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Old 08-07-2012, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bobabode View Post
Those big air raid sirens on top of a 100ft. mast rotating 360 degrees were kind of cool but the weekly bomb drills where they told us to place our heads firmly between your knees, I could've done without those.
There was one on a pole just across the street from the house my ex and I were renting at the time. It went off at 2:00 AM one morning, so I phoned the duty officer and asked him if Ivan was on his way. He said he would look into it and shut it off. I worked at the local switching center at that time so I told him I could kill it in 15 minutes - how long it would take me to drive there. My ex was in panic mode and wanted to leave. I just looked at her and asked "and go where?"
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