What's the most memorable thing that happened to you?

[kristenchua]

My most memorable thing that happened to me was when I first experience of snow at age of 19. Ps. I live in Singapore, it doesn't have four season here:\:\:\.

 

[Black Octagon]

For me it was when I finally got glasses at age 11. The entire visual world came alive in such a profound way...I can still recall that feeling of being utterly gobsmacked

 

[shortylickens]

Watching the first Tomahawk launch on Kosovo.

 

[Smoblikat]

Getting attacked by my cousin then getting thrown down the stairs by my mom, then into a wall.

 

[IronWing]

For me it was when I finally got glasses at age 11. The entire visual world came alive in such a profound way...I can still recall that feeling of being utterly gobsmacked

As a kid I thought that cameras were kind of magical as pictures looked so sharp and clear while the world wasn't really that way. Then I got my glasses. The optometrist was trying to sell me on them, running through a well practiced list of reasons for wearing them. Meanwhile I was like, "I can see I can see I can see!"

 

[inachu]

My most memorable thing that happened to me was when I first experience of snow at age of 19. Ps. I live in Singapore, it doesn't have four season here:\:\:\.

When my Japanese girlfriend called from Holiday Inn and invited me over.

When all my sisters female friends wanted to be friends with my sister so they could get a chance to kiss me.

After 3 years missing my puppy as sister had him and he is now a dog and he is crazy happy seeing me.

Getting hit by lightning in 1997 and survived to tell about it.

Being thrown around the room like a baseball bat in 1973 getting head hit on wall,door,lamps,window because I accidently found dads lipstick stain on his collar and mom ran into the room crying.

Knowing that Dexter Morgan is really me.

 

[Moonbeam]

The night I went from a profound state of depression, hopelessness, and suffering to complete inner peace, all in a space of an instant..

 

[MongGrel]

Various things I guess over life.

If I'm going for shallow and fun, sleeping with three different hot women on one weekend one time, and everything that went on, associated dinners etc, when I was dating years ago, and it wasn't hookers.

That was a perfect storm.

I feel old

 

[Greenman]

The night my father died is very memorable, like it happened yesterday.
My wedding day was another biggie.
The day's each of my kids were borne stand out.
The day I got a little card in the mail from my dermatologist that said malignant melanoma on it was another one that's hard to forget.
The day I cut a good sized chunk of my thumb off is another one that sticks in my mind.
The day my best friend told me he had liver cancer I remember clearly (we were both 22).
There was one week when two different women told me they were pregnant, that was a bad week.
The day my horse threw me into a very large patch of star thistles is another clear memory.
Another day not long after that my mom's horse kicked me in the head, oddly enough I remember that like it happened yesterday.
There was also the day a ran an electric drill into my belly, wish I could forget that one.

If you live long enough, there are dozens of very memorable days, a lot of them have associated scars.

 

[tsiunltdus]

The day I gave birth to my daughter. What a miracle it is, the gift of life.

 

[skyking]

So many things fade with time. It seems the happy ones lose the sharpness, and the profoundly sad ones are clear. It does not make the joyous moments less memorable, just harder to recollect in detail.
My father died in my arms in a grocery store 26 years ago. It is crystal clear, and yet his smiling face and good humor and intelligence overshadow that moment in the sheer volume of it.

 

[Nashemon]

Car rides with my family. Lots of memories of them, mostly good but a couple bad. The good ones, you can imagine, the bad ones, I'll give some examples.

The time my dad had to slam on the brakes, not knowing my sister was standing in the aisle (we had a minivan with a separated middle seat, not a bench, and no center console between the front seats), and she went flying into the dashboard.

Returning from the beach with my dad and stepmom, my sister tried to catch a fly against the window and squished it on accident. I cursed at her, saying "aww you bitch!", and I still remember that feeling of absolute terribleness I felt at that moment for embarrassing my father in front of his wife like that.

When we moved from TN to NC, during the car ride, for some reason (probably boredom) my sister and I decided to see how long we could each stare at the sun. My brother didn't. I don't remember ever having vision problems before that, but her and I both needed glasses within 6 months after that. My brother didn't. I've always blamed that for why we both need glasses and he doesn't til this day, however untrue it might be.

