tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4844771298078064779..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: History is wasted on meNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-83229434782788779002021-04-17T14:41:41.888+01:002021-04-17T14:41:41.888+01:00I have a very vague sense of some mild anxiety amo...I have a very vague sense of some mild anxiety among the grown ups that might have been the Cuban Missile Crisis but I have a much stronger memory of the so-called 6-day war. I was made aware of it one afternoon by a friend who I considered totally unswitched on and who I thought until that moment only thought about ponies, like me. We were sitting in her bedroom and she suddenly told me that she was sure the world would end by Sunday evening because Israel had done something or other involving fighter planes. I was 11 at the time and what she said made me quite worried for a day or two. But she turned out to be wrong so I went back to paying absolutely no attention to anything unrelated to ponies. Heaven alone knows where she'd got the idea from. She never again showed any interest in current affairs in my presence and went on to become a stout country matron. I never completely forgave her for giving me such a fright.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-6400063218976429362021-04-15T22:15:30.909+01:002021-04-15T22:15:30.909+01:00I remember the Cuban missile crisis rather well, t...I remember the Cuban missile crisis rather well, though I was younger. The range circles on the map that appeared in the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer suggested that we could be reached by missiles based in Cuba. I have a vague recollection of discussing this at the sandbox with a neighbor of about my age, and agreeing that this was not good.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com