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Old Timer OT Bawls - Did you participate in “Hands Across America”
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:15 pm
Back in 86, millions of people tried to make one continuous human chain from coast to coast. I remember that from New Mexico to east of Los Angeles, it fell short.
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Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:16 pm to theantiquetiger
no 
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:17 pm to theantiquetiger
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:18 pm to theantiquetiger
I remember it, but didn't participate.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:18 pm to theantiquetiger
ETA: Cosmo? Jinx, baw.
This post was edited on 5/7/19 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:18 pm to theantiquetiger
No. Pretty sure I mocked it as my 15 year old self would have done. Teens are assholes and I was a regular teen.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:23 pm to theantiquetiger
No, I only participate in Hands at America's Drive In
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:24 pm to theantiquetiger
Sounds stupid, but you can't knock it.
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The event raised about $15 million for charities after operating costs.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:26 pm to Jobu93
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No. Pretty sure I mocked it as my 15 year old self would have done. Teens are assholes and I was a regular teen.
I was 17 and laughed when I heard about it. This is the first I'm hearing it wasn't successful, that's how much attention I paid to it.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:26 pm to theantiquetiger
Negative. I was senior year hs spring, frosh fall at LSU in 86.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:28 pm to theantiquetiger
I checked a few guys knuckles then said no thank you sir.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:30 pm to jimbeam
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Tiger Prawn
Quality OT word smiting there good sir
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:30 pm to theantiquetiger
Most people mocked it.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:30 pm to theantiquetiger
All that hippies turn 40, feel good crap was the rage in the mid 80's. Live Aid, Farm Aid, songs with 100 top 40 singers, etc.
Hand Across America was weak.
Hand Across America was weak.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:40 pm to GetBackToWork
I participated in hands under the table.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:41 pm to GetBackToWork
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songs with 100 top 40 singers
Prince saw through that cynical corporate bullshite masquerading as charity.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:45 pm to theantiquetiger
Was just something on the news one night. No big deal.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:47 pm to TexasTiger89
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Was just something on the news one night.
Bit of a clownshow, too.
"Hands Across America was a project of USA for Africa."
"The date and time chosen for the event inadvertently conflicted with another charity fundraiser, Sport Aid, which was organized by USA for Africa on the same day."
This post was edited on 5/7/19 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:47 pm to theantiquetiger
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Sen. Edward Kennedy and Rep. Edward Markey led an official protest over every New England state being excluded from Hands Across America in spite of the fact New England was the most densely populated part of America. Political leaders in the South additionally weighed in against the route that was chosen to span the contiguous United States. Various protests broke out in the Upper Midwest, notably Minneapolis and Milwaukee, as well as northwestern cities such as Portland and Seattle. In Hawaii, actor Tom Selleck and Sen. Daniel Inouye led a counter Hands Across Hawaii program that was held to remind mainlanders that "Hawaiians are Americans, Too!"
Posted on 5/7/19 at 5:13 pm to theantiquetiger
My aunt participated in Memphis. She worked for the city's health department as a nurse practitioner back then.
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