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SheltieLover

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21. Absolutely!

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:19 AM

Mar 2025

Good grief! I'm sorry you had that experience!

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I remember as a young child in the 50's hiding under my school desk... [View all] PittBlue Mar 2025 OP

I recall those air raid drills & vehemently despise russia to this day SheltieLover Mar 2025 #1

Me too Russia hasn't changed.No ethics, no morals.Can't even field an international athletic team because they cheat so Walleye Mar 2025 #4

Kissinger was correct SheltieLover Mar 2025 #6

I hid under my desk in Philadelphia. dhol82 Mar 2025 #2

We hid in the hallway so that the shards of window glass from the blast didn't rip us apart. Squaredeal Mar 2025 #10

Pls see #9 SheltieLover Mar 2025 #14

Seems like we spent decades fighting the Cold War for nothing Walleye Mar 2025 #3

I remember being in front of next door neighbor's house one afternoon SheltieLover Mar 2025 #9

Sometimes my silent plea to the world is Walleye Mar 2025 #11

It wouldn't seem to be difficult to stop hurting & killing, would it? SheltieLover Mar 2025 #16

I think boys have to draw blood to prove that they are men. Girls, we just bleed. Without violence Walleye Mar 2025 #17

If that's the case, it would serve the world well if boys would only draw their own blood SheltieLover Mar 2025 #23

We just demonstrated that we will not do a retaliatory strike on Russia should they launch at us, Wingus Dingus Mar 2025 #5

"I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat." CrispyQ Mar 2025 #32

It's always something to watch people in safe, pleasant, and comfortable Wingus Dingus Mar 2025 #33

I remember those drills. We even had them during the Bay of Pigs in Miami schools Deuxcents Mar 2025 #7

Pls see #9 above SheltieLover Mar 2025 #12

In the Fall of 1962, our Kindergarten class was marched out of our classroom no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #8

Pls see #9 above SheltieLover Mar 2025 #13

Something like that is integrated into your DNA. no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #18

Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #21

I remember when we were taken to the hall, and cowering against the wall Walleye Mar 2025 #15

I recall vividly SheltieLover Mar 2025 #19

Yes, I've always thought we were very lucky here in the United States. Now I'm not so sure. Walleye Mar 2025 #20

We were lucky back then, compared to now SheltieLover Mar 2025 #22

I'm with you, I'm 76 and grateful I had no children at this point Walleye Mar 2025 #24

I've got 1 daughter & 2 grands SheltieLover Mar 2025 #25

Actually, you are quite fortunate. And I don't blame you for worrying. Walleye Mar 2025 #28

In the 1950s, there were atomic bombs. The Soviets exploded their first hydrogen "device" (not yet a bomb) Wonder Why Mar 2025 #36

I remember them when I was in first grade in the early 1060s. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #26

We had those drills in school.... spanone Mar 2025 #27

and seeing Bomb Shelter models at samnsara Mar 2025 #29

Same here PittBlue. We were living with my Grandma in livetohike Mar 2025 #30

Does anyone remember the old b&w films they would show us in school Diamond_Dog Mar 2025 #31

We all did those drills. MuseRider Mar 2025 #34

I lived in Morocco during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. My father was stationed at a US/French Naval base. mommymarine2003 Mar 2025 #35

I remember those air raid drills well. MIButterfly Mar 2025 #37