What were you doing on January 2 1978?

thermionic

The ten-year old me was having a right dilemma! New space adventure from Terry Nation, or Carl Sagan teaching me about the Solar System?

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ICBM

Ten-year-old me watched Blake’s Seven . I didn’t really get into the more serious stuff until a couple of years later - Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series was the turning point for that.

djspecialist

The -3 month old me was learning to suck his thumb, and developing non-translucent skin.  Rock on, brother.

thermionic

I'm pretty sure I watched Blake's 7 from the start, and yet I bloody loved the RI Christmas Lectures at that age. We definitely didn't have a VHS until about 1983!

sweepy

Fire up the VHS

thing

Just about to move to Germany with my new wife. Crikey, seems like two minutes ago.

ICBM

thermionic said:

I'm pretty sure I watched Blake's 7 from the start, and yet I bloody loved the RI Christmas Lectures at that age. We definitely didn't have a VHS until about 1983!

I could be wrong, but I think the lectures were shown twice, at different times. Despite what I said above I definitely remember Sagan demonstrating how impact craters are formed using (I think) plaster and ball bearings. But I definitely watched the whole series of Blake’s 7.

thing

Crater formation is fascinating. I enjoyed that bit on my planetary geology course. The rest of it was a bit meh.

EricTheWeary

6pm when I was 13  - probably having tea so no telly on at all, even on a bank holiday. Tea was at six with little deviation. Had it been a Sunday possibly a sandwich in front of Songs of Praise.  

thermionic

I have a vague recollection that they were shown twice, the previous day's one at around noon the following day or something.

Just remembered I have Carl Sagan's Cosmos book, originally my grandfather's.

Legionreturns

I was 2. I'm not even sure I'd given much thought to anything other than "Hmm...life sure is less irritating when you DON'T shit in your own pants. I don't think I'll do that anymore" 

Fretwired

A 20+ something me was probably down the pub playing pool ...

speshul91

Swimming around my dads balls

Philly_Q

Blake's Seven, no contest.

And gosh, we were three months into the process of getting used to having a stepmother and two stepsisters.  Who probably wanted to watch Coronation Street on the other side.  But I think we won that argument.

Alnico

I was 5.
That's my Dad's Birthday, Jan 2nd.
I *think* I had a train set we played with together and yes, definitely watched Blakes 7 .

fields5069

I was 8. Blake, no question.

Flink_Poyd

thermionic said:

The ten-year old me was having a right dilemma! New space adventure from Terry Nation, or Carl Sagan teaching me about the Solar System?

https://i.imgur.com/d3S6UE8.jpg

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bingefeller

I was -2 and I feel like I was missing out on something here.

VimFuego

for me the 70's was all about the end of the 60's dream, flares and heroin. Many said at the time that 8 years old was too young for that, but it's my life I'll live it how i wish.

SteveRobinson

Servelan eh?

quarky

Why are they holding rolling pins?