1. Welcome to Tacoma World!

    You are currently viewing as a guest! To get full-access, you need to register for a FREE account.

    As a registered member, you’ll be able to:
    • Participate in all Tacoma discussion topics
    • Communicate privately with other Tacoma owners from around the world
    • Post your own photos in our Members Gallery
    • Access all special features of the site

Remember when

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by StayinStock, Oct 7, 2018.

  1. May 16, 2022 at 5:47 PM
    #6101
    SOSHeloPilot

    SOSHeloPilot My 1st Muscle Car

    Joined:
    Mar 31, 2009
    Member:
    #15422
    Messages:
    6,779
    Gender:
    Male
    S.E USA & S.E. Asia too
    Vehicle:
    2024 4Runner SR5
    Missing My Last Tacoma --- Had 11 Toyota trucks in the past and many other Toyota cars too.
    ...^^^... I learned to drive one of those ... it wasn't so bad the second time you used it (after you initially cut that little groove in the grass).

    I actually wore out several of those little devils ... :)

    If it was a new trim job with lots of grass and dirt in the way :eek: ... it was a big job ... lol
     
  2. May 16, 2022 at 6:20 PM
    #6102
    98tacoma27

    98tacoma27 is going full "SANDWICH" Moderator

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 2008
    Member:
    #11714
    Messages:
    67,858
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Ben
    Not Beech Creek
    Vehicle:
    05 Tundra SR5 (+295k AND COUNTING), 2006 F350 King Ranch 6.0L
    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    Likewise but I was 9. She cried and shut it off when "it" happened.
     
  3. May 16, 2022 at 6:21 PM
    #6103
    SRH

    SRH My horns hold up my halo

    Joined:
    Jan 12, 2019
    Member:
    #279020
    Messages:
    21,690
    Gender:
    Female
    First Name:
    Shauna
    Vehicle:
    2018 Sport
    The space shuttle explosion…. I was in jr high. They had all the students gather in one area and we watched the news.
     
  4. May 16, 2022 at 6:23 PM
    #6104
    SRH

    SRH My horns hold up my halo

    Joined:
    Jan 12, 2019
    Member:
    #279020
    Messages:
    21,690
    Gender:
    Female
    First Name:
    Shauna
    Vehicle:
    2018 Sport
    F5353F16-6394-47B7-B2FD-AF5AEA936197.jpg

    Just kidding!!! :wink:
     
  5. May 16, 2022 at 8:53 PM
    #6105
    Wiener

    Wiener Cunning Linguist

    Joined:
    Apr 6, 2014
    Member:
    #127139
    Messages:
    26
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Wayne
    Eldora, Iowa
    Vehicle:
    Regular Cab 4x4 2.7
    bull bar, tonneau cover, aftermarket headlight bulbs, AVG vent visors, DeeZee bed mat
    I remember eating supper on TV trays in front of the TV set watching news footage of the Viet Nam war. Read the lists of dead GI`s in the newspaper, and wore a metal POW bracelet that had the name of a soldier captured by the North Vietnamese. Was in 3rd grade when Kennedy was assassinated. School was immediately dismissed and all sent home. Watched the funeral and saw Jon Jon on the steps with his mom. Remember watching Jack Ruby plug Kennedy`s assassin in front of a ton of deputies.
     
    JGO, det107 and DES2009 like this.
  6. May 16, 2022 at 9:59 PM
    #6106
    ABA180

    ABA180 It burns when I pee....

    Joined:
    Oct 8, 2012
    Member:
    #88520
    Messages:
    24,826
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Chris
    East Bridgewater MA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Tacoma Regular Cab Slider
    Pioneer CD, Megaloud/JBL amps, Rockford/Polk speakers.
    Top of my skull, John Lennon being murdered.
     
    DES2009 likes this.
  7. May 16, 2022 at 10:42 PM
    #6107
    Caddmannq

    Caddmannq MotoNerd

    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2008
    Member:
    #8917
    Messages:
    748
    Gender:
    Male
    California
    Vehicle:
    2012 PreRunner TRD Sport DC LB
    Undercover toneau
    Earliest TV news I remember was about Telstar.
     
    DES2009 likes this.
  8. May 17, 2022 at 3:13 AM
    #6108
    DES2009

    DES2009 Minister of Truth

    Joined:
    Jul 22, 2014
    Member:
    #134426
    Messages:
    1,000,542
    Gender:
    Male
    Southeast Louisiana
    Vehicle:
    2017 MGM Limited
    I'm a Millionaire! One Million Posts!!
    Who remembers the "Draft Lottery"?
    Did you get a number, and do you remember what it was?
     
    JGO likes this.
  9. May 17, 2022 at 3:27 AM
    #6109
    DES2009

    DES2009 Minister of Truth

    Joined:
    Jul 22, 2014
    Member:
    #134426
    Messages:
    1,000,542
    Gender:
    Male
    Southeast Louisiana
    Vehicle:
    2017 MGM Limited
    I'm a Millionaire! One Million Posts!!
    I had gone to bed before the news was announced during MNF. I first learned of it when I opened my newspaper the next morning. It was just a totally shocking and unbelievable event.
     
