re: Perspective

Marthas' Mom — 2/12/2007 11:15:19 PM (archived)

Mom said she took it all in stride, as pretty much everybody did...but when I told her that we got in the hall, and covered our heads...SHE thought we had gotten under our desks, and all she said was "Well, I'll be damned"

JFKs' murder was the most difficult crisis for her.

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Duck and Cover - ER - 2/10/2007 1:24:59 AM
- Every Friday afternoon. - RNE - 2/14/2007 6:48:33 PM
- Yep. - alcaray - 2/12/2007 6:23:32 PM
- re: Duck and Cover - REB - 2/12/2007 4:17:50 PM
- re: Duck and Cover - azstrummer - 2/12/2007 4:48:46 AM
- re: Duck and Cover - Martha - 2/12/2007 2:16:25 AM
  - Perspective - Martha - 2/12/2007 6:40:31 AM
    - re: Perspective - Marthas' Mom - 2/12/2007 11:15:19 PM
- No duck and cover - FrankC - 2/11/2007 10:17:10 PM
- re: Duck and Cover - Mary Anne - 2/11/2007 9:34:00 PM
- Not me, but... - Fox - 2/11/2007 6:41:01 PM
- This is where I came in. - ER - 2/10/2007 1:53:37 PM
  - Still a good post - FrankC - 2/11/2007 10:36:16 PM
  - And yet... - podrock - 2/11/2007 6:38:41 AM
    - Actually... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/11/2007 7:24:16 AM
      - Farm pranks... - TB - 2/12/2007 12:29:35 AM
        
        Don't worry Tom... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/13/2007 4:32:16 AM
      - Vortex technology - ER - 2/11/2007 2:53:53 PM
        
        re: Vortex technology - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/13/2007 4:53:01 AM
        
        re: Vortex technology - ER - 2/13/2007 3:47:29 PM
        
        I'm working on a video game where a child can play with a top on-line. - Scott Evil - 2/13/2007 2:43:15 PM
        
        You've got the brown thumb, Scott. (n/t) - ER - 2/13/2007 3:49:50 PM
        
        Refuse, when he tells you to smell it, is my advice. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/13/2007 6:11:50 PM
        
        Is a draedel similar? (however you spell it)...... (n/t) - Martha - 2/13/2007 10:42:01 AM
        
        Vaguely, - ER - 2/13/2007 3:20:26 PM
        
        You're correct, ER - neither too fast, or for very long. - Fox - 2/13/2007 6:52:26 PM
        
        Not necessarily... - ER - 2/13/2007 5:15:29 AM
  - The flow of the conversation wasn't that surprising. - TB - 2/11/2007 12:17:10 AM
    - re: The flow of the conversation wasn't that surprising. - ER - 2/11/2007 12:59:23 AM
      - Oh, and on the Vietnam veterans being spat on... - TB - 2/11/2007 8:00:33 AM
        
        Here we go again - ER - 2/11/2007 1:26:29 PM
        
        Did you read the link? Click "read the rest" at the bottom. - TB - 2/11/2007 7:15:38 PM
        
        re: Did you read the link? Click "read the rest" at the bottom. - ER - 2/11/2007 7:39:04 PM
        
        Hippies - Lindy - 2/12/2007 12:59:15 AM
        
        Idle threat - ER - 2/12/2007 1:07:19 AM
        
        re: Idle threat - Martha - 2/12/2007 2:28:42 AM
        
        re: Idle threat - Lindy - 2/12/2007 1:21:20 AM
        
        Hah. - TB - 2/12/2007 6:07:33 AM
        
        re: Hah. - Lindy - 2/12/2007 2:55:20 PM
        
        re: Hah. - Lindy - 2/12/2007 2:55:16 PM
        
        To be fair... - TB - 2/12/2007 6:14:25 PM
        
        Your daughter seems to be impressive - Arrell - 2/13/2007 12:50:03 AM
        
        Yo, TB! Wanna come over to my house? I got some yard work... (n/t) - ER - 2/12/2007 2:39:44 PM
  - I know what you mean - Robert - 2/10/2007 5:53:32 PM
    - Long Beach... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2007 6:45:15 PM
      - I loved the Pike! - alcaray - 2/12/2007 6:18:06 PM
        