 

[Caravaggio]

So many things fade with time. It seems the happy ones lose the sharpness, and the profoundly sad ones are clear. It does not make the joyous moments less memorable, just harder to recollect in detail.

Agreed. Same applies for me.

I'll not list the usual intimate happy 'rights of passage' so here are a couple of mine which remain vivid.

Engine failure just after take-off in a Cessna 152. As soon as I cleared the boundary hedge power drained away, I settled back to earth in a field with some inquisitive Freisian cows who came to check me out. I had not landed on grass before and it was a rough ride but while the AC was shaken she was OK. Someone had left a rag in the engine compartment after a minor service.

The immense thrill of discovering the fourth movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony after a youth spent listening to amped-up Chicago blues (which I still love). There is a special five minute section near the end which still astounds me each time I hear it.

(You can try it too. Youtube, 'George Solti, Jessye Norman, Beethoven 9th, 1986, London'. The bit that gets me is from 1:16:52 to 1:23:00)

 

[Vdubchaos]

Day my wife and I got together.
Birth of my children.

 

[Caravaggio]

...
Getting hit by lightning in 1997 and survived to tell about it.
...

I've often wondered what that is like.
If it is not too traumatic, could you tell us more, please?

We're you outside at the time?

 

[inachu]

I've often wondered what that is like.
If it is not too traumatic, could you tell us more, please?

We're you outside at the time?

I got off at white flint metro across 355 then took a right onto executive blvd around 6am.

About 100 yards later BAM!!!!! 30 yards away a light pole was hit and I was holding onto an umbrella(the over sized ones)

From the main hit came a tiny arm of electricity and caught the umbrella and knocked me to the ground.

 

[Guurn]

When a friend asked me if I was the type of guy she (a girl I was interested in) would be attracted to. Now I see the world through those glasses. Am I the type of employee that gets promoted..could my wife see the things I do to keep her happy..etc etc etc

Second would be the day I realized that some people search for things they will get addicted to (unhealthily). They call it many things but really they are searching for addiction.

 

[Caravaggio]

I got off at white flint metro across 355 then took a right onto executive blvd around 6am.

About 100 yards later BAM!!!!! 30 yards away a light pole was hit and I was holding onto an umbrella(the over sized ones)

From the main hit came a tiny arm of electricity and caught the umbrella and knocked me to the ground.

Jeez, that was a close one. Much nearer the light pole and you would probably have caught more zap from the stepped leader. Hope you didn't get burns from the charge moving through the frame of the umbrella.
I'm guessing you did not lose consciousness as you remember every detail.

 

[finglobes]

I saved a 9 month old baby from choking. It had potato chips stuck in its throat and had turned blue. It (she actually)was left alone while mum and nanny went upstairs to find a package.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

The day my friend and I were attacked by a group of kids...I never saw so much blood.
The train ride from Los Angeles to Des Moines.
The night my father left us and his plea for me to go with him....first and last time I ever saw him cry.
The night I found out my father was dead.
The day I met my wife.
That's enough...too many emotions.

 

[Moonbeam]

The day my friend and I were attacked by a group of kids...I never saw so much blood.
The train ride from Los Angeles to Des Moines.
The night my father left us and his plea for me to go with him....first and last time I ever saw him cry.
The night I found out my father was dead.
The day I met my wife.
That's enough...too many emotions.

This little dew drop world
May be only a dew drop
And yet and yet. 小林 一茶

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

This little dew drop world
May be only a dew drop
And yet and yet. 小林 一茶

“Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.”

 

[BW86]

Open heart surgery at age 18. Stupid leaky aortic valve! It'll be 10 years this July.

 

[radhak]

When we moved from TN to NC, during the car ride, for some reason (probably boredom) my sister and I decided to see how long we could each stare at the sun. My brother didn't. I don't remember ever having vision problems before that, but her and I both needed glasses within 6 months after that. My brother didn't. I've always blamed that for why we both need glasses and he doesn't til this day, however untrue it might be.

Most likely, you are right. Staring at the sun can cause blindness, sometimes permanent. Maybe you should count yourself lucky those glasses work for you.

 

[shortylickens]

Open heart surgery at age 18. Stupid leaky aortic valve! It'll be 10 years this July.

did you get pig valves?