who remembers aug. 9, 1974

Bilge_Rat · 08-11-14, 02:03 PM

missed it by a few days, august 9, 1974, Nixon resigns.

I was 18 years old, had a summer job as a security guard. The radio was on in our lounge carrying it live and we would all dart in periodically to hear what was going on.

Pretty much everyone was aware of Watergate, although at the time, I was more interested in girls than politics.

So who remembers where they were that day? The reason I ask is an article came out over the weekend that 50% of the current U.S. population was not born in 1974.

Wolferz · 08-11-14, 02:35 PM

I was twenty years old.
I can't say I was sorry to see that crook go... until I realized they parked a Ford in his place.

Jimbuna · 08-11-14, 02:36 PM

I don't remember what I was doing that day but I do recall not liking him all that much.

Dread Knot · 08-11-14, 03:04 PM

It's difficult to be nostalgic about Nixon.

Ford and his often smashed First Lady on the other hand were a barrel of laughs.

Aktungbby · 08-11-14, 03:25 PM

This one improved my poker game considerably-how to lie and keep a straight face!

Platapus · 08-11-14, 03:39 PM

That was the only time that Air Force One changed its call sign mid flight other than for OPSEC reasons.

Nixon was airborne when the swearing in was given to Ford.

TarJak · 08-11-14, 10:10 PM

I was asleep in bed as most of it unfolded during my night.

CCIP · 08-11-14, 11:18 PM

I was -10 years old

The impression I have from my family though is that Nixon was hardly the most popular US president with Russians, too, although for somewhat different reasons. His detente with China, arguably, shifted the global balance of power against the Soviets more than many realize.

Stealhead · 08-11-14, 11:55 PM

Many people think that improving relations with China was actually Kissinger's idea but really it was Nixon. I think that might be because Kissinger visited China in secret a few months before Nixon's official visit.

I wonder how many people do not realize that Nixon created the EPA?

Herr-Berbunch · 08-12-14, 02:36 PM

I was -16 days.

Oberon · 08-12-14, 03:20 PM

I was...

I wasn't...

vienna · 08-12-14, 07:09 PM

I was 23 years old at the time. I was in a bar at the now gone Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, known as the site of the Robert Kennedy assasination. I had stoped by one of the shops in the hotel and went to the bar to watch the resignation speech. I remember one ironic note about the broadcast. It was a pool presentation, meaning the same feed went out to all of the TV networks and stations. Nixon finished his speech; the camera shot cut to an external view of the White House. The mikes were still open and there, in the background, was the sound of a D.C. police siren going by...

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swamprat69er · 08-14-14, 12:27 AM

I was a month short of my 28th B'day and was probably stoned and missed it.

08-11-14, 02:03 PM	#1
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	who remembers aug. 9, 1974 missed it by a few days, august 9, 1974, Nixon resigns. I was 18 years old, had a summer job as a security guard. The radio was on in our lounge carrying it live and we would all dart in periodically to hear what was going on. Pretty much everyone was aware of Watergate, although at the time, I was more interested in girls than politics. So who remembers where they were that day? The reason I ask is an article came out over the weekend that 50% of the current U.S. population was not born in 1974. __________________

08-11-14, 02:35 PM	#2
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I was twenty years old. I can't say I was sorry to see that crook go... until I realized they parked a Ford in his place. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I don't remember what I was doing that day but I do recall not liking him all that much. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,016 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	This one improved my poker game considerably-how to lie and keep a straight face! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

08-11-14, 03:39 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That was the only time that Air Force One changed its call sign mid flight other than for OPSEC reasons. Nixon was airborne when the swearing in was given to Ford. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-11-14, 03:04 PM	#4
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	It's difficult to be nostalgic about Nixon. Ford and his often smashed First Lady on the other hand were a barrel of laughs.

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I was asleep in bed as most of it unfolded during my night.

08-11-14, 11:18 PM	#8
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I was -10 years old The impression I have from my family though is that Nixon was hardly the most popular US president with Russians, too, although for somewhat different reasons. His detente with China, arguably, shifted the global balance of power against the Soviets more than many realize. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-11-14, 11:55 PM	#9
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Many people think that improving relations with China was actually Kissinger's idea but really it was Nixon. I think that might be because Kissinger visited China in secret a few months before Nixon's official visit. I wonder how many people do not realize that Nixon created the EPA?

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I was -16 days. __________________

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I was... I wasn't...

08-12-14, 07:09 PM	#12
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,713 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I was 23 years old at the time. I was in a bar at the now gone Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, known as the site of the Robert Kennedy assasination. I had stoped by one of the shops in the hotel and went to the bar to watch the resignation speech. I remember one ironic note about the broadcast. It was a pool presentation, meaning the same feed went out to all of the TV networks and stations. Nixon finished his speech; the camera shot cut to an external view of the White House. The mikes were still open and there, in the background, was the sound of a D.C. police siren going by... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I was a month short of my 28th B'day and was probably stoned and missed it. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.