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Thread #82495 Message #1519543
Posted By: Ebbie
10-Jul-05 - 06:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Waaaaay UP! To Alaska....
Subject: RE: BS: Waaaaay UP! To Alaska....
Your account of your experiences above the river Mythical, robo, reminds me of something I once read about the blackouts in London during the war. It said that any incoming plane wouldn't have needed lights to orient themselves in order to drop bombs- they could just follow the Thames into the centre of the city.
We ought to start a thread on that kind of thing: Actions we take that are of no known use but we do it anyway.
(I remember in that same war when we had blackouts on the American West Coast. We drew the curtains tight and used oil lamps. I remember one time that my mother carried a lit lamp into the other room and the curtains were not drawn.. Scared me to death. I thought the Japanese planes were literally circling above our house looking for a glimmer of light. The lesson I draw from this is that adults don't give children enough information. I was five years old.)