Reply #26: I grew up in Wisconsin in the 50s [View All]

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I remember nearly every night going to bed and watching out the windows for the Russian planes that were going to bomb us.

The nuns had us convinced that the Russians were coming in 1960. Then when that year ended without an attack, I wondered if they had actually meant THE 1960S. So I spent several more years scared to death at night thinking I wouldn't wake up in the morning.

Thanks a lot, Sister Mary. That's why I quit the Catholic Church. (Along with the priest we had who was a divorced guy and decided he wanted a free ride and free boys so he became a priest).