Date:         Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:44:15 -0400
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
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At 09:46 AM 8/15/2008 -0400, David Beierl wrote:
>then it had the two CONELRAD frequencies marked on the dial (Dad was
>an engineer, his version of two-weeks-rations for our "shelter" --
>the pantry under the cellar stairs -- was whatever was in the pantry
>plus our spare 50-lb bag of Purina dog chow).  Nice little radio,

Oh yeah -- he also bought a farm in the semi-backwoods of Maine, and
judging from some of his papers I found recently, gave serious
thought to how a family might get along when there was no longer a
need for naval officers.  Total Denial in a way, since we lived
barely outside the District of Columbia line, and would have been
ash.  He was more realistic with the non-shelter...

David
ps -- stretching hard for semirelated VC -- he was for a time during
that period in charge of the Navy's effort to produce fuel cells for
submarine propulsion.  I found this out a couple years ago -- he took
Classified Material seriously.  I remember him saying "It's quite a
ways off" without a clue that he was involved personally.

--
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"