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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:05 PM Original message |
I have lived through end of the world scenarios, end of the US economy, |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. i'm 69 and i remember. we had air raid |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 19% ouch! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I am 72 and remember those air raid drills only too well. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. CCR is still a favorite band of mine |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. that's the only one i listen to. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. yes, good for savers, AND |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Cuban Missle Crisis...remember how scared our parents were??? |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And don't forget the "Yellow Peril". If we don't stop them over there... |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Oh my gosh... the Russian Missle Crisis.. had my folks scared to death |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I came from a home where the parents did not talk to the kids about "serious" stuff |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for sharing memories, they are my memories too. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Same thing here Curmudgeoness |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I can't imagine either, but it really did have a lifelong impact |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. On the other hand... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yes, I remember the cheap gas. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. We had the best music..no doubt about that |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I've been waiting for someone to say they purchased a home... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. We are in worse times.. sorry to say..... |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Well you might want to look what people had to live through with the McCarthy hearings |
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earthlight101 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. there were also HELP WANTED signs on many store windows |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Outsourcing to China had nothing to do with that, of course. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. but we never had three years of 9% unemployment. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Recurring nightmares of running away from an atomic bomb |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. Just because someone cries wolf.. |
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