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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
"This reminds me of 1960 all over again and the rush to build fallout shelters."

Was in grammar school in the 50's. We had regular air-raid drills, although I don't know what good they were. They used to take us out into the hall to sit quietly along the walls on either side of the building wing. There were windows up and down the hall, so there wouldn't have been much protection if they had dropped the big one.

19 posted on 06/04/2023 4:45:24 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

I remember doing that as a kid in the 1980s.


22 posted on 06/04/2023 4:49:45 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Leaning Right; Worldtraveler once upon a time; mass55th; Yardstick
This reminds me of 1960 all over again...

Yep. I was in grade school in the '60s & we did the duck and cover thing as well.

"Duck And Cover" - original TV advert

43 posted on 06/04/2023 5:16:45 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: mass55th

I recall crawling under my desk a couple times. And two private bomb shelters in the better neighborhood adjacent to the golf course—and CD signs on downtown buildings.


68 posted on 06/04/2023 6:48:49 PM PDT by whistleduck
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