Bad Memory!

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@dfollin (27168)
United States
January 28, 2026 1:58pm CST
I remember when this happened! I was watching the horrible disaster happen on tv! I was crying! I couldn't believe it was really happening! When I was pregnant with my daughter I was telling my husband and father-in-law that I wanted to name her Christa. My father-in-law convinced my husband that the name was not real that I was being silly, that I made it up. Lol! Do you remember the Challenger Disaster!
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@DianneN (247959)
• United States
28 Jan
Very well. I was in my car at the bank when I heard the news. It was and still is my son’s birthday and she and I were both teachers. A true disaster for all. Pretty name.
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
It was a disaster! Christa is a pretty name but I didn't end up naming my daughter that. Happy Birthday to your son!
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
@DianneN Michaela, from my favorite show while I was pregnant," Dr Quinn: Medicine Woman"
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@DianneN (247959)
• United States
29 Jan
@dfollin So what did you name her? Thank you!
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@toniganzon (73010)
• Philippines
29 Jan
Names! Wait till you hear how people names their children in this country.
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
How? There has been a joke here for years that how Chinese people name their children, they throw silver ware against the wall and what sound it makes is what they name their kids,lol
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
@toniganzon Here a lot of babies are named after actors or character's in shows. It wasn't planned this way , but I named my oldest son after one of my favorite character's, my youngest son after an actor just because I liked the name and my daughter after another character. They also get named after other people in the family. I have never heard your brother's name before.
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@toniganzon (73010)
• Philippines
29 Jan
@dfollin People here like naming their kids by combining the name of the parents even if sounds odd. They're also fond of naming kids after a famous character in a show or a movie even if it's a dog. My brother is names Pepros, a name like no other because I have not heard anybody names the same as my brother in this country or in other countries. His name is a combination of the two famous actors in the 70s. Pepito and Rosemarie, hence PEPROS. But it wasn't my parents who named him but my gay Uncle, father's older brother.
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@celticeagle (184952)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jan
Your FIL doesn't sound like he is too up on the news or what is happening in the world.
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@celticeagle (184952)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Feb
@dfollin ........I see.
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@JudyEv (370754)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jan
This was such a sad occasion. So tragic. There is a news item saying some engineers tried to stop the take-off.
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
Wow! Really? They should be in prison!
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
@JudyEv I mean they didn't want it to go so they sabataged it?
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@JudyEv (370754)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jan
@dfollin Why?? Nobody would listen to them when they said the lift-off shouldn't go ahead. They believed it was too dangerous.
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@LindaOHio (212787)
• United States
29 Jan
Yes, I do remember it. Tragic.
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
I was watching it on TV and was shocked!
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28 Jan
I do remember it. I think it was live on the telly and I thought it was a sci fi film Wasn't there 7 people killed And some comedian quilling something about NASA meaning Need Another Seven Astronauts
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@AmbiePam (111920)
• United States
28 Jan
I don’t remember it happening because I was really young, but I had heard about it over the years, and have seen the footage.
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@dfollin (27168)
• United States
29 Jan
It was horrible!
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