Three questions
Who is the first president you remember from when you were a kid?
What was the first car you drove? year make and model please
What was the first major "life changing" or at least perspective changing event you remember?
I'll start.
Nixon
1976 AMC Hornet with three on the tree
Man on the moon
Good topic:
Carter, just barely.
an old 1977 Chevy pickup.
I was a bit young, but Reagan being shot I remember vaguely. The event that really sticks out as the first was the Challenger explosion.
Ok my turn now.
President of India - Dr. K R Narayan
First Car i drove - Hyundai Accent (with my dad , and i was shivering sometimes :lol:)
Life changing event - When my mama gave me the 3 mp3 cds of old vintage english music and getting of my guitar !
Rahul
President Jimmy Carter
1969 Maverick 
First major event I remember was the Iran hostage crisis.
Geoo
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
ford
68 camaro
first time i kissed a girl (maybe girls are not so yukky) lol :twisted:
even god loves rock-n-roll
Nixon in the US. Harold Wilson (Prime Minister) in the UK
1965 Mark 1 Ford Cortina, 1500cc engine, bench seats, steering-column mounted gear-shift, maroon. My dad gave it to me in 1978 when he got his first company car.
Torri Canyon (sp) oil slick disaster in the English Channel.
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
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Who is the first president you remember from when you were a kid? Kennedy
What was the first car you drove? year make and model please 1962 Chrysler Towncar
What was the first major "life changing" or at least perspective changing event you remember? Seeing attack dogs and firehoses used to dispel peaceful protesters in Selma Al. on the evening news
Immature? Of course I'm immature Einstein, I'm 50 and in a Rock and ROll band.
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President - hard to say, really. I definately remember Johnson, and I think I remember Kennedy, but he became such a cultural icon that those memories might be acquired after the fact.
Car - I don't remember what I drove first. My parents didn't own a car when I was learning to drive, so we borrowed from grandparents... probably a '65 Olds 88. First one I owned was a '71 Maverick that I got cheap.
Event - MLK's assasination really whomped me upside the head more than anything I recall earlier... I still remember watching his televised funeral with my mother.
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Ronald Reagan
1993 Plymouth Duster
Baby Jessica falling down the well. Ok, that's not a life changing event. Challenger blowing up!
1. Nixon
2. 1973 Chevy Vega
Uhm, mine was brown and would stall when I'd stop for too long.
3. Friend in high school getting cancer
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
1. Nixon is the first president I really remember (arguing about who would win the 1968 election with my 3rd-grade classmates), although I can recall my family's horror and grief when Kennedy was assassinated. (Kennedy's photo was actually mounted on the wall in my grandparents' house)
2. Learning to stick-shift a bright yellow Chevy Vega (don't know the year) owned by an older friend, in an empty parking lot (no learner's permit). Lotta lurching and lotta fun! :D
3. Other than events already mentioned, I vividly recall the shootings at Kent State University. My older siblings were in college and so the protests, riots, etc on college campuses were being closely watched at my house. Also, the military draft lotteries on television, since my brother was of the age to be selected.
Great thread!
Margaret
When my mind is free, you know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue, the guitar's comin' through to soothe me ~
Three questions
Who is the first president you remember from when you were a kid?
What was the first car you drove? year make and model please
What was the first major "life changing" or at least perspective changing event you remember?
Nixon
1965 Ford Econoline Van
Lunar landing
Treat others how you would like to be treated.
The first George Bush.
1985(?) Nisan Sentra was the first car I drove (no power steering). I didn't own it, though. The first car I owned was a 1990 Subaru Legacy, the "Shaggin' Wagon".
September 11th, probably.
1. Dwight Eisenhower (We Even had "We LIKE IKE) buttons up here in Canada
2. A 1950 Renault 4CV It was 13 years old and had suicide doors. ie back doors opened from the centre.
3.JFK assassination when I was in high scchool
