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Well Justi I remember saying to Noah. 'You are one monkey short,' but I was not allowed to climb aboard.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 10, 2013 at 11:46 PM
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I remember being in Germany during the Cuban missile crisis. It was a scary time for us because there was the possibility the Army dependants would have to be evacuated if war had come as a result.
posted by
dancin_grandma
on April 10, 2013 at 8:29 PM
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Justi
6What’s left of that is the luncheonette where I go. They don’t have a radio or TV. People just talk love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on April 9, 2013 at 9:40 PM
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Justi
Very interesting and timely questions. But as to answers - where do I begin? I am reminded again of something that I often forget, unfortunately - that the Blogit format and the Blogit 'culture' don't really lend themselves to 'big' issues...Which is why my whole 'Views' blog is probably just a waste of time, LOL...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 9, 2013 at 6:42 PM
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I grew up in the 60s and 70s. We didn't talk much about politics and local events. We actually didn't talk much at the dinner table. It was usually a lot of fighting or bickering. Lots of I don't like this as far as peas and carrots. Not an easy task with 6 hyperactive kids waiting to go play or watch tv!
posted by
Annicita
on April 9, 2013 at 5:39 PM
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Wow, that's actually a "loaded" question! Let's see . . . I believe my memory goes back to JFK's assassination, which seemed to mark the beginning of the end of politicians who actually gave a damn about this country. We survived my eldest brother not having to serve in Vietnam, a useless and pointless war that ended the lives of many a young man for no real good reason! I don't think either of my parents displayed any signs of loyalty to the Democratic or Republican parties . . . rather they simply voted for whomever they felt was the right man for the presidency. As for me, I too have no loyalties to either party, but since I can't vote ( a long story ) it really doesn't make that much of a difference. The biggest "generational" change I've seen over the past thirty years or so is that so many people have lost their ability to be creative or to think on their own. When I was in school, God forbid you showed up to math class with a calculator! Now, hand any kid a piece of paper and a pencil and ask them to do long division and their heads would explode! The art world has also suffered from all of this modern technology! Hmmm . . . let's see. Have I answered your question yet? 
posted by
JimmyA
on April 9, 2013 at 2:07 PM
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Beings that I was born in 1985, I feel that we are still figuring out how to interpret the history.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on April 9, 2013 at 9:49 AM
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to be honest I dont have memories of that, but I do know today the news gets to us as soon as it happens and makes things seem so bad, but I bet in reality things were bad back in our day we just didnt hear about it like they do now
posted by
Lanetay
on April 9, 2013 at 8:56 AM
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TAPS
That is the sort of thing I liked in school. I loved the little school news paper called Current Events. It was great your family did the project with you.
posted by
Justi
on April 8, 2013 at 11:12 PM
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One thing that I remember that as a child I thought was so interesting. I don't know if schools do it today or not. In our grade school we always had "current events day" one day a week. We were expected to bring to school one article out of the newspaper about what was going on in the world. Then, we had to stand up in front of the class and tell about it and tell what we thought about it. So that I would be prepared to do so, the evening before we would have a family discussion about the article that I had chosen.
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TAPS.
on April 8, 2013 at 10:23 PM
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