That's actually a nice picture of you. You should comb your hair like that.

So I did the drug screen and TB test for my new job and I went ahead and set up an interview at Barnes and Nobles. I love that place. I can spend hours there. I'm going to see if maybe I can work mornings and weekends there and work at the other place.

Long, what about MHMR facilities? They are always looking for staff and they just need warm bodies for most jobs.

What's MHMR?

Mental Health and Mental Retardation. They pay rather low, but they have full benefits and they are usually always looking for workers. They usually offer shifts.

That's probably similar to what I'm going to be doing, it's $8.50 or so an hour and it might have benefits, I'm not sure.

Pays more than my last job...

Santino - As silly as that appears now, that's the mentality that was very real back when I was in elementary school. We used to have air raid drills.... the neighborhood siren would go off and all school kids had to get under their desks. Even though I was in the second or third grade then, I had some of the best sex of my life during those drills (sharing a desk with a pretty gal).

Eisenhower was president and Kruschev (the Russian premier) was the enemy and we were taught to expect an attack (or, at least be prepared for one). The fear that came a few years later during the Cuban missile crisis was VERY REAL!

All large buildings had those "Shelter" signs (indicating that you could use the basements or hallways as a shelter) and some buildings still have them as a reminder of the 50s fear.

I had posted this hoping that you would have an interesting story or some bit of info about it SC, and Lo and Behold, you did! you never cease to amaze me

I'm sure many of the others from my age range can add other stories (MaryCas, Turnbull, dt, TIS, goombah, feel free to chime in here).

Some of the kids, even then, would say that we were all going to die if an A-bomb or H-bomb hit but I was confident that if I hid under my desk I'd survive. Ah, the innocence of youth. That all changed after I read the book "Hiroshima" (by John Hersey) which was required reading in junior high school. (If you haven't read it, I HIGHLY recommend you do so. It's a short book recalling the absolute horror of atomic warfare from its survivors).

And to Marcy Spatt, my desk partner and one of my first crushes, thanks for not ratting me out when I'd pinch your butt during the air-raid drills under our desk.

3 Days without a cigarette so far. Longest I've gone since I was 13. Cravings are killing me But I'm finding it's just a case of keeping my mind occupied.

My mother was a young girl during the WWII and every family with a garden had an Anderson bomb shelter in it. Although she was in Newcastle and not London,famous for the Blitz, the Germans dropped bombs every night because she lived right next to the shipyards which the Germans were trying to destroy. She was 8/9 and still remembers the dread of the siren going!

Ah yes, I remember those days. They were the bomb!! Is that an SCism?

Yes, it was a "real" threat back in the days. Although none of the homes I lived in had bomb shelters, they were not unheard of. Boy, looking back, how scary hu. I automatically think bombs, war.....equal Russia.


TIS

I assume you had a private house back in Michigan. In Brooklyn, where a LOT of the buildings are apartment buildings, most of them had "air-raid shelters" (which meant you would just stand in the basements). Damn, an A-bomb would knock the entire building over.

Whisper!!! I am so proud of you!! That's great news!

Those who manage 14 days without a cigarette have a much higher success rate. And if you falter, DON'T GIVE UP!! Just smoke a few, and then set a new quit date. Eventually, it will stick.

Keep it up, my friend! And feel free to bitch here all you want.

I can't imagine the fear from that. My uncle was stationed in England during WWII and he met my aunt there. She used to tell me the stories of the blitz (she was in her early 20s then) and how she and her family would take cover in shelters. Just hearing the stories would scare me.

I have friends who are from England. Kenneth is around 70, and he lived in London during the Blitz. His home was near a munitions dump, so his neighborhood was bombed frequently. Obviously he remembers the bombing, but he also remembers the following little song that we try to get him to sing aloud in bars after a few:

Hitler, he's only got one ball.
Goering has two but very small.
Himmler has something sim'lar
But poor Goebbels
Has no balls
At all!!!

My parents taught me that song when i was a kid SB

It is amazing how many people still know it as well. As you say,definitely a great drinking song!

Back in the day though when they were stuck in the shelters with no electricity or modern day gadgets to amuse them,they had to amuse themselves.Hence a lot of singing and pouting of stiff upper lips

I can't imagine what it must have been like in Europe during those days. I know that my relatives in Italy said that after the war was over, they all almost starved. I read somewhere recently that in a small town near Naples (or it may have been Naples, I can't recall exactly), the people were so hungry that they ate the fish in the aquarium.

I recently read a book about the great battle at Monte Cassino in 1944. Although both sides suffered greatly,the worst hit were the Italian natives who refused to leave their homes. They suffered starvation and great indignities,especially from the north Africans who fought with the allies.

Hey guys, long time no speak!
Hope your all good!

What would be the first thing you'd do if you won a significant amount of money on the lottery...? Its an 85 million pounds jackpot on the euromillions lottery tonight, got my ticket and contemplating what to do with my millions...

Haha

If I was you and I won, I'd fly to America and give money to my friends there.

Nice to see you back here.

I have no taste buds anymore. Licking 100 wedding invitation envelopes. I am so greatful that I didn't have to lick 100 stamps.

Hello Debz and welcome back..

My persistent sore throat of the last few days has turned into a full blown snot-fest of a cold

I am a sorry sight with sore eyes!

It's those kids of mine,they drag every bug and lurgy in the school home with them

Welcome back Debz! How ya doing?



SC,

I love your litte banana. LMAO Well, maybe that didn't sound just right, but you know what I mean. The little guy can sure get down. Remember Vercetti and his bananas?


TIS

Yeah, Vercetti's dancing banana.... used to drive Geoff crazy.

Geoff goes crazy for bananas?


Well...that explains a lot.

Hey TIS, im not doing too bad, just busy busy with uni and life in general at the moment...I have essay's coming out my ears hows things with you?

SC, thats a generous plan for you millions, unfortunately I didn't win - shocking I know - so I have put my millionaire plans on hold for the time being!



TV is getting soo bad! Paris Hiltons British Best Friend WTF???? i'm loosing faith in this world!

I've had a crappy day today.