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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:03 PM Original message |
Anyone here old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think you're exaggerating a bit. |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think you are exagerating a bit. n/t |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Hope so. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Exaggerating what, exactly...her feelings? |
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teach1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm about the same age as you |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I was a few years younger. And I remember |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was a teenager |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I was a teenager and frightened because I saw that my mother was frightened. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. I was 10 and was watching the speech alone - I was crying |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. The nuns dragged us to Confession in the middle of that week. |
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cayanne (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. It was for me |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. All I can remember is watching the sky for Russian planes. |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. we had lots of nuclear bomb drills..... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Raises hand. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes - and this event |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Will anyone be able to live in Japan after this. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. That is what I keep thinking about |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Nothing has been said about this that I have heard. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Someone on tv just said |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I would be finding me a way to get out. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Glad I'm not the only one |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. What happened to the area around Chernobyl? |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
62. Same here |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was 14 and I remember it. I was more frightened |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. At my school we would go out into the hall way by the lockers. |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. We started doing that in about 5th grade. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. We would face the lockers on our knees and cover the back of our necks with our hands. |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Yep! Lots of giggling and hoping the drill would last a |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. I 'd just turned 7 |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was also 8 |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was 11, and I thought how very unfair it was |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. You might have something there |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. I've come to the conclusion, based on family history... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Sorry to hear |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes. We were at Ft. Dix at the time. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. Got a call from the Pentagon asking if I would like to go back on active duty (Navy). With two |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was 11. My parents spent most of their time in a bar |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes, I remember. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. The clock was ticking down until the button was pushed..... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. I was in fifth or sixth grade |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. I was about your age too when it happened |
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bermudat (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
33. My father was stationed at Mtn Home Air Force Base, which was a SAC base. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. Think for many it almost felt worse than this -- many thought we'd all be nuked -- |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. No, the only comparison to the Cuban Missile Crisis |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. I was a young Marine.. just out of infantry training... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. I was a freshman in college in NE Iowa. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. I was in high school in California. I helped my father build a |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. What is going on now that even approaches the Cuban Missle Crisis? What am I missing? |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
45. It was much, much scarier that this |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. Question from someone who wasn't around wayyyyy back then. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. There were bombers on highest alert |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Try to watch the movie |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
48. I remember it fairly well |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
49. I was in elementary school. I remember hearing about it but I wasn't really worried |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
50. I was older, living in one of the top three target areas in the country, and watching the |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
53. I remember it very well |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. duck and cover...that's about all I remember about it. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. Remember it well. We were, literally, locked in our barracks so we wouldn't take off. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. Yeh. Dad got called up for active duty. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. I remember it. People were going to confession at our church night and day. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
60. 11 years old. Lived in Ft. Lauderdale. I know my parents were scared shirtless. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
61. Playground discussions |
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