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Watched this on Netflix earlier today - Azorian: The raising of the K-129. Wow, what a facinating series of events. The engineering aspects alone are amazing.
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SilentUnicorn
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I am going to check it out.
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JodyFKerr
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Lol. I'll bet I can find one of the old Duck-n-Cover videos on youtube.
It's funny trying to explain things to her. It makes me realize how much has changed in the past 20, 30, 50, etc. years.
I told her about personal computers not existing. She didn't believe me.
She does understand vinyl records, but mainly because I collect them.
I tried to explain to her why electing a black president was such a big deal (please, no political commentary). She didn't get it at all.
She doesn't see any reason why a girl shouldn't rebuild a car.
In many ways, it makes me really glad. A lot of the hang-ups and issues we had as kids do not seem to exist for her generation. Of course they've been replaced by new issues, but the new issues don't seem so much of a big deal compared to, well, nuclear missiles, Communism and racism.
sorry for the digression, back to Azorian.
It's funny trying to explain things to her. It makes me realize how much has changed in the past 20, 30, 50, etc. years.
I told her about personal computers not existing. She didn't believe me.
She does understand vinyl records, but mainly because I collect them.
I tried to explain to her why electing a black president was such a big deal (please, no political commentary). She didn't get it at all.
She doesn't see any reason why a girl shouldn't rebuild a car.
In many ways, it makes me really glad. A lot of the hang-ups and issues we had as kids do not seem to exist for her generation. Of course they've been replaced by new issues, but the new issues don't seem so much of a big deal compared to, well, nuclear missiles, Communism and racism.
sorry for the digression, back to Azorian.
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JodyFKerr said:I watched it the other night. Great story and tons of engineering details.
Then I tried to explain what a "cold war" is to my daughter (12). I finally gave up.
Apparently some thought Titanic was just a movie
Tweets regarding Titanic
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I'm only 35, and I distinctly remember "duck and cover" drills in grade school(Early 80s). Of course by then it was also for the potential of a tornado(Extremely rare around here).
I always wondered what the "professionals" thought that hiding under your desk was going to help in the event of a nuclear blast.
I always wondered what the "professionals" thought that hiding under your desk was going to help in the event of a nuclear blast.
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Well, I'm ancient. So I remember the duck and cover drills in elementary school, during the 1950s.
We learned three different "bell signals". Three short bells, silence, three short bells, was tornado. Continuous short bells were atomic attack. One long bell was "all clear".
One student would close the window shades (to try to keep back shattered glass), and we'd all immediately move to the hallway. There, each child pulled him/herself into a ball, with head tucked between knees and hands clasped behind neck.
Then we'd wait.
Whether under desks, or in the hallway, the idea was to try to survive the blast; we (kids) were never told about the after effects of a nuclear attack. Not a fun time at all, especially when I remember my dad bringing Civil Defense plans home, showing how to build a bomb shelter in the back yard (or basement, if you were lucky enough to have one).
Something most of us - children and adults - took very seriously at the time. Tho' I'm sure now, that adults took it a lot more seriously than the kids.
Tom
We learned three different "bell signals". Three short bells, silence, three short bells, was tornado. Continuous short bells were atomic attack. One long bell was "all clear".
One student would close the window shades (to try to keep back shattered glass), and we'd all immediately move to the hallway. There, each child pulled him/herself into a ball, with head tucked between knees and hands clasped behind neck.
Then we'd wait.
Whether under desks, or in the hallway, the idea was to try to survive the blast; we (kids) were never told about the after effects of a nuclear attack. Not a fun time at all, especially when I remember my dad bringing Civil Defense plans home, showing how to build a bomb shelter in the back yard (or basement, if you were lucky enough to have one).
Something most of us - children and adults - took very seriously at the time. Tho' I'm sure now, that adults took it a lot more seriously than the kids.
Tom
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I just watched this...WOW!
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SilentUnicorn said:
Thanks for returning the thread to it's originally scheduled programming!
Cool stuff, huh?? Once in a life time feats of engineering, not to mention the players involved.