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Littlestone L
Littlestone Oct 4, 2006 08:48:14
Replying to goffik

"Sean Pertwee recalls our fascination with the moon leading up to Neil Armstrong's landing in 1969, and the subsequent cessation of lunar expeditions in 1972."
That sounds interesting goff.

Dunno if you caught it on the news a couple of days ago but it now seems certain that Armstrong actually said, "This is one small step for a man..." not, "This is one small step for man..." The missing 'a' was found by an Australian computer bod (running a computer program, I mean, not picking up the lost 'a' on a street somewhere :-)

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nigelswift Oct 4, 2006 08:58:40
Replying to Littlestone

The missing 'a' was found by an Australian computer bod

Nah, I noticed it at the time, watching it live. I'm surprised a gent of your seniority and calibre doesn't recall that Mr L. They made a big tease out of what he was going to say, no-one knew until he said it, and when he did it made no sense. He apologised when he got back.
Had i been him i would have said something outlandish about the price of fish fingers or something, but i guess that's why i was never chosen.