Goodbye Neil

When Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon in 1969, I wasn't glued to the television. I was camping, sitting by a campfire on a starlit night, staring at Luna in total wonder and amazement, knowing people were up there. The launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, had only been less than a dozen years before, so the enormous technological strides to achieve this goal in such a short time was truly impressive. As Neil said, this really was a giant leap for mankind.

1000 years from now, probably the only event of our time that will earn a notch on any chronology will be the 1st Moon landing in 1969. Real heroes are hard to come by. Neil Armstrong was a real hero.

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My modern a-go-go groovy wall hung toilet, which has caused a lot of damage to a wall and floor, has finally been exiled to Recycle-Land. This had a date inside the tank revealing it was manufactured in 1969. So at the same time when Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the Moon, this hip artifact was being produced. Makes you think, don't it? Well, maybe for a few nanoseconds.

My other toilet, which has a date of 1966, is a normal, drab, ordinary device and it works just fine. And drabness, as I am fond of saying, is goodness. Give me normal and drab over cool any day.