Comments | vilakins: Happy birthday, Sputnik!

vilakins

Happy birthday, Sputnik!

Oct 05, 2007 08:38

Happy birthday to Sputnik, 50 years old today (well, yesterday for me). Google's also showing an orbiting sputnik today. :-D

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lizamanynames October 4 2007, 20:17:02 UTC

С днем рождения, Sputnik! :)

vilakins October 4 2007, 21:06:56 UTC

"Spasibo, Yelizaveta!"

[am at work with no access to Russian fonts]

lizamanynames October 6 2007, 19:29:34 UTC

*laughs* that's okay, this way I understood what you said.

reapermum October 4 2007, 20:18:40 UTC

I hadn't noticed that Eldest was born on the 20th anniversary of Sputnik, but as OH said , I did have other things on my mind at the time.

I remember the surprise and amazement when we heard the bleeps on the radio.

vilakins October 4 2007, 21:04:12 UTC

Greg is always very happy that his birthday falls on the anniversary of Gargarin's space flight.

Dad had a lot of old Giles books (I bet Mum threw them out) and they did a lot of Sputnik cartoons.

florencisalesas October 4 2007, 20:57:51 UTC

Happy birthday Sputnik! Yay! :)

vilakins October 4 2007, 21:05:32 UTC

Is that you playing it a birthday song? :-D

florencisalesas October 4 2007, 21:41:50 UTC

Yes, it's me :D

vilakins October 4 2007, 21:49:58 UTC

Coolness! And a ukelele is the closest you'd get to a balalaika there. :-)