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Barack Obama

greatauntoftriplets

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9. I was in 8th grade at the time.

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 08:58 PM

Sep 2013

Between the nuns scaring the crap out of us and my mother vowing to drink all the booze in the house (no small feat), I'll never be able to forget it.

JFK was brilliant.

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BOG POST. For those old enough to remember, did you just get a flashback to JFK in 1962? [View all] Hekate Sep 2013 OP

I Had The Same Thought When I Heard About Putin's Offer On the Chem Weapons..... global1 Sep 2013 #1

Very interesting mcar Sep 2013 #2

Yup I remember 62 gopiscrap Sep 2013 #3

You could really smell the tension if you lived near military bases Hekate Sep 2013 #6

I hadn't thought of it with Cha Sep 2013 #4

There is a lot more going on. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 #10

Well done Hekate, good analogy. sheshe2 Sep 2013 #5

If it works out well in the end Pab Sungenis Sep 2013 #7

President Obama IrishAyes Sep 2013 #8

I was in 8th grade at the time. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2013 #9

I remember the terror of those days. The news said that my city was likely to be hit because of freshwest Sep 2013 #11