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<blockquote data-quote="Darkness" data-source="post: 97894" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>It's been half a year since that dark day, the 11th of Semptember 2001...</p><p></p><p>A reporter on tv today remarked that "we all surely remember what we did on that day." That is, he meant that the terrible magnitude of the events of that day has burned the entire day into our memories - all the little things of one's life that one might not remember had they occured on any other day.</p><p></p><p>(Note: I want to commemorate that dark day and its victims - <em>not</em> start a political discussion, much less talk about the current state of the "War on Terror." So please don't. Thanks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</p><p></p><p>My immediate reason for posting all this in this particular fashion is that an e-mail I replied to today reminded me of my experiences on September 11th because it caused me to muse about my love for talking to foreign nationals who have - for some reason or another - come to the city I live in (Vienna).</p><p></p><p>Here, then, are my memories of that day. Heh. And the reporter was right in my case; I remember it all quite clearly...</p><p></p><p>Early in the day, I went to one of my favorite RPG stores, looking for the Manual of the Planes. While browsing that book, I noticed that another customer was asking a clerk - in English - about D&D 3e. The clerk - who doesn't play D&D - could give him only insufficient information. <strong>I</strong> could, though, and did so. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> After talking with me, he bought a PHB but since the store had no DMG or MM in stock, I offered to take him to another store (a walk of 10 minutes). On the way to the other store, we talked and it turned out that the guy was an Israeli now living in Ireland who had studied in Vienna some years earlier and was visiting the city again on his way - through Europe - back to Ireland (his next destination was some city in Germany, IIRC). In order not the bore you with the details, he got a DMG (but no MM) in the other store and I also bought the MoP there (since it was cheaper than in the first store). Thereafter, we parted ways and I promised to send him links to important D&D-related sites (e.g., WotC home page, EN World) - which I did when I got home.</p><p>In the afternoon, at around 17 PM (my time), he wrote me back (he was already in Germany by then, I think), remarked that he was watching the news on tv and expressed his feelings of shock about what was happening. I was watching tv as well and was, too, shocked to the core. Still later, I went to these boards (the old ones, that is <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />) and participated in the first of the big "terrorist attack" threads, reading and providing a few links so people who were still at work could also get information about the events...</p><p></p><p>*sigh*</p><p></p><p>These are my memories... If you want to, please share yours as well. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Darkness</p><p></p><p><em>edit - Now it's been a full year. And I'd still like to hear your memories. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darkness, post: 97894, member: 13"] It's been half a year since that dark day, the 11th of Semptember 2001... A reporter on tv today remarked that "we all surely remember what we did on that day." That is, he meant that the terrible magnitude of the events of that day has burned the entire day into our memories - all the little things of one's life that one might not remember had they occured on any other day. (Note: I want to commemorate that dark day and its victims - [i]not[/i] start a political discussion, much less talk about the current state of the "War on Terror." So please don't. Thanks. :)) My immediate reason for posting all this in this particular fashion is that an e-mail I replied to today reminded me of my experiences on September 11th because it caused me to muse about my love for talking to foreign nationals who have - for some reason or another - come to the city I live in (Vienna). Here, then, are my memories of that day. Heh. And the reporter was right in my case; I remember it all quite clearly... Early in the day, I went to one of my favorite RPG stores, looking for the Manual of the Planes. While browsing that book, I noticed that another customer was asking a clerk - in English - about D&D 3e. The clerk - who doesn't play D&D - could give him only insufficient information. [b]I[/b] could, though, and did so. :cool: After talking with me, he bought a PHB but since the store had no DMG or MM in stock, I offered to take him to another store (a walk of 10 minutes). On the way to the other store, we talked and it turned out that the guy was an Israeli now living in Ireland who had studied in Vienna some years earlier and was visiting the city again on his way - through Europe - back to Ireland (his next destination was some city in Germany, IIRC). In order not the bore you with the details, he got a DMG (but no MM) in the other store and I also bought the MoP there (since it was cheaper than in the first store). Thereafter, we parted ways and I promised to send him links to important D&D-related sites (e.g., WotC home page, EN World) - which I did when I got home. In the afternoon, at around 17 PM (my time), he wrote me back (he was already in Germany by then, I think), remarked that he was watching the news on tv and expressed his feelings of shock about what was happening. I was watching tv as well and was, too, shocked to the core. Still later, I went to these boards (the old ones, that is :p) and participated in the first of the big "terrorist attack" threads, reading and providing a few links so people who were still at work could also get information about the events... *sigh* These are my memories... If you want to, please share yours as well. :) - Darkness [i]edit - Now it's been a full year. And I'd still like to hear your memories. :)[/i] [/QUOTE]
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