  10. May 17, 2022 at 3:27 AM
    #6110
    det107

    det107 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2019
    Member:
    #304563
    Messages:
    196
    Gender:
    Male
    Mine was Michael Dunn MIA. Sadly, he never came home.
     
  11. May 17, 2022 at 5:00 AM
    #6111
    ULURU

    ULURU Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2021
    Member:
    #381808
    Messages:
    828
    Gender:
    Male
    Vehicle:
    2018 Inferno TRD OR DCSB
    I was in school, too. The announcement came over the PA when I was in Spanish class.

    School could not send us home by district policy, as there was no guarantee that someone would be home to “let you in.”
     
  12. May 17, 2022 at 5:42 AM
    #6112
    KactusJack

    KactusJack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 10, 2017
    Member:
    #238158
    Messages:
    138
    Gender:
    Male
    Collettsville, N.C.
    Vehicle:
    2014 AC TRD Sport
    Yes. My number was 325. Was in college at the time, so I canceled my exemption, which allows one year for you to be chosen by number. Hoped with such a high number, I wouldn't get drafted. As luck would have it, I didn't. Glad to not have to go to Viet Nam, but sometimes I feel guilty.
     
  13. May 17, 2022 at 5:47 AM
    #6113
    JGO

    JGO Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2017
    Member:
    #238706
    Messages:
    521
    Gender:
    Male
    South Central Kentucky
    Vehicle:
    '14, 4 Cyl, A/T, Silver A/C
    Still alive but just barely. :amen:
     
  14. May 17, 2022 at 6:05 AM
    #6114
    DES2009

    DES2009 Minister of Truth

    Joined:
    Jul 22, 2014
    Member:
    #134426
    Messages:
    1,000,542
    Gender:
    Male
    Southeast Louisiana
    Vehicle:
    2017 MGM Limited
    I'm a Millionaire! One Million Posts!!
    I think I was included the second year they did the lottery. I was in college at the time as well. My number was 337, so like you I was unlikely to be called up. I don't remember how many years they held that lottery, but it seems that it was just a few. I still have my "official" notification card with my number, but there isn't a date on it.
     
    JGO likes this.
  15. May 17, 2022 at 6:54 AM
    #6115
    Caddmannq

    Caddmannq MotoNerd

    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2008
    Member:
    #8917
    Messages:
    748
    Gender:
    Male
    California
    Vehicle:
    2012 PreRunner TRD Sport DC LB
    Undercover toneau
    168

    BTW Dad went in ‘64. The draft was canceled the year that I turned 18.
     
    wilcam47 and DES2009[QUOTED] like this.
  16. May 17, 2022 at 7:01 AM
    #6116
    jackn7

    jackn7 Old Man Tan Taco

    Joined:
    Feb 9, 2013
    Member:
    #97174
    Messages:
    1,447
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Art
    So Cal
    Vehicle:
    2008 DCLB 4x4
    Just some stuff...
    The brownie!!!!!
     
    Robnik[QUOTED] likes this.
  17. May 17, 2022 at 11:07 AM
    #6117
    ABA180

    ABA180 It burns when I pee....

    Joined:
    Oct 8, 2012
    Member:
    #88520
    Messages:
    24,826
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Chris
    East Bridgewater MA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Tacoma Regular Cab Slider
    Pioneer CD, Megaloud/JBL amps, Rockford/Polk speakers.
    I was 6. Pretty sure it was on the news that it broke in my life first, but my mother was crying as she loved the Beatles in her younger years.
     
    DES2009[QUOTED] likes this.
  18. May 17, 2022 at 11:12 AM
    #6118
    tacofish

    tacofish Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 29, 2014
    Member:
    #141318
    Messages:
    874
    Gender:
    Male
    N NJ
    Vehicle:
    14 ext cab 4x4
    3/1 lowrange spacer lift 285/70/17 wildpeaks
    I remember whole family sitting in front our BW TV watching the first moon landing
     
    jwctaco and DES2009 like this.
  19. May 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM
    #6119
    RLMoody

    RLMoody Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2017
    Member:
    #214122
    Messages:
    2,037
    Gender:
    Male
    Vehicle:
    2017 Toyota Tacoma SR
    I was 9 when the first moon landing happened. We were glued to the TV. My mom saved the newspapers from that day. She also saved JFKs assassination newspapers. I was 5 and still remember watching her crying while it was on TV. I also remember the shootings at Kent State University. I was in the 6th grade and lived less than 2 miles from the campus. When we went back to school afterwards there was so much anger this had happened here. A lot of my teachers were young and very antiwar. After that my dad who was very pro George Wallace told me that he would take me to Canada himself if the Vietnam War lasted that long.
     
  20. May 17, 2022 at 2:57 PM
    #6120
    ralfnjan

    ralfnjan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 17, 2015
    Member:
    #161984
    Messages:
    452
    Gender:
    Male
    1977, someone came up to the summer camp i worked at and told us that Elvis was dead. I was 19.
    Saw the first step on the moon on a little b+w tv set. Had to be woken up and don't remember a dam thing about it.
     
    StayinStock[OP] and DES2009 like this.
To Top