Where were you...

[MODU]

20 years ago (MAY 1988) Virginia

15 years ago (MAY 1993) Laying in a hospital bed in New Orleans

10 years ago (MAY 1998) Virginia

5 years ago (MAY 2003) Virginia

1 year ago: (MAY 2007) Virginia

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

20 years ago (MAY 1988) Virginia

15 years ago (MAY 1993) Laying in a hospital bed in New Orleans

10 years ago (MAY 1998) Virginia

5 years ago (MAY 2003) Virginia

1 year ago: (MAY 2007) Virginia

I am so gratified the 15 years ago event didn't come with an explanation. 

[MODU]

20 years ago (MAY 1988) Virginia

15 years ago (MAY 1993) Laying in a hospital bed in New Orleans

10 years ago (MAY 1998) Virginia

5 years ago (MAY 2003) Virginia

1 year ago: (MAY 2007) Virginia

I am so gratified the 15 years ago event didn't come with an explanation. 

HAHAHA . . . well, I can give you a ton of details if you like.    There's a cute nurse from New Zealand involved.  hahaha

[Jake]

15 years ago - I would've been four. Probably home from nursery school.
10 years ago - I would've been nine. Still at school in third grade. My teacher used to take us out to play kickball at the end of the day.
5 years ago - I would've been fourteen. Still at school in eighth grade. Winding down the end of the year in some class.
1 year ago - 18, 12th grade. I had Speech and Debate last period so I'd be there right now.
6 months ago - Preparing to leave for Thailand (has it been six months already?). Scared shitless o/c.

[Franzl]

20 years ago:   I was -3 years old...a.k.a...not yet alive

15 years ago:   I was still living in the small German town I was born in...basically doing nothing, as I was not even 3 years old.

10 years ago:   I was going to grade school in Alton, IL, had an incredibly bad teacher that didn't know that you have to round up at x.5

5 years ago:    The last year I lived in Illinois, moved to Germany in December 2003.

1 year ago:     high school over here..

Anyway, not yet very exciting

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

25 years ago: crying, probably wanting some food (infant)
20 years ago: taking a nap in kindergarten
15 years ago: 5th grade social studies
10 years ago: in a Bible class in 10th grade, perhaps avoiding a pep rally by hiding out in the science lab
5 years ago: sitting at work.  Six months later I would be making posts on the US Election Atlas Forum
1 year ago: For some reason I didn't make many posts in April '07.

[Joe Republic]

25 years ago: crying, probably wanting some food

Are you sure mean 'years' there?  Not 'minutes'? 

[Sensei]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

[MODU]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

So they wouldn't have to shower with the other guys afterwards?

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

25 years ago: crying, probably wanting some food

Are you sure mean 'years' there?  Not 'minutes'? 

I was really hungry 25 minutes ago...

[Hash]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

I want to ditch gym every time.

[Хahar 🤔]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

So they wouldn't have to shower with the other guys afterwards?

You took showers afterwards? I didn't know they had showers in those one-room schoolhouses.

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

I want to ditch gym every time.

WIMP

[MODU]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

So they wouldn't have to shower with the other guys afterwards?

You took showers afterwards? I didn't know they had showers in those one-room schoolhouses.

hahaha . . . well, when I was in school, our gym class was in the afternoon, so I didn't have to use the facilities afterwards.  I'd just run home. 

[Ban my account ffs!]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

So they wouldn't have to shower with the other guys afterwards?

You took showers afterwards? I didn't know they had showers in those one-room schoolhouses.

hahaha . . . well, when I was in school, our gym class was in the afternoon, so I didn't have to use the facilities afterwards.  I'd just run home. 

I suppose the horses were getting too tired by afternoon.. or hadn't they invented the wheel yet?

[Ban my account ffs!]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

So they wouldn't have to shower with the other guys afterwards?

You took showers afterwards? I didn't know they had showers in those one-room schoolhouses.

hahaha . . . well, when I was in school, our gym class was in the afternoon, so I didn't have to use the facilities afterwards.  I'd just run home. 

I suppose the horses were getting too tired by afternoon, pulling those carriages around all day.. or hadn't they invented the wheel yet?

[Joe Biden 2020]

15 years ago - Still in Washington, NJ, but don't know what I would be doing as a 3-year-old.
10 years ago - I was in third grade back in Washington, NJ.
5 years ago - Middle school.
1 year ago - Cutting gym in senior year.

Why would someone cut gym?

So they wouldn't have to shower with the other guys afterwards?

You took showers afterwards? I didn't know they had showers in those one-room schoolhouses.

hahaha . . . well, when I was in school, our gym class was in the afternoon, so I didn't have to use the facilities afterwards.  I'd just run home. 

I suppose the horses were getting too tired by afternoon, pulling those carriages around all day.. or hadn't they invented the wheel yet?

I don't think there was running water, either.

[Spaghetti Cat]

15- would've been less than a month old, probably being an annoying baby
10-would've been five years old, probably in preschool
5- in 4th grade, we did our pennsylvania state in a box presentations around this time
1-8th grade, finishing up pssa testing, but we got breakfast pizza when we were testing

[MODU]

I suppose the horses were getting too tired by afternoon, pulling those carriages around all day.. or hadn't they invented the wheel yet?

Of course we had running water. 

[muon2]

20 years ago I was enjoying my honeymoon in Vienna. We had a room in a nice little hotel inside the Ring. May 1 was a beautiful day to walk around, even if most everything was closed.

15 years ago I was writing a final exam in classical mechanics as I completed my first teaching semester. I had lost my first election the previous month, but since so many people were interested in what I had to offer, the loss wasn't too bad. Having an infant in the house was pretty exciting as well.

10 years ago I was preparing finals for a couple of courses, and preparing to take a full year devoted to research. I was writing a lot of C++ code and just come back from NY where I was  working on building my design of a new high-speed processor. My evenings were mostly devoted to activities related to my official work for the city and I flexed my time to raise two preschoolers within our two-income family.

5 years ago I was swearing in a new council and assigning committees locally while serving on county and regional organizations. Professionally I was chairing a state curriculum articulation committee and drafting standards for course transfers and developing a new set of laboratories for introductory physics.

1 year ago I was working on laws to provide funding for child advocacy centers, new penalties for juvenile gang offenders, study the creation of science economic zones, and assisting in an overhaul of governance for mass transit. I didn't get to see my family much in May one year ago.