[Leica] Moon landing - where were you?

[Douglas Barry]

Howard, I meant to compliment you on your sartorial taste as I had the 
exact same sandals when I visited Crete some years after you: they were 
VERY uncomfortable.

Douglas

On 21/07/2019 01:20, Douglas Barry wrote:
> I was in Dublin watching it at my parents' house and, as a result due 
> to time zones, Neil Armstrong didn't put his foot on the moon until 
> the early hours of the morning of the 21st July. I had to be in work 
> in my summer job at George Webb's Antiquarian Bookshop beside the 
> Liffey a few hours later, but everyone else at the shop was looking 
> equally haggard having been up all night too.
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 20/07/2019 16:52, Howard Cummer via LUG wrote:
>> Morning Luggers,
>>
>> First here is the moon from last night, taken with the Fuji XH1 and 
>> the 100 - 400 zoom, cropped to about 1/3 in LR:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/DSCF4428.jpg.html 
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/DSCF4428.jpg.html> 
>>
>>
>> I was in Heraklion Crete on June 20, 1969 in Lion Square at 11pm 
>> local time along with thousands of others. We stared
>> up at the moon while listening on loud speakers to the chatter 
>> between Control at Houston and the
>> Moon lander. The photos and negatives of that evening can’t be 
>> located sadly.
>>
>> But here I am, days before, at the Palace of Knossos, just outside 
>> Heraklion. I remember the sandals were very uncomfortable.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2019/Canada/DSCA3966.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> The second picture makes me wax philosophical. Wish I could have that 
>> body again - with my current assets and wisdom learned over 76 years 
>> of living.
>>
>> Please view large if you like. C&C always welcome.
>>
>> Howard on Pender (marvelling at the passage of time)
>>
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