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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (4472)	2/16/2003 11:35:26 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7720

In Washington state schools (early 60's), they had a wall chart (the standard Civil Defence logo emblazoned upon it) with the instructions for what to do in a nuclear attack. Drop drills as they called them, continued there and while I was in California until the late 60's. Later, in the 70's, they turned into duck and cover for preparation for earthquakes. People were wise to the notion that hiding under your desk for a city-killer 20 MT blast was just unnecessary.

To: Rambi who wrote (4472)	2/16/2003 1:16:35 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 7720

You were luckier than we were. We didn't have anybody helping us find safe places in our house to hide from the fallout. I have a roll of plastic around for covering my workbench when I do finishing on it. It's the thin painter's plastic, but I trust it will be enough to keep those nasty germs out. And I always have Duct Tape on hand. It's essential material if you own an old house. You know the saying -- all you need in your toolkit is WD-40 and duct tape. If it moves and it shouldn't, duct tape it. If it doesn't move and it should, WD-40. Anyhow, with my trusty rolls of plastic and duct tape, looks like I've been ready forever. And btw, we do still practice the duck and cover drills in school here, but now they're for earthquakes, not atom bombs. (Safest place for school children in the event of an earthquake is under their desks, in case you weren't aware of that, being from tornado and not earthquake country.) What goes around comes around. <g>