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Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Hal Pollner, Oct 19, 2019.

  1. Beth Gallagher

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    Hmmm. Not a Bruce Willis fan, eh?

    I remember the "duck and cover" drills, too. I never worried about an atomic blast because my wooden desk was going to protect me.
     
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  2. John Brunner

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    Even as a Kid I knew the main goal was to make the ashes easy to identify...if there was anyone left to gather them.

    Interesting how many of the Twilight Zone and Outer Limits episodes of the day echoed the "We're gonna destroy ourselves" fears of the day.
     
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  3. Dwight Ward

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    Yeah, I remember walking home from school.after one of those under-the-desk sessions. I looked at all the houses thinking of everything disappearing in a flash. We all, of a certain age, grew up with this trauma. How would we have been different without it? .....no way to know.
     
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  4. Cody Fousnaugh

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    Ever heard of the movie, with Nicholas Cage, called Left Behind?
     
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  5. Dwight Ward

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    I haven't. Do you recommend it?
     
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    Yup. For me, it was a furtherance of the chaos at home.

    I recall the weekly siren tests, but am not certain if they were emergency sirens or just the normal testing the volunteer fire department did in the days preceding cell phones.
     
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    "Yup. For me, it was a furtherance of the chaos at home."

    It sounds like we have a dysfunctional family life in common, if that's what you mean by 'chaos at home'.
     
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  8. Cody Fousnaugh

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    It's a movie concerning The Rapture, aka End of Times. Just like the Cuban Missile Crisis, this movie scared the heck out of me.
     
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  9. John Brunner

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    Roger.
     
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  10. Dwight Ward

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    I will definitely check it out. Thanks.

    Amazon Prime has it for rental. I'll watch it today.
     
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    Did ya ever watch a movie two or three times and when something you know that is bad is going to happen, you catch yourself in that moment of suspense hoping that the bad thing is somehow going to change?
     
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  12. Dwight Ward

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    Movies? Whatcha talking about? I do that thinking about my own past.
     
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  13. Dwight Ward

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    It was a good movie. I liked a couple of striking scenes; the small plane crashing into the Macy's parking lot, .the maternity ward with all the newborns gone. The airliner emergency landing was .well done.
     
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  14. Dwight Ward

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    Propeller beanies make a lot more sense than my propeller.shoes. I end up hanging in the air upside down - quite annoying.
     
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  15. Patsy Faye

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    Again ..................
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