        Now we know why you are so nice to Mary Anne! - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/13/2007 5:20:16 AM
        
        Pike's pix - Robert - 2/12/2007 11:14:43 PM
        
        Woops! - alcaray - 2/13/2007 9:12:26 PM
        
        "Childhood" - Lindy - 2/13/2007 3:34:40 AM
      - freaky - Robert - 2/10/2007 9:34:45 PM
        
        Long Beach - azstrummer - 2/12/2007 8:38:07 PM
        
        Yeah, this is where it gets strange... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/11/2007 1:20:38 AM
        
        freaky Sunday - Robert - 2/11/2007 6:32:06 PM
        
        ye olde reminisce post - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/13/2007 4:24:51 AM
        
        Hmmm... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/11/2007 5:29:50 AM
        
        Uh oh - Lindy - 2/11/2007 5:20:59 AM
      - re: Long Beach... - ER - 2/10/2007 7:06:23 PM
        
        26 miles across the sea.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2007 7:14:11 PM
  - Do you play poker? - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2007 3:39:36 PM
    - Only when I can get away with cheating. - ER - 2/10/2007 3:58:47 PM
      - Now that you mention it... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2007 4:13:45 PM
        
        That's rubbish. - ER - 2/10/2007 4:40:37 PM
        
        A tip... - TB - 2/11/2007 12:11:39 AM
        
        C'mon... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2007 6:14:04 PM
        
        SDAI picks his nose and eats it. (n/t) - TB - 2/11/2007 12:13:05 AM
        
        Did I win? (n/t) - TB - 2/11/2007 12:13:44 AM
        
        re: Did I win? - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/11/2007 6:05:35 AM
        
        from "To a Louse", Robert Burns, 1759-1796 - ER - 2/10/2007 6:48:50 PM
        
        A little Grey Poop On with that Tech1? - Lindy - 2/10/2007 6:43:20 PM
        
        Awww, bitter that some of us dont buy your BS? (n/t) - R.L. - 2/10/2007 6:19:13 PM
- No duck, no cover, but some interesting books. - podrock - 2/10/2007 4:23:05 AM
  - Herman Kahn. - ER - 2/10/2007 5:02:17 AM
    - synchronicity - podrock - 2/11/2007 6:31:33 AM
- re: Duck and Cover - Lindy - 2/10/2007 2:27:02 AM
- Of course. We thought we were hot targets. - Bowser - 2/10/2007 1:59:23 AM
  - Two days from San Francisco - TB - 2/10/2007 2:45:17 AM
    - Early '60s strategy. - Bowser - 2/10/2007 3:11:16 AM
      - The most pervasive myth of the nuclear age... - TB - 2/10/2007 3:27:48 AM
        
        Tom, ever read about the suffering of the barely survivors and the actual horror of it all? - R.L. - 2/10/2007 5:11:24 AM
        
        re: the actual horror of it all - TB - 2/10/2007 7:14:45 AM
        
        For God's Sake, Tom. - Bowser - 2/10/2007 4:53:41 AM
        
        Overly flippant remark. Let me follow up. - ER - 2/10/2007 4:47:40 AM
        
        Analysis - TB - 2/10/2007 6:46:22 AM
        
        Of course Civil Defense was big in the USSR. - Bowser - 2/10/2007 7:17:03 AM
        
        That was pretty much right out of the book. - TB - 2/10/2007 7:24:19 AM
        
        Conspiracy-minded person? Here? Naaaaaaah? (n/t) - ER - 2/10/2007 3:30:56 AM
- I am in my 30's - R.L. - 2/10/2007 1:45:54 AM
- re: Duck and Cover - TB - 2/10/2007 1:38:52 AM
  - How long can you hold your breath? - ER - 2/10/2007 2:53:59 AM

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