aldrin Show. This one of a lifetime event, no... one of akind in the history of all men kinda event, this got 600 million viewers!!!!!
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unfortunatly i wasn't even around for this event, i just can't imagine what it was like
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February 22nd, 2004, 07:34 PM
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maybe not for that braxiss but you'll be around for the first time humans land on another planet, there's something to look forward to.
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February 22nd, 2004, 07:44 PM
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I remember, in grade school--4th, 5th, & 6th grades mainly, if a moon landing occurred while we were in school, they would set up a TV in the cafeteria and let us older kids go down and watch it. It was 'history in the making'.
I'll never forget the Apollo missions. In some ways, it seems like only yesterday.
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February 22nd, 2004, 07:53 PM
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...and another thing,
IF....anyone goes to Florida, specifically the Kennedy Space Center, GO to the Astronaut Hall of Fame. It's on the road that goes out to the Cape.
At the Astronaut HOF, you'll find an incredible amount of information about the missions, the astronauts, and a really cool "dual" timeline. It's set up with a 'real world' time line on top and an astronaut-space mission timeline on the bottom. It was really neat to compare the missions with what else was occurring in the world.
By itself, the HOF could take up a good chunk of the day. So, you want to allow enough time to see it.
Definite 5-star 
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February 22nd, 2004, 07:53 PM
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What I remember of the First Moon Landing was that it was the most incredible moment in my life. It was like you felt like a part of the history. It was an amazing time. Imagine the falling of the Berlin wall times a thousandfold. It was religously magical.
Though being a little boy... the thing I remember most was the weird triangular shaped window. LOL
btw- on a sad foonote personally. While I rarely watch the space shuttle...I saw both tragedies live.
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:04 PM
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I haven't figured out how to box peoples words yet
BST you lucky person getting to watch at school.
Tom "religiously magical" I hear you!
I saw the last one live too it was like reliving the first one all over again. both times I felt incredulous!
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:17 PM
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I haven't figured out how to box peoples words yet
BST you lucky person getting to watch at school.
Tom "religiously magical" I hear you!
I saw the last one live too it was like reliving the first one all over again. both times I felt incredulous!
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Gaelen,
In the bottom right-hand corner of the post window is a 'Reply' button, to the right of the 'Edit' button. Just click on that 'Reply' button and it will capture the entire post as a quote.
For "quoting" portions of a post, you can use [ quote ] at the beginning of the item to be quoted and then, [ /quote ] at the end. (No spaces inside the brackets, though. I only did that here to illustrate the commands.)
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:35 PM
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Gaelen,
In the bottom right-hand corner of the post window is a 'Reply' button, to the right of the 'Edit' button. Just click on that 'Reply' button and it will capture the entire post as a quote.
For "quoting" portions of a post, you can use [ quote ] at the beginning of the item to be quoted and then, [ /quote ] at the end. (No spaces inside the brackets, though. I only did that here to illustrate the commands.)
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giving it a try
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:37 PM
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YOU NAILED IT!!
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:38 PM
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Best I get the first part but I don't understand how to select only a part of someones post. :confused:
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:44 PM
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Best I get the first part but I don't understand how to select only a part of someones post. :confused:
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Forget what I said before!! LOL
I just remembered the enhancements with the new forum software.
> Highlight the word, sentence, phrase, or paragraph that you want to quote then, look up at the Toolbar that begins with the B I U........anyway, the very LAST button is for quoting. Click on that button and it will put what you highlighted into a quote box.
Sorry for confusing things before.
BST
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Lay down
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:47 PM
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Forget what I said before!! LOL
I just remembered the enhancements with the new forum software.
> Highlight the word, sentence, phrase, or paragraph that you want to quote then, look up at the Toolbar that begins with the B I U........anyway, the very LAST button is for quoting. Click on that button and it will put what you highlighted into a quote box.
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Sorry for confusing things before
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giving it a try
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:49 PM
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I still use the [] commands.....
I am
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:50 PM
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BST HELP how do I now get rid of all the rest? by the by thank you SSOOO much for explaining this to me  |
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:52 PM
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I still use the [] commands.....
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not sure if you guys mean the wrap quote function or wrap quote? here we go using wrap code.
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February 22nd, 2004, 08:55 PM
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that wasn't what I selected oh well ...
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February 22nd, 2004, 09:17 PM
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BST HELP how do I now get rid of all the rest? by the by thank you SSOOO much for explaining this to me |
Thankee!! 
Once you have "quoted" what you want, you can get rid of the rest by just using the delete key. Just have your cursor where you want to begin deleting and "let 'er rip"!!
BST
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February 22nd, 2004, 09:20 PM
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you can get rid of the rest
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giving it a try
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February 22nd, 2004, 09:21 PM
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getting there but why won't it say it's your message or do I have to type that in?
Thanks BST I probably should not be taking over this thread for this purpose there is a help area which I will move to now.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
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February 23rd, 2004, 08:01 AM
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I was at work when the Challenger exploded, I cried. I still have a copy of the newspaper showing the pics etc.
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I was watching it with my kids .............I had to explain to them what just
happened. I almost cried when my oldest said ...........well since it
exploded in the sky they must be in heaven already. All I could say was
"Hon I guess you're right about that." 
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February 23rd, 2004, 08:26 AM
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I was watching it with my kids .............I had to explain to them what just
happened. I almost cried when my oldest said ...........well since it
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Oh my G-- Don't tell me things like that it makes my heart hurt! (I need a broken heart symbol here)
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February 23rd, 2004, 08:54 AM
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Oh my G-- Don't tell me things like that it makes my heart hurt! (I need a broken heart symbol here)
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  since they have THESE symbols they need to add that one too.
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