->  RW> On Sat 2012-Aug-25 23:04, Lee Lofaso (2:203/2) wrote to All:   
   ->    
   -> LL>> Neil Armstrong, the 1st man [alleged] to have walked   
   -> LL>> on the Moon, is dead.  May he rest in peace.   
   ->  RW> "Allegedly' huh?  KNow of anyone else that could reasonably   
   ->  RW> lay claim to that one?   
   ->    
   ->  RW> I'll always remember watching that on the tube at a   
   ->  RW> friend's house.   
   ->    
   ->  I had just gotten off duty in the AF, went back to the shop to   
   ->  drop off my stuff, and someone had set up a TV in the doorway of   
   ->  the shop. Probably the only way to get any reception. I didn't   
   ->  leave until the moonwalk was over.   
      
   I watched his landing on the moon on TV as it happened.  When he stepped on   
   the surface that was really a tense moment, for none of us knew wot might   
   happen.  He could have stepped into a "weak" surface and gone right through   
   it -- despite the fact that the moon lander was standing upright on the   
   surface.  Such bravery, considering the many accidents which could have   
   left him stranded on the moon.  R.I.P., Neil Armstrong ...   
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