When I was teaching, I boiled water in a paper cup (non waxed of course)the demonstrate the boiling point of water vs. the ignition point of paper. The students who had read Ray Bradbury's book or saw the lame movie then knew what that temperature was.
I remember doing the upside down stamp thing with an old girl friend back in the day. Also we wrote such things as SWAK on the back. When I was serving in the Army she would put perfume and leave a lipstick mark on the back. The guys in my platoon would razz me about it. Funniest was when my younger son was sending a letter to his Grandparents. He drew a crude version of a stamp on the envelope and mailed it. It went through, back in the days of postage due. Thanks for the memories.
Reminds me when after seeing the first Star Wars movie my older daughter had MrsO do her hair up like Princess Leia. In thev spoof "Hardware Wars", I think the buns were real buns.
I don't recall any studies done on the troops who were positioned so close to some tests. I remember the "radioactive" firing position where you squatted to shoot your rifle with only your boots touching the ground.
Brings back memories of my Grandmother who had an "egg man", old Swiss farmer named Mr.Schmidt. His Jumbo eggs were usually double yolk. Seldom see them in a supermarket egg.
Banks used to have accounts like "Little Squirrel" accounts where kids learned to save money and collect small but real interest on their savings. Now we wonder why young people don't save? Morons, along with the US which just had to tax interest on savings accounts. Did I say morons?
I remember as a young boy, the local fire station had a husky dog as a mascot. I got a kick out of seeing him lying in a snowbank sleeping. My younger daughter had a cat that would sit in the snow and watch me shovel the sidewalk. Some critters just love the cold, but not this one.
Must be dncucf never got smacked in the face with a well placed hard packed snowball with a chunk of icicle inside. Someone told me it hurts like hell and can bloody your nose.
Funniest was when my younger son was sending a letter to his Grandparents. He drew a crude version of a stamp on the envelope and mailed it. It went through, back in the days of postage due. Thanks for the memories.