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Art_from_Ark

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7. At my school, duck-and-cover had morphed into tornado drills

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 01:53 AM

Nov 2013

I don't think we ever had to practice ducking under our desks for the possibility of nuclear war-- although just before summer vacation ended one year, there was a major nuclear missile accident about 150 miles away

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You know what's sad? [View all] gopiscrap Nov 2013 OP

I think it onl;y existed in prison lingo when I was a child hollysmom Nov 2013 #1

but that was for earthquakes gopiscrap Nov 2013 #2

it was also for the possibility of nuclear war. liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #3

oh yeah I remember that part gopiscrap Nov 2013 #4

when I was in school in West Germany gopiscrap Nov 2013 #5

At my school, duck-and-cover had morphed into tornado drills Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #7

Yes it was newfie11 Nov 2013 #14

Why are so many people snapping the past six months? Mojorabbit Nov 2013 #6

some of it is the callousness in which gopiscrap Nov 2013 #9

Poverty breeds crime alittlelark Nov 2013 #11

+1 nt Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #8

also, Dumbo. Deep13 Nov 2013 #10

It was like this in the Philippines when Marcus ruled. Phlem Nov 2013 #12

I remember hearing of a lockdown once when my sister was in school ck4829 Nov 2013 #13