What are some of your fondest memories?

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Iron Woode

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My fondest memories? well let's see:

- going to my Aunt & Uncle's cottage in Smith Falls, Ontario. They had a corner lot on Bass Lake. It was a 1 acre lot. That place was like heaven on earth. My family really enjoyed that. Boating, fishing, swimming and other summer activities. :)

- watching Saturday afternoon movie shows like Sir Graves Ghastly and Superhost. A great way to spend a lazy Saturday.

- my first real girlfriend. I won't go into details but those memories will be with me forever.

there's probably more but I am very tired and need sleep.
 

skyking

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Touching down on the runway at Washington Dulles with my aunt and mom. I had a radio failure along the way, and was using a handheld that *just* had enough range to get me in there. I was just about sunset, and I had not landed on that big a runway with the centerline lighting. It was a glass smooth landing, and as I let the nosewheel down it started bumping over those lights. I made a slight move to get off those bumps :)
 

skyking

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It was rare camping trip, my family never went camping. Standing with my brother in the moonlight under big trees, listening to the mosquitoes homing in on us. Closer, closer, and then swoosh!
The bats were using us like bait to concentrate the mosquitoes. You could see them in the moonlight. They never touched us, niether the bats nor the mosquitoes.
 

Skunk-Works

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Rugrats was a Nickelodeon cartoon.


I do recall some Nickelodeon cartoons, don't recall those particular ones though. some of the most memorable for me would be Bugs Bunny/Loonie Tunes and those variants, Animaniacs. etc. I guess basically the WB ones. Oh and Rugrats, Dexter's Lab, The Smoggies... come to mind right now. Don't recall who did those.
 

Skunk-Works

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Touching down on the runway at Washington Dulles with my aunt and mom. I had a radio failure along the way, and was using a handheld that *just* had enough range to get me in there. I was just about sunset, and I had not landed on that big a runway with the centerline lighting. It was a glass smooth landing, and as I let the nosewheel down it started bumping over those lights. I made a slight move to get off those bumps :)


I've read commercial pilots tend to not go directly down the centerline to avoid those "bumps.'
 

snoopy7548

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For a specific memory, I loved getting up before everyone else and watching Saturday morning cartoons. I specifically remember the way the dust would sparkle in the sun coming through the window, and the neighborhood was quiet. The smell of Buckwheats or Cocoa Pebbles in the bowl. Coffee going when my parents woke up...

You can still do that now! I loved waking up at like 6a.m. on Saturday just so I wouldn't miss X-Men. Saturday morning cartoons were the shit; there should be a website or YouTube channel that plays all of them.
 

Thebobo

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For a specific memory, I loved getting up before everyone else and watching Saturday morning cartoons. I specifically remember the way the dust would sparkle in the sun coming through the window, and the neighborhood was quiet. The smell of Buckwheats or Cocoa Pebbles in the bowl. Coffee going when my parents woke up...

Loved the bugs bunny road runner hour.
 
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