Re: generational markers (was "Disney's Man In Space")

From: OM (om_at_our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:27:41 -0500

On Mon, 31 May 2004 17:09:09 -0700, Mary Shafer <miliff@qnet.com>
wrote:

>All I had to go by was what the BBC said in 1974. They certainly
>didn't mention the moon landing and the walk as having kept them on
>the air. And it was only six years earlier, too.

...It's possible that was a factual error. It depends on who was doing
the overnight coverage, too. Burke would have caught that one in a
heartbeat.

>Anyway, I'm quite willing to concede that I was wrong. I plead a bad
>source in mitigation.

...Plea accepted. Of course, the fun part would have been if Henry
chimed in and was wrong too.

>You'll have to get your ICBBC tote bags before you can apply for your
>ICM jackets.

...I'll spit the difference and accept an ICM aviatrix white scarf :-)

                                OM 

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